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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (22 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Garda National Protective Services Bureau by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2799/19]

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

Seán Fleming: ...groups from around the county which discussed this exact issue. People refer to the previous CCTV scheme for urban areas, which involved the chamber of commerce in the various towns and the Garda taking a direct monitoring role. That system worked. For some reason, the community CCTV scheme was linked to the local authorities, although I acknowledge it is based in the community. I saw...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...and I know it is looking for a review, but we still have these situations. The Irish Prison Service is trying to recruit people, but people being recruited into a uniformed service, whether the Garda or whatever, and we are speaking about the Irish Prison Service today, know that if they get stabbed in the course of their job, the chief medical officer in the Department of Health will not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I know it was not Ms McCaffrey's intention. I am raising it to clarify it in case some people watching take the other meaning. What is the position involving the Garda and the Irish Prison Service regarding security when transferring prisoners? There are 41,000 transfers per annum. Obviously, the Irish Prison Service has to have a serious protocol. Is the Garda always available at the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The majority are to or from the District Court or whatever and might not require a garda. I will not put all my questions now and will come back a second time. How many cases involving the Irish Prison Service are before the Labour Relations Commission?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay. We mentioned assaults on prison officers a minute ago. What is the process in place and the protocol involving the Irish Prison Service and Garda regarding the taking of witness statements? If it happens in a public place, that is fine. Let us say it happens within the four walls of a prison. Does everything have to go through the governor? What is the protocol? Do the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...a prison officer, the governor is notified and that it is then up to him or her to inform the staff member of the issue. We have heard that if there is an issue involving a prison officer, the Garda does not deal directly with individual prison officers. It works through the governor or the liaison officer as the case may be.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It has been highlighted to us, as members, that information was being channelled relative to the prison officer affected. It was said the information was channelled by the governor to the Garda or liaison officer but it was not given down to the prison officer, which led to difficulty. I am not asking Ms McCaffrey to comment on the case. There is a command structure in regard to the flow...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: My next question is a general one. Does the handler, the prison officer, bring the dog home and look after it? That happens in An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Driscoll might confirm it for me, but I believe the Garda handler-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is what is done in the Garda. We will move on. Next are Deputies O'Brien and MacSharry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...of Tusla, dated 4 December 2018, providing information requested by the committee on procedures to secure service level agreements and the memorandum of understanding on information-sharing with An Garda Síochána. We will note and publish this. The important aspects of this letter are the following. Regarding the memorandum of understanding on the sharing of information with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will write to Revenue and ask what body takes the prosecution; is it handed over to the Garda or does Revenue itself prosecute; and what were the legal costs of each of the cases in 2016, 2017 and 2018 to date. The next item is from Mr. Ray Mitchell at the HSE. We are keeping that man busy this week. The item is a note on the record retention policy in place, in particular procurement...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: I have a few quick questions before Deputy Aylward comes in. Are all of the drivers Garda vetted, including contractor drivers?

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is the question I am asking. If a parent is the escort, does he or she have to be Garda vetted?

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: I understand that. Garda vetting is required. To return to an earlier point, the Department leaves it until very late in the year to close the scheme to applications. I know that is done to give people as much time to apply as possible but it causes terrible problems in a short six to eight week period. Why does the Department leave it so late? Why does it not move the closing date back...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...and officers' and non-commissioned officers' and privates' messes. Turnover in 2017 was €1.8 million. There is a clear audit opinion. We probably wanted something like that in respect of the Garda Síochána College in Templemore over the years. The Army had separate accounts, separate funds and separate reporting whereas-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: If something similar had existed in the context of the Garda Síochána College in Templemore, some of the issues relating to the college would not arisen over the decades. It is a learning point. We will keep moving. Our work programme for the next meeting is on screen. We will be meeting representatives from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. ...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...broadband plan to date. In order to provide structure for today's meeting, we will take all matters relating to cybersecurity in the afternoon when we will be joined by representatives from An Garda Síochána and the Department of Defence, both of which have a role in this matter but may not be involved in the general discussion on the Vote. We are joined from the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...not complete our discussion on cybersecurity before lunch, we arranged for a second session to commence at 2 p.m. to conclude our deliberations. It is not necessary to have witnesses from the Garda Síochána and the Department of Defence present this morning when we are dealing with issues that are not relevant to them. I do not know how long we will take today but witnesses...