Results 181-200 of 631 for garda speaker:John McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (6 May 2014)

John McGuinness: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the future plans for the Garda station at Ballyragget, County Kilkenny; if the local community has been consulted on the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19975/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John McGuinness: ...correspondence received on 29 April from the Department regarding its opening statement. Reports and statements received since our meeting on 10 April are listed. They include reports from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Commission for Aviation Regulation, Abargrove Limited, Clonmel Greyhound Racing Company and quite a few other greyhound companies. All of these...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John McGuinness: ...something was done incorrectly or was wrong and needed to be accounted for, this is the forum to which it should be accountable. I turn to correspondence dated 10 April from Ms Noreen O'Sullivan, Garda Commissioner, on the purchase of digital recording equipment to be noted and published. Correspondence dated 14 April from Mr. Ray Mitchell on section 38 agencies to be noted and...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: I wish to advise Deputy Ross that the matter to which he is referring came to our attention via correspondence we received. We referred it to the Garda.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: ...the authority might have relating to the penalty points issue. It had sight of various reports, so if the representatives have correspondence relating to it, such as correspondence to the Garda Commissioner and correspondence to and from the Oireachtas and the Government, they might submit it prior to the meeting so we will have a full file before us for that hearing. The other matter...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: ...raised in the letter from Mr. Flannery relate to correspondence that this committee received. We take our role very seriously and that correspondence, under legislation, had to be referred to the Garda. There was no option for the committee but to refer it to the Garda. That is where the matter stands. It was the only option we had and it was done out of respect for the legislation and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: It is a matter for the Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: ...correspondence regarding Meath Community Services. This is to be noted. No. 3B.8 is correspondence, dated 27 March 2014, from Deputy Ross re a request for the committee to hold a hearing on the Garda Síochána's request for tender for the supply, delivery and maintenance of digital recording systems. Does the Deputy wish to comment?

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...pertaining to this matter, and ask him what he considers to be the issue. The Minister should do so to inform himself in order that he knows what he is dealing with when he is speaking to the Garda or whoever will investigate this matter. Finally, I referred the Minister to the loss by a family of a daughter and a granddaughter and the fact that in the course of the investigation, GSOC...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ..., Deputy Fitzgerald, he might ask her about that. Will the Minister, Deputy Shatter, apologise to the family in Wicklow whose son took his own life? There are also implications there for the Garda. What about the granddaughter and daughter of a lady, who was killed in an accident, who reported it to GSOC and cannot get an appointment with the garda who is investigating that case? Does...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...is saying that the dogs may have barked but his caravan is going to move on. That is the difficulty, however. Earlier in his contribution he suggested the issue was a very minor piece of what the Garda does.

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...the now retired John Wilson, were so annoyed and upset about the system that they put their careers at stake to become known as whistleblowers? What the Minister said about the goodness of the Garda and the work it does is true and beyond doubt. None of us questions that. However, we are questioning the culture that condemned those two men the moment they opened their mouths to say...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...is to be noted and published. We have also dealt with this matter. No. 3B.6 is correspondence received from Tom Casey Solicitors. We have taken a decision to forward the correspondence to the Garda Síochána. No. 3C is correspondence relevant to today's meeting. No. 3C.1 is correspondence received on 6 March from the Department of Justice and Equality on the briefing paper....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...against named individuals who have or had associations with the Rehab Group. The committee has taken legal advice on the statement and has decided to forward a copy of the correspondence to the Garda Síochána, pursuant to its obligations under the Criminal Justice Act 2011 and other enactments. The allegations contained in the statement fall outside the committee’s...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We considered it last week and we considered it when the Garda Commissioner came before us. We had a break last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committtee (27 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: ...be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Brian McDonald. No. 3B.2 is correspondence dated 5 February 2013 from Mr. John Ryan, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, re correspondence re inappropriate follow-up by the Garda and the cancellation of penalty points, to be noted and forwarded to the Garda Commissioner for a note and for appropriate follow-up. No. 3B.3 is correspondence dated 15 February 2014...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: This is a fact. The garda then went on to ask the confidential recipient to process the complaint, questioned the fact that nothing was happening and then asked for an update on the position. I would like to ask the confidential recipient whether he said to her that it had gone too high to cover it up and that it had to be investigated. He then suggested to her not to forget his proximity...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: ...to Deputy Buttimer. The next matter I wish to address is the independence of the confidential recipient. The Minister referred in a statement this morning to a sexual harassment case in the Garda as if it was the only case - that is what the lady concerned has picked up - but it is not the only case. There is another case that has been processed through all of the available procedures...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: ...process, having been in a position of having the greatest of respect for the State. The politicians and the democratic process have visited that upon them because we refused to respond. Lastly, the Garda whistleblower has revealed many facts that have shocked people. Has he not been proved correct? He was poked at and made fun of but two weeks ago we discovered the report of the...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: ...lady, who is a hard-working woman, describes the State as "a little corrupt country". This was her experience, which we need to take into account. She expected the law enforcers, including the Garda, the DPP and judges, to protect, serve and tell the truth. In her correspondence she went on to outline what happened to her and her son who was killed in a hit and run incident. She...