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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: They handle the matter as well it can be handled. If the ratio of population to gardaí was the same around the country as it is in, say, County Meath and County Kildare, there could be 4,500 fewer. I say that with tongue in cheek, but that is the magnitude of the disparity. It is a very low ratio. The last Commissioner acknowledged that that was the case and gave an assurance that it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a limit on the number going into the Garda College in Templemore, which means those areas could fall back further. If there is a dependence on overtime to fill a need, it is a more expensive and reactive solution. Is that how the Commissioner sees the distribution of gardaí from the Garda College in Templemore?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I hope Kildare is included. The aim is to grow the force to 15,000 members by 2021. There are retirements, as well as the intake, to take into account. It is easy to see the intake, but from the outside it is not as easy to evaluate the level of retirements. Is the 15,000 figure achievable? Is the overtime bill likely to go down if the numbers come up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am aware of that, but those figures are from a low base. I have the figures for nearly every year. It is much appreciated that we end up with additional gardaí. I do not want to be overly parochial, but Kildare is significantly behind other areas with similar populations. County Meath lags even further behind and the numbers are moving backwards as the population is growing. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What was the extent of the settlement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: They have not concluded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It will presumably then appear in-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a new electronic tracking system for the storage of property taken into the possession of the Garda, which is very good. Are there liabilities as a consequence of what happened prior to the introduction of the new tracking system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Was there-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Harris has the unique experience of having been a police officer in the PSNI and now being Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. Is there anything that has surprised him? Does anything jump out at him on which he can bring his experience to bear?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are we very considerably further back in relation to the investment in digitisation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Harris.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a definitive map will be provided showing the boundaries of the Wicklow Mountains National Park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20277/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the publication date for the last Wicklow Mountains National Park management plan; her plans to update same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20278/19]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the points made. Often we end up with an announcement of something that has already happened and we take a retrospective look at it. We have an obligation to inform ourselves in advance on this occasion. I too believe it is a cynical move to dump this information at this point in the day when it is known that Leaders' Questions are due to take place. The timing of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Prison Service Staff (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a prison officer on unpaid leave from the Irish Prison Service since May 2011 (details supplied); if he will engage with the prison officer on the matters concerned; if he has considered the issue of awarding an injury warrant in respect of the person; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on modular classrooms, prefabricated units or both to meet additional classroom space in the past ten years; the amount allocated to provide same in the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a protected disclosure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner in respect of broadening and or abolishing the upper age limit on persons wishing to make an application to become a full-time serving trainee Garda (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the PSNI in respect of developing a transfer of police officer staffing at all ranks allowing for officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18762/19]