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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise the Government's commitment in the programme for Government to higher levels of transparency and accountability in An Garda Síochána. Two issues arose in recent days that are of concern in that regard. The first is the view of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, that full accountability and transparency and its ability to do its job and hold...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

David Cullinane: The Commissioner used the word "unacceptable". On page 3 of the executive summary it is stated the GIAS, the Garda internal audit section, "can provide no assurance that the internal management control systems in place to manage the finances at the Garda College are adequate". It also states there was "No assurance that the financial controls at the Garda College are compliant with Public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

David Cullinane: On page 17 it is stated An Garda Síochána did not have the authority to enter into an arrangement in terms of the Dromad farm because that was in contravention of section 29(3) of the Garda Síochána Act. That provision prohibits An Garda Síochána from entering into contracts relating to land. It states that money raised was to be transferred to the Office of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I am very clear about this. I established, at the beginning of my questioning, the relationship between the Department and An Garda Síochána. We established that prior to 2005 the chief Accounting Officer for the spending of money by An Garda Síochána, including by the Garda training college, was Mr. Water's predecessor. That is the issue and my questions were framed in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

David Cullinane: ...discussed at Cabinet yesterday. While many of the report's proposals are very positive and must be implemented, which we support, we are concerned about the retrograde step proposed in respect of Garda oversight. We are especially concerned about the proposal to merge the Policing Authority with the Garda Inspectorate to form a new policing and community safety oversight commission, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: I can see the HSE and others have raised some concerns about enforcement. It terms of the Department's conversations with An Garda Síochána, there were media reports that the Garda Commissioner might have concerns about the ability to enforce this legislation. I am not sure if that is correct and I do not want to do him any disservice. Mr. O'Connor stated the Department had a...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: .... The Minister talks about smart policing, but he is really engaged in semantics. There is nobody in the Chamber against smart policing. Nobody here is against better and more effective use of Garda resources. Therefore, there is nobody against the principle of smart policing. However, many people outside of this Chamber living in communities that will be affected by the closure of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: As a separate question, would it be considered deferential if a Garda Commissioner - not a particular Garda Commissioner but any Garda Commissioner - effectively was writing press releases for a Minister?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I do not want to be unfair to Mr. Leahy. So perhaps Mr. Leahy can clarify for me what he said earlier. My question for Mr. Leahy is that from an operational perspective, from a Garda resource perspective and from a Garda priority perspective, would his preference at this point in time be to reopen Stepaside Garda station?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

David Cullinane: ...in this State think that the Minister should resign. They think so because he has presided over a number of debacles over the past year. It began when he divulged information given to him by the Garda Commissioner on Deputy Mick Wallace and put it into the public domain. When the penalty points situation occurred, there was an attempt by the Minister and the Garda Commissioner at the...

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)

David Cullinane: Mr. Harris obviously is on the opposite end of the argument if GSOC is saying that it finds it impossible to do its job, which is to hold An Garda Síochána accountable, and there is a difficulty from its perspective. Mr. Harris might have a different perspective, but GSOC is the independent body and it took a lot for it to come out and say in the very clear, stark terms it did that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I want to respond to the letter and the response we received from the superintendent on behalf of the Garda Commissioner. This goes back to questions I put to the Commissioner on an individual. Her name is in the public domain but I will not use it. It concerns an individual who was arrested on suspicion of fraud relating to sick leave. At the time, it was an extraordinary situation where...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: Leaving aside that important issue for a moment and the methodology used, the reply from An Garda Síochána is disingenuous and goes to the heart of how, as an institution and corporate body, it interacts with the Committee of Public Accounts. Its letter answers a question it was not asked and refers to reports we did not seek. We did not ask for a copy of the interim or final...

Trade Union (Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: This is a Bill to: remove the bar on a Garda Síochána or Defence Forces association from associating with, or affiliating to, any trade union or any other association; remove the bar on a Defence Force member from becoming a member of a Defence Force association that may wish to reconstitute itself as a trade union; and prohibit the use of strike action by an Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: ...the amendment recommends that access to the PULSE system by GSOC is given on a statutory footing and not by way of protocols. If I may quote from one of the joint committee's recommendations:The access to Garda systems is of integral importance to the operation of effective oversight of An Garda Síochána. While in practice, this process is already in operation between An Garda...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

David Cullinane: ...with on Committee Stage, I intend to support it. However, there is a broader issue here in that we seem to fixate on introducing legislation rather than finding effective solutions to crime. The Garda is not seeking more legislation. Gardaí are alarmed at the closure of small Garda stations and the merger of others. They are concerned at the shortfall in numbers on account of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I think I am reading this correctly. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General can confirm the point. With respect, the report states that €126,000 needs to be transferred from the An Garda Síochána Vote to the OPW because the money was collected. We now know that much of that money was spent on things like donations and gifts to members of An Garda Síochána....

Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: ...are in the Visitors Gallery and will be grateful for the Minister of State's comments. The figures speak for themselves. That 126 public disorder-type incidents have been reported to the Garda shows the extent of the problem. Will the Minister of State revert to the Minister on the matter of constant house parties on the estate? On a weekly basis, large gatherings of 60 or more people...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I have a number of questions and then Teachta Connolly will come back in to finish. Teachta McDonald raised instances of where the Minister should have been informed of issues relating to the Garda training college. She specifically raised questions about the opening of bank accounts. The final paragraph on page 20 of the internal audit report, which is up on the screen, states:The Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Cullinane: ...at the convention felt a second Constitutional Convention could and should be put in place to deal with a range of outstanding issues that the convention was unable to deal with. I refer to the Garda whistleblowers and the issues that will not be resolved unless there is a full, independent inquiry. The Taoiseach has had in his possession for almost a week a dossier from the Garda...