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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: Exactly. There is also a cost to getting to that point in the first place. I imagine in the vast majority, if not all cases, a garda would have stopped an individual because of a road traffic offence. There is a cost to the taxpayer to get to the point where somebody is given a fine in the first place. The taxpayer would hope that the administration of justice would be done and the law...

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: ...citizens; nothing could be further from the truth. Everybody in this House wants people in rural areas to have proper broadband. I remind him that it was not my party that closed post offices, Garda stations or community services in villages. That was down to his party. He also claimed the Opposition was being irresponsible, but it is the Minister who is being irresponsible....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I want to respond to the letter and the response we received from the superintendent on behalf of the Garda Commissioner. This goes back to questions I put to the Commissioner on an individual. Her name is in the public domain but I will not use it. It concerns an individual who was arrested on suspicion of fraud relating to sick leave. At the time, it was an extraordinary situation where...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: ...processes. My point is that there is no candour here in terms of giving the responses to the questions that have been asked. More importantly, we asked about the related policy and practice in An Garda Síochána for dealing with suspected fraud relating to sick leave and the details of it. The response noted that instances of non-compliance with sick leave regulations and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I raised this case because it was brought to my attention before the Garda Commissioner appeared before the committee. There was a value-for-money element to it because there was an allegation at the time that due process was not followed. That led to a criminal investigation that cost the State money. It went to court and the charges were dismissed. Leaving aside that case, I have no...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective inspector. [38687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: 198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective sergeant. [38688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective. [38689/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: It is always worth the wait to come into this committee. I welcome the Garda Commissioner and his team. I join in the strong condemnations made by the Chairman and Deputy Jack Chambers in respect of last night's incident. I hope people will come forward if they have information and that the perpetrators of the crime will be brought to justice very quickly. I thank the Garda Commissioner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Finn talking about Garda numbers or criminal numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Does that include the number of Garda stations as well or is it just the number of personnel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: That might be a sore point in some counties in which Garda stations have been closed over recent years, particularly in rural areas. Thirty-two councillors on Waterford City and County Council and all of the county's Oireachtas Members bar one wrote to Mr. Harris outlining concerns about the headquarters of the new Waterford-Kilkenny-Carlow division potentially being outside Waterford. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: ...wishing to reserve judgment, and given his comments about Waterford being the regional city and a recommendation having been made to him, should I be comforted that the good people of Waterford and Garda members on the ground do not need to be as concerned as they are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Would that social service be led in part by some State services such as social welfare payments, An Post payments or the payment of Garda fines? Is it fair to say this is also a strong element of the overall service provided that adds to the viability of the post office and also meets a social need, particularly in rural areas?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: The Commissioner states the matter has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is not appropriate, therefore, for us to comment on it and he is correct that he is not in a position to do so either. We noted that his previous correspondence contained a mistake that everyone accepts was inadvertent because he was not given prior notice of the issue and may not...

Organisation of Working Time (Workers’ Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: ...move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to prohibit the practice of designating employment as self-employment; to bring the Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, and doctors in training, under the protection of the Act; to limit the race to the bottom on workers’ rights by extending elements of the Act...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: ...as well as the enormous challenge of tackling gangs which cannot be understated, the reality is that this Government is not doing enough. The response, to say the least, has been lacklustre. The Garda has done some good work in recent times. We have seen drug seizures and arrests but the Garda is operating with one hand tied behind its back. It is confined by a lack of resources and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Unfortunately, the increase that he spoke about has simply not been enough. Senior gardaí in the affected communities have said that. We have heard them say it in Drogheda, Dundalk, Dublin and rural parts of Ireland where they simply do not have the required resources. In 2009, we had 14,547 gardaí. We now have 14,160, which is 387 fewer...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise the Government's commitment in the programme for Government to higher levels of transparency and accountability in An Garda Síochána. Two issues arose in recent days that are of concern in that regard. The first is the view of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, that full accountability and transparency and its ability to do its job and hold...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. Harris and wish him well in his role. Unfortunately, we have had a high turnover of Garda Commissioners and Ministers for Justice and Equality, and much of that was down to cultural and organisational issues we had in an Garda Síochána, as I am sure Mr. Harris is aware. We are hoping the changes that were promised are being delivered, and some...