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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Has any progress been made on multi-annual budgeting for the Garda? I understand that the Garda Commissioner stopped all overtime at some stage in the past year for a while. It is not the overtime that I am objecting to. What analysis has been done on overtime and how to deal with the multiple challenges facing the Garda in a more effective manner? The Department of Public Expenditure and...

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)

Catherine Connolly: I ask the witness to just stay with me for a second. On page 11 it is stated that the review group believes there is a conflict with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and the Garda Inspectorate reporting into the Garda division of the Department. That was November 2014 and we are now April 2018. Has that changed?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the Irish Youth Justice Service, IYJS, proposals to alter their service delivery model whereby one Garda youth diversion project will be assigned to each Garda division (details supplied) which may undermmine the ability of independent projects to have their tender accepted for larger Garda divisions; and if he...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Government, in its wisdom, acted on that interim report in respect of the Stepaside Garda station - which I will leave to the Committee on Justice and Equality to look after. This interim report went forward not finalised and the Government acted on it with regard to the Stepaside Garda station. It is still an interim report that is being worked on and is to come back to An Garda...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...Ring on her work over the past six years. She posed a question to us in a recent interview. She questioned whether politicians "are actually committed to meaningful independent oversight of the gardaí". That should spur us all on to reflect on whether we are. If we are, how have we allowed GSOC to exist without adequate resources and without listening to it year after year? 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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: ...in this environment. We are here as a public accounts committee. I just want to go back to the kernel. There is an internal audit carried out and no assurance that the financial controls of the Garda Síochána are compliant with the public financial procedures. Second, there is no assurance that the financial controls at the Garda college are compliant with the Garda finance...

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)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. It is a very worthwhile exercise. I believe that most people want to respect the Garda and want to work with it. In my time as a local councillor our biggest problem was getting Governments to realise that more resources should be put into An Garda Síochána in order that it could work with us and we could see community gardaí on 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)

Catherine Connolly: We will continue with what he said. He offered the view to the then Commissioner that as the State had not provided money to develop and improve the social and sporting culture of Garda students, the companies and committees identified in the 2008 report were formed as the only means to develop and improve the social and sporting culture of the college. He goes on to say that he further...

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)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Commissioner Rice was of the view that this money belonged to the Garda, had nothing to do with the State and was none of its business, and that Governments had failed to fund and resource the Garda; therefore, it was using the money.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Connolly: A decision was taken, out of the hands of An Garda Síochána. Is Mr. Ó Cualáin standing by the decision in relation to the Stepaside Garda station and that it was a strong recommendation from the interim report?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Connolly: On matters reported to the Garda, the Comptroller and Auditor General states at section of his report that NAMA has made three formal complaints to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. Where are we in relation to that?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public service vehicles inspectors attached to the Galway Garda division in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (2 Jul 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda asset profilers attached to each Garda division as of 21 June 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27784/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division outside Dublin as at 11 May 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that were attached to the Garda water unit in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number withdrawn during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has recently put out to tender a contract to supply new marked Garda cars and vans to the fleet; if so, when the new vehicles will come into the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/19]

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)

Catherine Connolly: .... There was a statement about learning from O'Higgins, which made very moderate findings. I would have preferred if he had made stronger findings but he did not. All of these inquiries were into Garda behaviour supervised or managed by the Department of Justice and Equality because the Garda comes under that Department.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority has issued guidelines to the Garda Commissioner regarding the supervision and control by the Commissioner of the monitoring of CCTV by authorised persons under section 38 (11) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and if so, if a copy of same will be provided. [14392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (10 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of unmarked Garda vans withdrawn from the fleet in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51660/19]

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 Connolly: That is what I would love to hear. At this point we do not know it that has happened but Mr. Harris will come back to the committee on that. On page 21 there is reference to Garda masts, which is an income receipt that has jumped significantly. Presumably it is an income for the Garda, but what is it? It has gone from €523,000 to €1.5 million. Someone might come back to me...