Results 61-80 of 175 for garda speaker:Peter Burke

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

Peter Burke: Irrespective of the budget; whatever budget to give to the Garda Commissioner of the day comes down to the Department. The decision, however, is critical and I want no ambiguity around this. The decision to open a Garda station is a reserve function.

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

Peter Burke: Is it true that an Garda Síochána has made a definite decision to open the Garda station at Stepaside?

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

Peter Burke: Given the basis of how that the decision was made in isolation - and we must think of the world we live in - this leaves the acting Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána open to accusations. In order to have the force above any accusations of transparency and public scrutiny, does Mr. Ó Cualáin believe it was a good idea to isolate the Stepaside Garda station? When...

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

Peter Burke: ...have been more prudent and better practice, to give it time, to announce all the stations together? If it was going to open two, three or four stations would it not have been more prudent for An Garda Síochána to say it would open them all when it was in possession of all the information, all the facts and when the reports were finalised?

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

Peter Burke: In terms of a force of 15,500 and whatever number of Garda stations there are, possibly over 700-----

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

Peter Burke: The critical thing I want to be comfortable with as a member of this committee is whether the witness, as acting Garda Commissioner, is of the view that the Garda Síochána should not have done anything differently with regard to this opening. The witness cannot see the concerns that exist. He has said the Garda went through a process and made a decision based on an interim report...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)

Peter Burke: .... HIQA states it has a budget of €18 million. However, there are areas of expenditure which are not clear and are not spent on HIQA. This has come up time and time again with the OPW. We saw it with An Garda Síochána and the decision on decentralisation. It does not give us a fair take on an organisation’s budget.

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

Peter Burke: 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Ballymahon Garda station, County Longford; the way in which this compares to the number that are active in the Edgeworthstown area in view of the contrasting levels of headline crimes and burglaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32688/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (4 Jul 2017)

Peter Burke: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 23 May 2017, the number of active gardaí stationed at Edgeworthstown garda station in the Roscommon-Longford district (details supplied); if this reduced number is considered safe or satisfactory by the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/17]

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)

Peter Burke: ...her team to the committee. I have listened to most of the discussion and I want to focus first on those people who report to the Commissioner and the chain of command that is in operation in An Garda Síochána. I know the Vice Chairman has asked whether the Commissioner has confidence in those who report to her. I want to focus on capacity and how one would expect personnel to...

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)

Peter Burke: My concern is that those individuals are still occupying senior roles in An Garda Síochána and are overseeing a large change in the Garda. I would expect someone who was auditing the accounts and monitoring that checks and balances in the Garda were operating to have some scepticism and check that what he or she was being told was correct. Does the Commissioner not concur 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) (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I appreciate where the Commissioner is coming from, in that the Garda operated under a moratorium that posed difficult challenges in terms of its members' understanding of financial transactions and other aspects, but I have a concern. The 2011 memo referred to a number of significant points, including the facts that certain entities, such as the bar and restaurant, were using different...

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)

Peter Burke: ...act, it would also be an issue. Everyone is in the dock, including the Accounting Officer and all other ranks who have dealt with Templemore. What has changed in the chain of command within the Garda that allowed this to happen? If something happened now, how could we be sure that it would be acted upon differently? I am concerned because many people who are potentially in senior...

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)

Peter Burke: ...situation. We have been advised of the reporting requirements and that GSOC will now examine a number of transactions. The Commissioner might enlighten me as to the current guidelines for the Garda receiving State funding. How does it prove something to the State? Like all other State agencies, is the Garda Síochána currently required to get a tax clearance certificate 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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: In theory, were the Garda in discussions with Revenue about one of those tax numbers, it could be impossible to obtain a tax clearance certificate in respect of that number.

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)

Peter Burke: Has the Garda a tax clearance certificate for that number?

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)

Peter Burke: ...funding from the State, be it an older person trying to get a mobility grant in respect of his or her house, a business seeking to receive State funding or a State body. It is concerning that the Garda is overseeing an entity - the form of which is not known - that cannot furnish a tax clearance certificate from Revenue. The Commissioner referred to GSOC investigating potential fraud...

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)

Peter Burke: If matters in An Garda Síochána were brought to the attention of people who occupy positions and they did not act on them, it is critical that they are also held to account.

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)

Peter Burke: ...to the committee, which is dated 4 March 2011. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Michael Culhane and Mr. Niall Kelly are referenced in it and there is a report into the financial regulation at the Garda College. I presume Mr. Kelly has seen it as his name was on the top of it.

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)

Peter Burke: ...want to evaluate Mr. Kelly's responsibility in both his roles, how he carried out his work and whether he always acted in a way I expect someone in his position to act? The financial review of the Garda College that was issued to the chief administrative officer contains a number of points I am concerned by. Mr. Culhane obviously signed off on it. Mr. Culhane stated in the memo, for want...