Results 21-40 of 1,119 for garda speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian Garda staff working in the Garda national drugs and organised crime unit as of 3 April 2024. [15550/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda cars and unmarked Garda vans attached to the Garda national immigration bureau as of 3 April 2024. [15551/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the Garda roads policing unit fleet that are aged between 0-2 years old, between 3-6 years old, between 7-10 years old and over 10 years old, in tabular form. [15552/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...for Foreign Affairs and Trade to reinstate the secure email verification system trialled following a proposal in June 2022 in respect of that proposal for Passport Office officials to verify Garda log entries by a designated email process (details supplied) before rolling out the procedure nationwide. [14741/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: .... I wish to start on the resourcing issue. For example, each time we ask the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, we are constantly told that the deployment of resources is entirely under the Garda Commissioner's remit. Obviously, we expect that this is done efficiently and effectively. Mr. Harris acknowledged that the 2022 budget was the largest. In fact, it increased again in...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The Commissioner has talked about the pipeline but really we should look at the net numbers. Obviously a large number of people are exiting and, in fact, exiting mid-career from the Garda. Taking account of the difference between the number of new recruits and the number who have left, the net increase between 2020 and 2023 was just 300 people.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On the recruitment process, An Garda Síochána has moved away from using the Public Appointments Service and now uses a UK firm, which is obviously non-EU, to spearhead the recruitment drive. What does the firm do and how did the change come about? I understand that the initiative is costing approximately €4 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: To short-circuit this, I ask the Garda Commissioner to supply in writing details on travel and subsistence. I would also like details in writing on the arrangements in terms of travel and subsistence, for example, when overtime occurs outside the district? Do they differ from Civil Service rates? If so, I ask the Commissioner to supply a note on that to the committee, please. That would...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There was a fairly high-profile case involving a bicycle where a Garda was suspended for three years. I completely understand that An Garda Síochána is a hierarchical organisation and when a complaint is made it must be dealt with. However, in this case it seems like a sledgehammer was used to crack a nut.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Some information is in the public domain and this goes to the heart of how resources are deployed. For example, the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation was deployed. If I am not right about this, the Commissioner should feel free to correct it. There is supposed to be a review of suspensions every three months. It affects approximately 100 gardaí. We have seen...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: With the Garda strained numbers-wise, that will obviously create additional pressure. I want to move on to the figures for-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I would be happy to get a note on that as I have only a small amount of speaking time left. I will skip through a number of other issues. The non-Garda staff members of the force are important. I am told that a large number of these staff are seeking to transfer out. I believe the figure is some 1,600 out of 3,000. Would that be correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The number of people applying for jobs from other parts of the Civil Service does not give rise to the same movement as there is among the civilian staff of An Garda Síochána. Is that not the case? Is it an impediment?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is movement within the Garda.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I presume An Garda Síochána has put in place contingency plans because of the very large number of staff involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: At the same time, the Garda would want to hold onto people. It takes a long time for people to be trained. The Garda wants a degree of stability. That kind of movement would not fill me with confidence about viability in the context of stability within stations, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I presume the Garda Commissioner has interaction with the Minister on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On roads policing, in 2023 there were 104 fewer Garda policing the roads than there were in 2021. That is a substantial drop in numbers. Road deaths have increased and it is difficult to avoid making some sort of a correlation there. Will the Garda Commissioner provide us with more information on this? Is roads policing the poor relation? Does it get the kind of attention it requires?...