Results 41-60 of 677 for garda speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (25 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (23 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH),...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rights of People with Disabilities (18 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of unstamped tobacco products. - The Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 provided that a person suspected of an offence of dealing in, or with, unstamped tobacco products must provide information to a Revenue Officer or a Garda and may be required to present any tobacco product concerned for examination, and make provision for search by a Revenue Officer or Garda of any bag or other receptacle...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...order to fill the five positions, there were three Expressions of Interest Campaigns in 2022 which the Department of Health led on. The process was completed in January 2023 with the completion of Garda vetting for the final two candidates. However the process has been further complicated by the National Rehabilitation Hospital deciding in February 2023 to withdraw their services with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...from implementation of sanctions, for specific reasons; Issues any direction that it deems necessary in order to administer and enforce financial sanctions; andReports any suspected breaches of sanctions, to An Garda Síochána.Notwithstanding the fact that the Bank’s powers under the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 or Part IIIC of the 1942 Act do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...and seize nitrous oxide in accordance with the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010. Revenue works closely with other relevant Departments and agencies in the State including An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice and the Health Products Regulatory Authority in acting against the illegal drugs trade. The table below outlines the number of seizures of nitrous...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies (3 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...AMLA will acquire the AMLCFT competences of the European Banking Authority and will also host the secure communications network for the EU member States’ national Financial Intelligence Units (in Ireland, this is a division of An Garda Síochána), which is currently maintained by Interpol. I believe Ireland is an ideal location for this important new EU authority. We...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...order to fill the five positions, there were three Expressions of Interest Campaigns in 2022 which the Department of Health led on. The process was completed in January 2023 with the completion of Garda vetting for the final two candidates. However the process has been further complicated by the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) deciding in February 2023 to withdraw their services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...order to fill the five positions there were three Expressions of Interest Campaigns in 2022 which the Department of Health led on. The process was completed in January 2023 with the completion of Garda vetting for the final two candidates. However the process has been further complicated by the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) deciding in February 2023 to withdraw their services with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH),...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disability Services (19 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH),...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...Board with a quorum of three needed for any appeal hearing. Consequently two other candidates were nominated by the Minister for Health in November 2022. All five candidates successfully completed Garda Vetting by January 2023. I had hoped that I could finalise these appointments and recommence the work of DDMBA in the first quarter of this year. However, the National Rehabilitation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: If a consumer suspects fraudulent activity on their account, they should immediately report this incident to their local Garda station as it is a criminal matter. They should also engage with their financial service provider as early as possible to allow them to investigate the issue and try to rectify any unauthorised transactions made. Instances of fraud should also be reported to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...with the first Expression of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...first Expression of Interest Campaign launched in January 2022. By November 2022 after three recruitment campaigns, five individuals had been nominated by the Minister of Health, pending successful completion of Garda vetting of two final candidates. These candidates successfully completed Garda vetting in January 2023. Engagement began in December 2021 with the National Rehabilitation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (28 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...and ensures effective risk focused deployment of resources. The smuggling of tobacco products has a transnational and cross border dimension and, in addition to Revenue’s ongoing cooperation with An Garda Síochána in this area, I am advised that Revenue also works closely with its counterparts in other jurisdictions including colleagues in Northern Ireland through the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Online Safety (22 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...their own language, or seek compensation for breaches of the rules. However, there is no one categorisation of push payment fraud and it is not recorded as authorised push payment fraud on the Gardai’s PULSE system. Push payment fraud is usually a fraud that involves a level of social engineering where victims are manipulated into making real-time payments to fraudsters. These...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Human Trafficking (22 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: I am advised that Revenue does not have a lead role in relation to the response to human trafficking but works closely with An Garda Siochána and with immigration officials in the Department of Justice responsible for the management of inward migration and international protection processes where it encounters any incidents or suspected incidents of such activity.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (21 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...optimum deployment of resources on a risk-focused basis. The smuggling of tobacco products has a transnational and cross border dimension and, in addition to Revenue’s ongoing cooperation with An Garda Síochána in this area, Revenue also works closely with its counterparts in other jurisdictions including colleagues in Northern Ireland through the Cross Border Joint...