Results 41-60 of 175 for garda speaker:Peter Burke

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (5 Dec 2017)

Peter Burke: Councillor Paul Ross in Longford has consistently raised the issue of Edgeworthstown Garda station with me in my office. Today and on several previous occasions he has pointed out that Edgeworthstown is now the second-largest town in County Longford. The population increased between the 2006 and 2011 census by 42% and there was an additional increase of 19% by 2016. The population now is...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: The last time the acting Commissioner made a presentation here on this I asked specifically whether the gardaí were ready to go into Stepaside station and were the resources available for them there. On that occasion I was told that the acting Commissioner would not have recommended it unless they were but listening to the oral evidence now I understand that it is not a priority. Would...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: ..., such as Stepaside. The assistant commissioner is effectively saying that all these stations will go into a pool with competing interests for budgetary requirements and the priorities of An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: The point I want absolute clarity on is that all the requirements for the reopening of these Garda stations go into the pot of competing interests in An Garda Síochána in the negotiations for future budgets. They compete with other priorities in An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: ...be one of the competing interests in budgetary negotiations. As with all budgetary negotiations, there will be competing interests and it will be considered within the terms of the priorities of An Garda Síochána and other competing priorities. That is what I am hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: So, in theory, it is a long-term aspiration as opposed to an immediate objective of An Garda Síochána. The resources are there and the human resources section has done a scoping exercise.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: ...for attending. In the context of the internal audit and subsequent reports and discussions at the Committee of Public Accounts, we were advised that there were five tax numbers in operation in An Garda Síochána - one for An Garda Síochána, one for Garda College Sportsfield Company, one for the Garda College restaurant, one for the Garda College shop and one for the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: So the answer to that question is "No". Are any of those five tax numbers closed or did An Garda Síochána give notice to close any of them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: Obviously, I would imagine that An Garda Síochána would have to get the agreement of the Revenue Commissioners to terminate every one of those tax numbers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: In other words, the operation has come clean but, essentially, An Garda Síochána has not yet received authorisation from Revenue that the discussions have concluded regarding the voluntary disclosure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: On the legal status of each of those tax numbers, we were advised that only one involved a company structure. I think that was the Garda College Sportsfield Company. Do the other four tax numbers involve, essentially, non-company structures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: Was it not the income that An Garda Síochána was in receipt of as well? It involved the rental income An Garda Síochána was in receipt of.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: Yes, but prior to this, An Garda Síochána was in receipt of rental income.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: I take it that the answer to that is "No" as well. That is also very worrying in terms of the progress we are making. I think an application for charitable status for the Garda Training College was made previously and through the company structures. Where does that stand?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: ...at the start my job would have been a lot easier. Turning to the tax treatment of the living allowance that totalled €1.157 million in 2016, I note that, in November 2011, Revenue wrote to An Garda Síochána and directed that the practice of paying the living allowance during phase 2 was to be discontinued. What is the current position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. In terms of the Garda College, as much as €12 million was spent between 2012 and 2014. In terms of flavour, what would be the big driver for that expenditure, particularly as there was an embargo on recruitment?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 4 July 2017, his plans to fill the vacant Garda posts in the Edgeworthstown district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (7 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the planned refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Oct 2017)

Peter Burke: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being put in place by An Garda Síochána to combat a series of recent burglaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45422/17]

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

Peter Burke: I thank the witness for his time and I wish the acting Garda Commissioner the very best in his role. I know it is a very difficult task. Obviously, as he is entering the programme of renewal within An Garda Síochána, it is very important for this committee that An Garda Síochána's actions are seen to be transparent and that it is seen to have robust practices. The...