Results 361-380 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I think we get it. I appreciate the information and I welcome the fact that the system will hopefully be changed in the near future. In the meantime, is there not a photocopying machine in the court room? Could a photocopy of someone’s licence not be taken and processed later?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I appreciate that two thirds of penalty point applications are processed and one third are not. That is very unfair when one thinks of all the processes that have been gone through to get the person there, and the good people who pay their penalty points.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I accept that, and I accept the fact that we are in a process which has been outlined to change it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: However, in the past 12 months, for example, a third of drivers - somewhere in the region of 31,000 - who should have had penalty points applied to their licences have not. That is very difficult for the rest of the public who paid their fines and got penalty points.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: How long does Mr. Ryan think it will be before the situation is resolved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I appreciate that, but what about the penalty points option?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: We will not solve all the issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: Finally, could I talk to Mr. Ryan about procurement? It was noted in the audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General that the Courts Service did not comply with all the relevant guidelines regarding procurement. Ten contracts to the value of €1.5 million were extended beyond their original contract dates without any procurement process. Could Mr. Ryan indicate how that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I welcome Mr. Ryan and his colleagues and thank them for attending. I compliment him and his team on the service they provide, particularly in the context of the measures introduced in recent years. I wish the Courts Service continued success in this regard. On the capital programme, what is the position on the Criminal Courts of Justice building?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: In the context of the public private partnership and the 25 year maintenance contract, the cost last year was €22.2 million. Will it be a fixed cost for the remainder of the contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: Does that amount relate only to maintenance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: What is the current rate of inflation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: Mr. Ryan referred to the necessity to build a new computer system. What is the cost in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I am glad to hear it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I presume the new technology would assist in the delivery of the service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: Is the information technology to facilitate the development we are discussing already in place or would it have to be built?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: The Department of Justice and Equality decides the amount of funding allocated to the Courts Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: I presume, therefore, that the next step would involve costing the project and building a business case.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Áine Collins: That is very encouraging.