Results 141-160 of 272 for garda speaker:Alan Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (24 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the possibility of involving Tusla in aspects of Garda training to ensure An Garda Síochána is best prepared for the challenges posed by issues relating to child safety, child protection and cyber security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44978/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: My last question specifically refers to referrals from An Garda Síochána. Does the witness have an estimate of the number of referrals nationally, and-or the number of times that Tusla has assisted An Garda Síochána with interviews in this audit year? If the witness has more recent numbers I would appreciate those also.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: In any given financial year, if the Garda made a recommendation that a station be reopened, how long would it take for the necessary works for its reopening to be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: Was an Assistant Garda Commissioner doing the work?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: However, part of the consideration was that the building happened to be in State ownership, as opposed to there being a policing requirement. Does ownership come into the Assistant Garda Commissioner's work-----

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: -----as head of An Garda Síochána? Is that appropriate?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: We will take that for granted. I am just asking whether it is the job of the Assistant Garda Commissioner to present a business case from a financial perspective or from a policing perspective, or is it both?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...and be a bit more precise. Does the financial aspect of the location of a station, whether rebuild or new build, as well as the financial implication for the State, form part of the Assistant Garda Commissioner's consideration?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...in State ownership - otherwise they would not have been considered in the first place - and-or new builds based upon a policing model which clearly makes sense, my question is whether Assistant Garda Commissioner O'Driscoll had a condition in the report whereby he had to consider the financial implications for the Garda Vote, as opposed to policing, or pit it against-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...when the State has to spend money to uphold the law. It is not necessarily about the cost of the provision of the service. We do not know how much it used to cost the State service provider - An Garda Síochána - to provide this service prior to the award of the contract. More importantly, we know from custom, practice and experience that we will not get a copy of a contract....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (20 Sep 2017)

Alan Farrell: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the reopening of Rush Garda station with regard to the pilot scheme to reopen six Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39116/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...various processes that took place there and the various transactions involved. It is very clear from the evidence given by the Commissioner and her staff that the internal audit unit within An Garda Síochána is under-resourced. I would question how seriously it is taking the matter in terms of its presentation of information, not just to the committee but also the fullness...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...remarks that this has been ongoing since the 1980s. It is easy for all of us on this side of the room and others in the public domain to question the manner in which moneys were spent by the Garda training college and how it was run. We can agree that it was in 2006 that it was first identified that there was a problem in terms of whether the college was compliant with accountancy rules...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Taking into consideration the constraints within An Garda Síochána post the commencement of his employment, it was probably very difficult for him to get the personnel to support him in that role. Am I correct in saying that from a professional standpoint he was a one-man operation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...lead him to believe there has been any illegal activity, criminal or otherwise, in respect of Exchequer funding, be that in the accounts of private organisations under the control of members of An Garda Síochána or in accounts that are directly in the control of An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: One specific incident is very glaring. It is probably quite small money, but it is very troubling given that An Garda Síochána did it. The Garda Vote provides for Templemore a sum of money, as I understand it, for laundry services and-or supplementary food in the canteen or the mess, whatever they refer to it as. For a period of time the college in Templemore was charging for the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Embezzlement. I have no doubt in my mind - or at least I hope so - that individuals using that money were using it for gardaí, former gardaí and all the rest of it. The bottom line is that it is public money. Its source is profits in various organisations, rent being procured - to which I will return in a minute - from a site owned by the State with the money originally being...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: : I will conclude at this point. I have a number of questions about the funding that was being provided to An Garda Síochána at Templemore through one of its entities from the farm – the rent that was being paid, which I think was €25,000. The Commissioner opened the door with regard to the fact that some of that money was being paid directly to the OPW. For...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Farrell: Will the Commissioner tell me whether it is within An Garda Síochána's Vote, budget or authority to bring in individuals if it cannot find or hire them for Mr. Kelly? Can it bring in personnel?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...to raise arise but I am sure the Tánaiste will be able to locate the required information relatively quickly. The overall Vote for the Department has been increased by 4.7% this year. In regard to Garda vehicles, 200 were replaced in 2014; 493 in 2015; 500 in 2016 and 350 in 2017. I appreciate that for a number of years there were issues with budgets and as a result there was...