Results 21-40 of 843 for garda speaker:Seán Fleming

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Fleming: ...deterrent effect in regard to fraudulent insurance claims, particularly if these claims are being made attractive. The Department of Justice is also increasing co-ordination and co-operation between the Garda and the industry, and examining the publication of insurance data fraud details. The national claims information database reports have shown the clear benefits of PIAB to consumers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Fleming: .... While that has had some impact we all accept that more cases need to be settled, concluded and finalised by PIAB. There has been additional work done in the past couple of years with the Garda Síochána in regard to enforcement as part of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau that deals with issues like fraud. Some of those cases have been highly reported when they go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Fleming: That issue is being dealt with in consultation with An Garda Síochána. Commissioner Harris has indicated that rather than establishing stand-alone operations in each of the 17 divisions, he wants one national approach which will involve training and guidance for police officers in each of the divisions. The structure will be based centrally within An Garda Síochána....

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Seán Fleming: ...institution, it goes without saying that the subject of the investigation cannot rock up to the Central Bank and demand to know what information it holds about him or her. The same applies if the Garda is investigating whether someone committed a criminal offence. The individual in question cannot simply walk into a Garda station and ask for the full file of the investigation. I think...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Seán Fleming: I am assured that permission is required from an inspector, a superintendent, chief superintendent or a higher officer in An Garda Síochána to seek the information the Deputy refers to. No sergeant or similar member of the Garda can seek the information. It must be an officer from inspector level up who seeks it. This measure does not apply to all members of An Garda...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Seán Fleming: The proposed new section 55 of the 1994 Act relates to "Unrestricted access to beneficial ownership information in central register". As the proposed new section 55(1)(a) refers to "a member of the Garda Síochána, not below the rank of inspector, who is engaged in the prevention, detection, investigation or analysis of possible money laundering or terrorist financing", the Bill...

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

Seán Fleming: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons approved for recruitment under the Garda recruitment competition which commenced at the end of 2018; the number successfully recruited as part of that campaign; the number that passed their interviews and tests and are waiting for Garda clearance or other inquiries before they are offered a position; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (13 May 2020)

Seán Fleming: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) who left An Garda Síochána in 2008 can be granted pension rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/20]

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...parents councils are running in primary and secondary schools. They are selling one ticket for €2 or three tickets for €5. They will be able to pay out up to €1,000 and happily operate without having to ask the Garda for a permit because they will be below the limit requiring one. It is good that this has been clarified. One grouping might need a bit of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but most of these cases would be handled by the local Garda inspector in the District Court.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Most of the prosecution in the District Court is done by the local garda-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: They are mainly dealt with by gardaí. Almost all of it is dealt with by An Garda Síochána. Does the Department of Justice and Equality know whether gardaí collect data on the reasons for cases being struck out? If 50% of defendants are saying that they did not receive the notice in the post, there must be some-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Has the Department of Justice and Equality ever discussed the issue with An Garda Síochána? It is clear that a Garda inspector handles all of these cases. He or she knows the reason and ticks the box. The raw material is being gathered in the court by the prosecuting side as to why a case has been struck out. The information is in the files. It would be useful to record it,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...Harold's Cross. At our meeting on 19 September, we noted an update from the HSE that the case is currently with the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, who is addressing some further queries with An Garda Síochána and there was no further information at that time. The HSE is scheduled for a meeting with us on 5 December and we will request an update on this for that meeting....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...compliance with the requirement to complete the form is not 100%. That is a risk the CSO needs to assess and build into its national census. Oversight is required for data collection by public bodies, for example, An Garda Síochána. The CSO has been strong on this but maybe it needs to go further. I also referred to the inclusion of approved housing bodies in relation to...

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

Seán Fleming: ...as well. Today’s main meeting will deal with this. We will note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 2449 B is correspondence from Ms Marie Broderick, superintendent, An Garda Síochána, dated 9 October 2019, in response to a request from the committee for further details on information provided by the Garda Commissioner at the meeting on 9 May 2019....

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

Seán Fleming: ...out there but it is not for us to put it out there. The name is mentioned three or four times in the letter but it will be redacted when we publish it. Second, I think everybody is clear that An Garda Síochána does not have an organisational policy in place for exit surveys, so it does not know. That is the honest answer. If it does not have a policy, it could not have said...

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

Seán Fleming: Allow me to finish. There is a complete distinction between suspected fraud and instances of non-compliance with procedures. Suspected fraud cases mean a potential loss to An Garda Síochána as money would be paid out in a fraudulent manner. Fraud is a criminal issue, not a HR issue. Do members understand the distinction I am making? I am not trying to muddy the waters, but...

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

Seán Fleming: We will send the transcript of this discussion to An Garda Síochána in order to give it a precise understanding of the issues raised. We need clarification on whether these three cases are separate from the case about which we are talking. It is quite possible that these cases were disciplinary and that the case to which we are referring is criminal. I want to know whether the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: No. 2419 is correspondence from Mr. Maurice Buckley, chairman, Office of Public Works, OPW, providing further information requested by the committee in respect of the Kevin Street Garda divisional headquarters project. Negotiations between the OPW and the contractor have been referred by the contractor for conciliation. The letter states that it is not possible at this stage to provide the...