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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: According to these accounts, the Garda – or is it the Department? – allocates €124,000 a year to the medical aid society. What is that for?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: Is the secretary to that organisation appointed from the Garda Síochána to the job on full pay as a garda? How does it work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: I want to turn now to procurement. How is general procurement, be it vehicles or servicing of vehicles, managed? When the Garda is purchasing a service or goods, does it have a panel of businesses it uses? Also, does it vet the company or individual chosen in terms of reliability and suitability for dealing with the Garda?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: Has the Garda ever refused to deal with someone who was successful in the procurement process because of what might be termed "operational reasons"? If a business wins a contract, it has obviously gone through the process successfully and been vetted. Has there been any instance where such a business has not been used as a supplier?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: Therefore, even after securing the contract, something may become apparent and then the Garda will not go ahead and use that individual or company. Is that person or company informed of the reasons for not being used?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: How would that information be conveyed to them? Would it be by word of mouth or would the Garda write to them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: The number of members of the force is now down to less than 13,000 and the acting Commissioner has said the Garda can fulfil its full obligations with that number. This might come as a surprise to some people around the country, because they constantly hear of the non-availability of gardaí for some reason or another in regard to reporting incidents and getting a response. For example,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: ...road safety and deaths on the roads, but recently we have seen another issue in regard to roads - the racing of sulkies and accidents and unsocial behaviour caused by this activity. What is the Garda response to that? Are there specific laws or local by-laws applying to that and can the Garda engage with those involved and stop that activity? In some areas, it seems that is not the case...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: I thank the acting Garda Commissioner for her opening statement.

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

John McGuinness: ...today’s committee meeting. No. 3C.1, correspondence received from the Department of Justice and Equality re GSOC report and examination of practice, policy and procedure under section 106 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in regard to the FCPS as operated by the Garda Síochána, is to be noted. This document is already in the public domain and we can take account...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: ...inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government or the merits of the objectives of such policies. I welcome Ms Noirín O’Sullivan, Acting Garda Commissioner, and I ask her to introduce her officials. As this is her first time here as Accounting Officer, I wish her well.

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

John McGuinness: .... That is to be noted and published. No. 3C.3 is correspondence, received 2 July 2014 from HSE re his opening statement. That is to be noted and published. No. 4 concerns reports, statements and accounts received from the Garda Síochána Complaints Board and the Pensions Board, both of which have a clear audit. The accounts are to be noted. No. 5. is the work programme,...

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

John McGuinness: ...issues that have been raised with us. Could we agree the agenda for Thursday, 10 July 2014? We will deal with the 2012 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Vote 20, Garda Síochána; Chapter 8, management of outsourced safety cameras. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (1 Jul 2014)

John McGuinness: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the on going maintenance of the Garda station at Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny; if the property is to be sold; if any community organisation has expressed an interest in the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28468/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: ..., although the money was spent on the renovation of a church and building there. I understand a local limited company funded by the Department was involved and that there are issues around this. A Garda investigation into the project took place. How will the State protect its investment of €4.88 million, or are the Department and the State prepared to leave things as they are? ...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Will Mr. McCarthy ask the county manager what the lease arrangement is? The Garda investigation is separate and has no bearing on my suggestions. I ask that Mr. McCarthy establish the facts through the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. They should then be supplied to the committee. Is the county manager prepared to move against those holding the lease? The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: ...of workers as self employed, to be noted and a copy forwarded to the Department of Social Protection for a note on the matter. No. 3B.3 is correspondence received anonymously from a member of An Garda Síochána regarding waste of public funds by failure to charge for policing of events, to be noted and a copy to be forwarded to An Garda Síochána. No. 3B.4 is...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (19 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: He has had no communication with GSOC, the Garda or anybody, and the report still rests there, gathering dust, when it could have prevented all of what was presented by the whistleblower here. The report was largely ignored.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (19 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: That would depend on whether one implements a wholesale relocation of all of the vans, but one is not doing so. In the case of those boy racers who spin around on the roads, where the Garda wants to deploy one of those vans, there should be capacity within the contract to allow that to happen to some minimum degree. Otherwise it is a waste of a resource. To return to Mr. O'Brien's opening...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: ...of Ian Bailey in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan de Plantier. The correspondence is to be noted. The remit of the committee does not allow it to examine the costs associated with individual Garda investigations. That might be the case, but can we ask for a note on the matter?