Results 61-80 of 86 for garda speaker:Shane Cassells

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...around the head with a glass vase by thugs. The Mayor of Navan, Councillor Tommy Reilly, who is 73 years of age, had to intervene to save his son in that incident. What is shocking is that a Garda car arrived at the scene, spoke to the thugs and then drove off. It sparked a national debate on the front covers of all the national newspapers and on the Joe Duffy show. It is a sad state...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: There is little point in the Garda Commissioner quoting statistics and telling me she in confident there are people on the street, if that is not the reality. That incident proves it is not the reality. Gardaí are on my local radio station every week detailing the crime. There is little point in only telling the people about the crime that has occurred when there is no follow-up. Has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: However, does the Commissioner wish to know that the style of policing they are implementing for the force is one that gives confidence to people that they can walk down the street and that the gardaí are not stuck in the Garda station in Navan, Mullingar or Thurles or in the new headquarters in Kevin Street? That is the point of my question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that, but the journalists are capturing the public attitude. The Garda Commissioner spoke to Deputies Kelly and MacSharry about the money being spent on PR and making sure that the Garda is not insular. However, the journalists in these counties are capturing the public attitude. Paul Williams is doing so on his roadshow. Is the Garda gathering that information and directing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: Regarding Operation Thor, the traffic corps and the transport element, is An Garda Síochána trying to increase and duplicate the mobile force? Again, in my area members of the traffic corps were taken from north Meath and redeployed in south Meath, which means that one part of the county has been left without an available traffic corps. I do not want the witnesses to focus on...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...of County Meath. Those towns are right down on the border with County Offaly. They could not be more isolated from my home town of Navan and it takes nearly an hour to get to them. Their nearest Garda station is in Trim, which is 40 minutes away, yet one could cycle a bike to Rhode just across the county border. They feel isolated in terms of the co-ordination of all State services, be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Meath as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32871/17]

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...of AGS". He pointed out that this had occurred since the position of Accounting Officer had been bestowed on the holder of the office of Commissioner in 2005. This is the crucial point in years when An Garda Síochána needed a substantial Supplementary Estimate from the Exchequer. We are not just interested in exploring bad processes here because this had a direct impact on 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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...was concerned about - governance and culture. If one is swimming against the tide of the culture - he pointed to the fact that he was convinced there was and still may be a culture in parts of the Garda Síochána of not admitting to problems - problems persist in trying to keep them in-house and away from transparent public scrutiny. Will the Commissioner outline how she...

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: In terms of the "now" and Mr. Kelly has not used the past tense but the present tense, he said "there is also evidence of a culture that thinks that An Garda Síochána is different from other public sector bodies and that the normal processes, the financial procedures and transparent democratic accountability do not apply".

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...should be closed, with the exception of the college impress account. Let me ask whether Ms O'Sullivan has personally reviewed the arrangements regarding the bank accounts under the control of Garda management. Is she satisfied with the progress regarding implementing the recommendation in respect of the banking arrangements?

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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...known that he was in a different decade given the testimony we have listened to. Keeping to the report around which the Chairman has asked us to frame our remarks, recommendation No. 4 says that, "Garda Staff assigned to administrative roles in the College had no training or experience in administration ... no knowledge of Public Financial Procedures (the Blue Book) [as Mr. Howard said,...

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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...the information suppressed? Who was making sure that people such as Mr. Barrett were having to put in FOIs? There is a fear here that by attacking the force, we are attacking every junior garda. We are not. We are trying to find out who is fuelling that culture because Mr. Kelly's report speaks for itself. What I believe people want to hear from this committee is the chain of...

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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: When Mr. Kelly states that it may still exist in An Garda Síochána, will he elaborate on that?

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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: He cannot just put that in his report, bookend it and think that is it. Who is doing it? Who is trying to stop Mr. Kelly? Is there a larger thing here within An Garda Síochána to make sure that this does not come to light?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (31 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Meath as of 30 April 2016. [26122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (1 Dec 2016)

Shane Cassells: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Meath as of 31 October 2016. [38163/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Meath are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Meath have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34718/16]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: In terms of the crackdown on fraud, Ms O'Donoghue spoke about the work of the Garda within the Department as well. I would like to hear about the measures taken because when there is an upturn, small business people who are operating legitimately are paying their taxes, expenses, VAT and rates but if people in the black economy are undercutting or undermining them and also claiming benefits,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...to crack down on fuel laundering and they have clearly been successful, as in Louth the case numbers have dropped from 239 to 69 and from 186 to 11 in Monaghan. In liaising with agencies such as the Garda, are the Revenue Commissioners getting to the point of negating the problem? Is there a criminal aspect lying in the long grass? I am sure there is regular contact between the...