Results 61-80 of 831 for garda speaker:Pearse Doherty

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I know the Minister of State said he will give us further details, but it appears from the information and given the fact that Military Road is too small for Garda headquarters, that there are three other premises across the city that are either in the process of being refurbished to accommodate the Garda headquarters or are already occupied.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...of the families have contacted me directly and I know that they have also contacted TG4 directly. They are pleading with TG4 not to air this documentary because they believe it is too raw and the Garda investigation has still not been concluded. I know TG4, the excellent service it provides and its documentaries. Nobody is questioning the organisation's professionalism, or the fact that...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the same. I also raised issues with section 15 and the discontinuation of an investigation for reasons of lack of resources. It would not be acceptable to have this written into legislation in relation to a Garda investigation and I see little reason for it to be acceptable in this instance. Again, I ask that the Minister consider this provision. While the Bill is very welcome,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...to answer those questions. What is needed is what other Ministers have undertaken to ensure that they are accountable to this House, namely, questions and answers before the Dáil in real time. When the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, leaked a confidential document to his friend and was subject to a SIPO investigation - not only a SIPO complaint but a Garda inquiry - he came before this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...a number of journalists put these questions to him, he stated he had carried out a review and everything was in order. What we need is accountability, the same accountability the Taoiseach had when he was subject to a Garda investigation and a SIPO investigation. The Minister needs to come before the House and answer questions. Will the Tánaiste facilitate that and facilitate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Office of the Revenue Commissioners: Engagement (14 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...that are operating in this State and paying corporation tax to Revenue but they are operating without a licence. They are operating illegally. Mr. Cody mentioned the fact that Revenue works with the Department of Finance, An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service. When Revenue knows that there is a company filing corporation tax returns that does not have a licence to do what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Office of the Revenue Commissioners: Engagement (14 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: .... What responsibility or duty does Revenue have? As the revenue collector, is it just a case of its job is to collect the taxes and make sure the taxes are applied to the profit and it is up to the Garda to decide whether a company is operating within the law? I want to have an understanding on whether there is crossover or any responsibility.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Dec 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by the insurance industry. [60105/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...an investigation into suspected activities within a bank or a regulated financial institution. For that reason I do not understand why this provision is in the Bill. I do not think we give the Garda the right to decide not to investigate a crime because of resources. I do not know why this should apply. I understand the motivation behind it but if we are trying to strengthen the law...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ..., comfort, consolation and hope to the families and the community. Local businesses opened their doors, offering their services and premises to the first responders and others in the village. The Garda, the fire services, Donegal County Council and many other first responders were on the scene and acted with such compassion and understanding. They included those who rushed from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Donegal roads policing unit as of 31 March 2021 and 5 October 2022, in tabular form. [51228/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...We need a cross-governmental multi-annual financial crime strategy and the Department of Finance should be at the heart of it. It needs to include our online agencies, banking representatives, the Garda and the Department of Justice, but I suggest the Department of Finance needs to step up to this big issue. We may all be failing together but we are failing and other jurisdictions are...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...I believe, still hundreds, if not thousands of cases, to be processed. Some of those may end up in the courts. In that context, we must state that the fines are not the end of this matter. The Garda will undertake its piece. Information in this regard has been provided to the force and it will be up to the Garda to deal with that aspect. As politicians, we must examine this 15-year...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...20% of insurance claims were fraudulent yet information I received from the Department of Justice showed that the entire industry reported only 63 incidents of fraud in the motor insurance sector to the Garda in 2019, which is 0.5% of claims made that year. In 2020, only 48 instances of fraud were reported. We now know that one cause of high insurance prices is blatant price gouging by...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...Fianna Fáil Enniscorthy cumann and took the case to the Supreme Court, and was proved right. The Gurhy v. Goff judgment in the Supreme Court held. Fianna Fáil knew all about it because not many political parties were taken to the Supreme Court by the Garda Síochána. Fianna Fáil was applying to raise money by pretending to be a charity, but that was found not to...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...Lottery permits are allowed. Indeed, individuals and businesses can apply for lottery permits but the key difference is that to get a lottery permit you do not go to court. You get it through the Garda. The maximum value of a ticket is €10 and the maximum prize fund is €5,000. This is where Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but Fianna Fáil in particular, were snookered...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: .... It is easy for people who have been elected to the Oireachtas because we are well paid. It is easy for Ministers who are sitting round the table who are well paid and well looked after with all of their Garda drivers and all of the rest to say "Look this is important and they will get through it somehow". A lot of people will not get through it. For a lot of people, this is the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is. I appreciate that. I have raised another issue in the same vicinity with the Minister of State previously. Numerous Garda stations have been closed down by previous Governments and some are lying idle. One of them is the old Bunbeg Garda station, which was hit by lightning. It was not actually closed down by the Government; it was hit by lightning. It is in a bad state. Is the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...they engaged in the past with regard to potentially leasing it to community groups at a nominal value, as has happened in other areas. There is an issue across the road from that site. This small Garda station was hit by lightning and had serious damage done to it. I am not sure what other use it could be used for. There is a school across the road. The Department of Education...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...disabled residents by another resident between 2003 and 2016 at the Ard Gréine Court complex, Stranorlar, County Donegal. The publication of the report has been blocked at every turn by the HSE, the Garda and now by the Attorney General, according to reports in The Irish Timesand by RTÉ. The Attorney General has legitimate concerns relating to victims families' rights to...