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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Apr 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: ..., there will always be a higher demand than there is money available to meet that demand. That will always be the case. Anywhere any Minister goes, there is a demand and need for more schools and Garda stations to be built, and for more investment in our health services. By making additional money available to the Department of Education, which we have over the past two years, we are...
- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024) See 5 other results from this debate
Catherine Connolly: ...report. It must be remembered that this report came only after the Government of the day set up a non-statutory inquiry and John Gallagher SC had to resign because he had already represented the Garda Síochána. We are here today because of the absolute courage and determination of the families who are here and of those who cannot be here. It is a humbling experience. It must...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate
Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to rent from the private market. I ask that the House send a letter to the Minister. I have already written to him. This practice must be stopped. I want to quickly raise another issue. The Garda Representative Association, GRA, is holding its conference in Westport as we speak. The theme for the year is It's A Job Worth Doing. We all agree that policing is a job worth doing but, to...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
...stress about that. People do not always feel they can go and speak to someone about it. There is not always somebody there whom they can trust. Sometimes, people do not feel they can talk to the Garda. It is horrible at that age.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
..." and assessment criteria be provided. It is not clear to us from the Bill who will make the determination as to whether a person has reckonable residency. It is our understanding that the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Immigration Service Delivery do not issue such documents. Rather, the officials of these bodies make a determination on reviewing a person's residency...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 8 other results from this debate
Helen McEntee: ...case. This will be resolved with legislation. We regularly meet through a common travel area forum. It meets on a quarterly basis. We also have significant engagement between the PSNI and An Garda Síochána to look at irregular crossings and where people have arrived from the UK seeking international protection. With regard to knowing whether people have left, what is very...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí working in road policing in Cork city and county at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17791/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: ...working in many ways to address the harms caused to families and communities by the activities of transnational organised crime groups and, as part of this, all the laws and powers available to An Garda Síochána are kept under close review. Tackling drug dealing and associated criminal activity, including by such groups but also by individuals who, through their own drug...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department has taken to date to tackle cybercrime; her views on whether enough resources have been allocated to the Garda to deal with cybercrime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17790/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to tackle drug dealing and associated criminal behaviour, including by organised crime groups. The unprecedented allocation of over €2.35 billion for 2024 to An Garda Síochána demonstrates the Government's commitment to ensuring An Garda Síochána has provision for...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)
Claire Kerrane: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits allocated to counties Roscommon and Galway following the latest passing-out ceremony in Templemore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17599/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: The Government is fully committed to tackling anti-social behaviour, including the misuse of scramblers. That is why legislation was enacted by the Minister for Transport to increase Garda powers to seize scramblers. An Garda Síochána responds to all reports of anti-social behaviour and conducts operations on an ongoing basis to target the anti-social activities of people using...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: ...Ireland on relevant justice matters. This includes close co-operation between my officials and officials in the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on a range of issues, as well as between An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other agencies with their counterparts. I have had extensive and positive contact with my colleague, Minister for...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all Meath East Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of Garda officers who retired from Meath East Garda stations in the same period; and if this is commensurate with population increases in Meath from 2020 to 2024...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: ...; Delivering a fair immigration system and strengthening our influence in Europe. Ensuring that people are safe and secure is at the heart of what my Department does. That means resourcing An Garda Síochána with the skilled people needed to police the State, and providing them with the technology and equipment required for a modern fit-for-purpose policing and security...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (23 Apr 2024)
James Browne: ...of the services offered to young people by the Youth Diversion Projects (YDPs), which are fully funded by my Department. These projects provide an invaluable support to complement the work of An Garda Síochána in addressing youth crime and protecting local communities. YDPs are community based, multi-agency youth crime prevention initiatives which primarily seek to divert...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision is being made whereby the throughput of gardaí from Templemore is being increased to meet current and expanding needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17775/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently detailed for community policing in Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee stations, respectively, following the implementation of the new policing model in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17703/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)
Helen McEntee: ...people an opportunity to surrender illegally held weapons before the introduction of new sentences provided for in the Criminal Justice Act 2006. A number of firearms, knives and other weapons were surrendered to Garda stations. It’s not clear what impact, if any, such amnesties have. More recent research has shown that the ease with which young people can gain access to knives...