Results 161-180 of 5,166 for speaker:Alan Dillon
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Before the Commissioner does so, I want to make the point that this is a serious issue. Is the feedback from gardaí that they are waiting for years to get a transfer? At times it can be difficult because a transfer may be sanctioned but there is nothing in place to allow a swap between someone from a different divisional area or with a station officer who may be from a different area....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: An issue of concern for me is the divisional area in which I reside, Mayo, Roscommon and Longford. I have raised this issue previously and I wrote to the Commissioner about the lack of a chief superintendent at the divisional headquarters in Castlebar. It is a concern and certainly the divisional headquarters deserves to have a chief superintendent but it is left without a resident...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: I do not accept Dr. Coxon's response because there has always been a chief superintendent in the Mayo division, in Castlebar. The former chief superintendent took a case against the Commissioner, which was resolved. There were allegations of serious wrongdoing within the Mayo division. The case has now concluded. Is it something the Commissioner can report on? It was settled out of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: He took out a High Court injunction to stop his employment from going into resignation. Certainly, there was a case to be answered and it was settled. I am simply asking for the specifics around why it was settled.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Is it still outstanding?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: On what grounds?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Was there any settlement or payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: How are those costs accounted for in the annual financial accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: The fact that there was a current chief superintendent on suspension awaiting the review of his case was used as being one of the barriers to the appointment of a chief superintendent. Thankfully, that has been concluded.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Should the chief superintendent be stationed in the divisional headquarters?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: I want to move on to another incident in the midlands that has been covered by the media and undermines public trust and confidence in the Garda organisation. I refer to the case at the start of the Covid pandemic when a garda knowingly gave a bicycle to an elderly man.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: It is an important issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: I will not name anyone. I just want to ask the Commissioner about the erosion of public trust in his organisation caused by this case. In this case, the GRA has commented that it lacked common sense and proportionality in the investigation. Does Mr. Harris agree with that summary?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: On the fact that the bicycle was knowingly given to the elderly man, is it common practice that the NBCI, which is involved in investigating serious and organised crime, would investigate this matter and deploy a six-man team to search this officer's home?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: You are the chief super.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Is it proportional?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Harris accept that there was no case to answer from the DPP?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Harris accept that there was no basis for a prosecution in this regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Are they itemised to allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to look at them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Alan Dillon: Not having the chief superintendent stationed in the divisional headquarters makes the division an outlier compared with other divisional areas. Does the Commissioner agree?