Results 161-180 of 677 for garda speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (5 Nov 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the camera infrastructure in place and operational at a location (details supplied) in Cork city; if there is a live feed from the cameras available to An Garda Síochána to assist it in its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (23 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes in the Cork city Garda division by station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...budget – as a party, we have focused our discussions with the Government on securing progress on certain key priorities. We are pleased that today’s budget includes an additional 700 members of the Garda working in communities across the country; a €100 million fund for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to tackle waiting lists in our hospitals; an extra 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Michael McGrath: Deputy Pearse Doherty spent much of his time on fraud. I will not go into it in any great detail. Mr. Farrell referred to 500 cases being referred to the Garda over the past four years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (26 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: ..., so I do not see where the hope is for people whose policies are up for renewal. Finally, has the Minister of State any further information on the insurance fraud co-ordination unit within An Garda Síochána that has been announced? Can he give a reassurance that the necessary funding and resources will be made available in order that it can become operational and effective?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 September 2019, the number of Garda vehicles available in working order and operational in each Garda district within the Cork city division at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2018 and as at 20 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (17 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars operational in each Garda district area within the Cork city division; the corresponding data in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (6 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength by rank including Garda reserves based in each station in a district (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35407/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...done. I do not believe the time for amendments was adequate. The report itself looks rushed. I have done my best to add key amendments, as I see it. Coming here today I was aware the deputy Garda commissioner was lined up to come in but I was not sure of the sequencing, and whether we would stick at this until we finished it. I was fearful that the deputy Garda commissioner would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...of Public Prosecutions, DPP, in this area. Let us say an insurance claim is thrown out of court on the basis of false and exaggerated information being provided. Is that ever referred to the Garda by the justice concerned or is it passed directly to the DPP? How does that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: If the trial works in the four divisions, is it the intention to roll it out to all 28 Garda divisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Garda representatives have said that since October 2018 a total of 50 reports of potential bogus insurance claims have been referred to the force. They have all been reported by insurance companies. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Are there other channels through which suspected insurance fraud cases can make their way to the Garda?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...something does not quite match up, given the low number of referrals. Perhaps the companies have no confidence that cases can be taken through the system, but that is not necessarily the fault of the Garda. It could be because of the judicial system or the legal framework or that the burden of proof is so high. In any case, there seems to be an extraordinary mismatch between the level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Is it the view of our guests that, in general and on the basis of their experience, the actual level of fraud is in excess, perhaps significantly so, of what is being reported to the Garda?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: Would the Garda representatives not think that insurance companies have a vested interested in this area and would like to make an example of those bringing fraudulent claims? Would companies not like those involved to be publicly accused in court and eventually convicted of insurance fraud? Would it not be in the direct financial interest of the companies to ensure this happens? Yet,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (25 Jun 2019)

Michael McGrath: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 12 June 2019, the locations covered by each Garda diversion programme in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Jun 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...ánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the information the family of a juvenile is entitled to in respect of the consideration by the national juvenile office of a file referred to it by An Garda Síochána relating to an alleged criminal incident involving persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24376/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Jun 2019)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the factors taken into account by the national juvenile office in deciding if a file referred to it by An Garda Síochána should be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions or be dealt with under the Garda juvenile diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (12 Jun 2019)

Michael McGrath: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda youth diversion programmes in place across Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24378/19]