Results 1-20 of 78 for garda speaker:Matt Carthy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: We are finding it incredibly difficult to get information from OLAF and the Garda ombudsman on where the process regarding the Cabra accounts is going. We are in a bind because the Garda is saying it will not disclose any information until the investigations are completed. I take it from the OLAF correspondence that its investigation has been completed and that it is not in a position to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall the debacle on the misspending of EU funds for training purposes at the Garda College. The correspondence that the Garda Ombudsman sent to the committee on 20 January 2020 indicated that the investigation was at an advanced stage and should conclude in the near future. Recent media reports suggest that a retired Garda who, apparently, was subject to this cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda and the stations that were operational in each Garda station in County Monaghan for each year 2009-2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the remit of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will be expanded to provide for investigations and findings in respect of those who have retired from An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24857/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Garda ombudsman's report essentially states the investigation has not concluded and gives several reasons as to why that is the case. The media report I am referring to was inThe Sunday Timeson Sunday, 9 May. The article is by Mr. John Mooney. The opening paragraph states: "A garda ombudsman inquiry into the misappropriation of EU funds provided to gardai for training courses has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is always a difficult one whenever we seek information relating to the Garda or associated bodies. The Department of Justice will come back and say these are independent bodies and at the same time indicate that it is engaging Garda management on the issues without specifying what "engaging" means - it is a broad term. The WRC was scheduled to meet on 26 January. Perhaps we could seek...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Commissioner and his colleagues. I apologise for my absence; I was in the Dáil Chamber. GSOC will appear before us next week, but I want to get a sense from the Garda of how its co-ordination with GSOC operates in practice. Does the Garda have an assessment of the budgetary cost of its interactions with GSOC? Is that delineated in any way?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is part of what is becoming an all-too familiar pattern in terms of investigations and inquiries, particularly as they relate to An Garda Síochána. What happens is that an investigation or complaint is passed on to GSOC and then, for whatever length of time GSOC is investigating the matter, the gardaí, the Minister responsible and anybody else involved can say they cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...is needed for the maintenance of a document that is confidential. That would need to be clear because, as I understand it and as Ms Hall has said, the Policing Authority has shared it with the Garda Commissioner. I expect that is in the expectation that the Garda will then adhere to the advice, as it pertains in the document. There needs to be a way for the public to know whether that...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is no longer the case. The population has increased and our towns have grown. In response, Fine Gael has closed Garda stations and reduced Garda numbers. Its members do not like to hear it but those are the facts. It cannot continue. We called on the Minister to resign; she did not do so. We cannot continue with a Minister for Justice who has allowed our communities to feel...

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

Matt Carthy: ...not had an opportunity to formally welcome the Minister back. I congratulate her on her recent arrival. GSOC should be the route whereby families or victims who feel they have been ill served by Garda actions can find truth and justice. One family that sought this were the parents and siblings of Shane O'Farrell. This House will recall that Shane was a 23-year-old Carrickmacross man...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...to the infamous Cabra account and the apparent diversion of EU funds to what was a dubious, potentially fraudulent, account. This is a long-standing issue. Unfortunately, the response from the Garda suggests that it cannot comment on the update in respect of this matter because it is currently the subject of an external investigation. My understanding is that the external investigation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the National Cyber Security Centre (23 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: One of the things that has been obvious, and that has been mentioned in this committee and in the Chamber, is the different bodies that have responsibility. There is the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau and the Communications and Information Services, CIS, Corps. Maybe Dr. Browne could describe what interaction there is between those. Are those bodies, in particular the Garda bureau,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Investigations (14 Dec 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...bombings was silence but thanks to the efforts of families, local communities and the organisation, Justice for the Forgotten, a focus of sorts has been put on these incidents. In October 2022, An Garda Síochána issued a renewed appeal for information, which I welcome. There were two victims of the Belturbet bombing - 16-year-old Patrick Stanley from Clara in County Offaly,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure the reopening of Emyvale Garda station, County Monaghan following a previous fire at the site; the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan division as of 31 December 2019 and 7 September 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for a Garda mountain bike training course in quarter 4 of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all management and staff within direct provision centres require Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38411/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: May I discuss this with No. 491 from the Garda ombudsman? It relates to the same matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the Garda cyber crime unit in 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52416/21]