Results 121-140 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Marc MacSharry: We have had a debate here previously about the provision of a site for a new Garda station. Before one gets a new Garda station, what is the Government doing about the existing one? A commitment was given in October 2016, when it was condemned by the Garda's own health and safety adviser, to take remedial action. That has not happened. Yesterday, 101 gardaí walked out yesterday....

Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Marc MacSharry: But Deputy McLoughlin announced a new Garda station in 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a submission made by a person (details supplied) seeking consideration by the OPW of a specific site the person wished to offer for the new regional Garda headquarters in Sligo; the reason the person in question has had no reply; if a specific site is the subject of ongoing procurement processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: The acting Garda Commissioner recently told the Committee of Public Accounts that the decision on Stepaside Garda station had already been made, that the OPW was pressing ahead and at an advanced stage with the project. The Minister might want to tell his colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, to send a tweet that perhaps it might never happen, certainly...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Stepaside Garda station will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/17]

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: When will Stepaside Garda station be reopened? It follows a decision that caused much public controversy. Let us contrast this decision with the tangible lack of action in the advancement of work on a new regional Garda headquarters in Sligo where there is no running water and no shower facilities in the Garda station. The cells have been condemned to the extent that members of the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (10 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location of the site for the new Garda headquarters (details supplied) in County Sligo; if it has been procured; the status of the project; the timeframe for planning, construction and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...for money in the first instance. Political considerations come second. Previously, Deputy Cassells gave clear examples in the context of Meath. I cited an example relating to Sligo whereby a Garda station that had been condemned was awaiting this process. We received the interim report and there were media leaks over the weekend. The committee was told approximately five times in a...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (3 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...by my colleague from Sligo-Leitrim, Deputy Eamon Scanlon. Deputy Tony McLoughlin is also present, and I know this matter is very close to the heart of Deputy Martin Kenny. It concerns Sligo Garda station, a regional and divisional headquarters which houses an assistant commissioner, a chief superintendent, a superintendent, 140 gardaí and 20 civilians. For many years it has not...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (3 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...to Sligo, promising a site within three weeks but nothing has happened. We saw the tweets from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, announcing the opening of Stepaside Garda station at the beginning of June. The deputy commissioner confirmed to us at the Committee of Public Accounts last week that it was under way but Sligo can wait.

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

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the acting Garda Commissioner and wish him the very best of luck. Some issues have already been covered by my colleagues. Perhaps we could just recap so that I am crystal clear. We have established that the criteria to close and open stations are the same.

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

Marc MacSharry: There is no need. Deputy Kelly has already done so and I am also aware of those three criteria. We do not need to repeat them. The acting Garda Commissioner said that the criteria were absolutely the same. He said that several times. Is that still the case?

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

Marc MacSharry: When the acting Garda Commissioner gave us the commitment that he would make that report available, did the Secretary General, Mr. Noel Waters, personally ring him?

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

Marc MacSharry: An Garda Síochána made a recommendation to Government in the interim report that six stations be reopened. Is that correct?

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

Marc MacSharry: How then did Stepaside happen to be the one and only station that An Garda Síochána decided to reopen? At this particular juncture, as the acting Garda Commissioner said, there was other work to be completed.

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

Marc MacSharry: ...mentioned, that, with a new broom, new opportunity, a clean sheet, while the Department of Justice and Equality in some instances operates in splendid isolation, in this case it has thrown the Garda under the bus, telling it to design criteria and do whatever is necessary to reopen Stepaside because of the political expediency of facilitating members of the Cabinet?

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

Marc MacSharry: We are concerned because following a commitment from the Garda, the then Commissioner and the witness as acting Garda Commissioner, we were to get the report, then we were not to get it and now we have correspondence – which of course is not Mr. Ó Cualáin's fault – from the Secretary General of the Department saying we may get the report in due course, with plausible...

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

Marc MacSharry: I thank the acting Garda Commissioner for being here. It seems to me the same criteria were used to open as to close. We are still considering which six to open although Stepaside is already agreed in isolation. The acting Commissioner was giving us a report and then he was not. The Secretary General of the Department, which is not the acting Commissioner's fault, is telling us we can...

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

Marc MacSharry: ...has been in contact with the OPW to advance that as quickly as possible. In terms of the timeframe following that, is it fair to say that it has taken precedence over the capital investment in Garda stations which, for example, have been partly or fully condemned but which are still operational? I refer, for example, to stations where cells cannot be used. In Sligo Garda station, for...

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

Marc MacSharry: I ask the acting Garda Commissioner, from an operational - cops and robbers - perspective, what would be more of a priority? Would it be operating the cells at a regional centre like Sligo Garda station or re-opening the station at Stepaside, in terms of timing and priority, if the acting Garda Commissioner had a magic wand?