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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: If that is the case then we could all interrupt everybody. We are either going to ask somebody a question and get an answer or we are going to have what would appear to me to be vexatious intrusions when somebody else is trying to answer because of what that person might potentially say. That is how it looks to me as I sit here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: In fairness to me and Deputy Catherine Murphy, we will not be. Will the Chairman tell me when I have three minutes left because I have another matter that I want to get into?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Apologies in advance. It will be abrupt and I will be cutting in on the witnesses because I only have ten minutes. It is nothing personal. They have been here previously and they know the story. Does Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll agree with Assistant Commissioner Leahy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I mean the Stepaside opening being a priority or not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: No. It is a yes or no answer. We are miles away from the programme for Government here. Does Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll agree with what he said?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, that is grand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Does the acting Commissioner agree?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Does the acting Commissioner agree with the opening of Stepaside on the basis that it is not a priority for his serving assistant commissioner?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: The acting Commissioner has recommended it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: So the acting Commissioner does not agree with Assistant Commissioner Leahy. That is fine. That is what is implicit in what the acting Commissioner is saying.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: My conclusion, and I would suggest the conclusion of any objective analysis, would be that the acting Commissioner has made the decision and assistant commissioner is saying it would not be his top priority. What was the view of then Assistant Commissioner Nolan when Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll contacted him to consult him, as Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll stated he did? Did...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I do not have time for process. I want to know if then Assistant Commissioner Nolan said to Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll that his top priority, as one of the six for Dublin, given the criteria, was Stepaside.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: He recommended Stepaside, did he?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay. That is a timing matter. Is Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll bound by the decisions of his predecessor, if he disagrees with them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: On that basis, can I ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I know it is adversarial. I am sorry. I said it at the beginning.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is a matter of fact that the serving assistant commissioner responsible for this area in advance of it being opened is saying that we have other priorities. I ask this of the acting Commissioner. Are our priorities agile and flexible enough to adjust and adapt to the needs of assistant commissioners and front-line personnel or are we bound by decisions of predecessors or archaic advice...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Is Assistant Commissioner Leahy bound by the decisions of his predecessor as an assistant commissioner?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: No, not specific to that, but in a general sense.