Results 61-80 of 126 for garda speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Investigations (9 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: ...Affairs if he will confirm that after the Health Information Quality Authority exposed foster care abuses into the Dublin north-west foster services in 2013, all the cases were forwarded to the Garda for investigation. [30321/14]

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: ...was facilitated by the Taoiseach, serious health and safety concerns were raised. It is alleged that there is zero maintenance of the fleet of bin trucks, which is a matter of concern for both the Garda, the Road Safety Authority and the Health and Safety Authority. There are serious health and safety concerns regarding the employment of casual staff without proper training on safety...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: This issue must be examined in a thorough and joined-up way. The EPA, RSA, HSA, Garda, local authorities and unions are all separate entities. Will the Minister give serious consideration to setting up a task force, perhaps comprising members of the environment committee and with an independent chair, to examine the whole industry? There are Sopranos-style operations going on here.

Cooke Report: Statements (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: ...as informed now as we were prior to the report's publication. When the issue arose in February, the reaction of the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, the Taoiseach, senior gardaí and their friends in the media was to ignore the possibility that an important agency of the State may have been put under covert surveillance. It was not even on the radar. In a...

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: The promised inquiry into the issues regarding the Garda Síochána that have been raised over the last year will be the third such inquiry in ten years. Questions need to be asked about the Morris and Smithwick inquiries, which investigated very serious allegations and identified very serious problems. Did anything change following those inquiries? The Morris tribunal found...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I positively endorse the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014. I fully supported it a year ago and on a number of occasions during the "Shattergate" era I said that Deputy Wallace had proposed a credible Bill that could have been accepted by the Government a year ago. I have heard a number of Deputies on the other side of the House say that all these investigations have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (15 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: ...; if it has been brought to his attention that the cost of transporting the remains of a person to Navan for an autopsy can be in the region of €800 and that the necessity on occasions to have a garda travel to Navan to be present at the autopsy to identify the remains also puts a strain on Garda resources; if there are any guidelines in place with regard to such matters; if the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: Patricia and her daughter, Sarah, who came over from England last night to hear the debate, are taking a case and have provided detailed statements to the Garda in respect of allegations about perverting the course of justice, obstructing justice, deliberate collusion, suppression of the evidence of a witness in a court of law and-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: -----failing to report the crime of incest to the Garda. This case is being taken against the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter. We also had the Ms Cynthia Owen case-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: There are still many questions to answer in respect of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, the letters and the resignation or retirement of the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan. I take issue with the double standards of the Labour Party in government. Last night, Frank McBrearty and Sarah Bland were in the Visitors Gallery. These two individuals have raised...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: ...Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and me, they stated the abuses of the penalty points system were the visible tip of the iceberg of possible malpractice and corruption within sections or elements of An Garda Síochána. They have not only been vindicated through the report of the Garda Inspectorate on what they raised regarding penalty points but also on the wider and more serious...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: ...the person involved has not been brought into an investigative process. Will the Taoiseach establish an independent police authority? This is what is needed. Will such an authority appoint the Garda Commissioner and will the Commissioner be accountable to the authority? These fundamental questions were included in the legislation brought forward by Deputy Wallace last year and need to...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I also to want to refer to the controversy regarding penalty points, surveillance of GSOC and the treatment of the Garda whistleblowers, Sergeant McCabe and former Garda John Wilson. In referring to it, it is quite clear that Mr. Shatter does not do apologies.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: It is quite clear that an investigation into an investigation is going to continue. However, what is also very clear is that there is an aggressive reluctance by senior gardaí to accept any form of meaningful accountability over what Garda Commissioner Callinan refers to as his force. This is the nub of the matter. It is also clear that the Minister, Deputy Shatter, has backed senior...

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: The Irish Mortgage Holders Association recently raised the fact that a number of gardaí find themselves in a difficult situation concerning their mortgages. They have had to seek support or face possible bankruptcy. Is amended legislation needed concerning the Garda Síochána's code of work practice or contracts to protect gardaí in this respect? As far as I know, they...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: ...been picked from people who were able to attend college and university. Successive Governments have exemplified in the minds of many people a system of political patronage with the Judiciary and Garda systems. That is the feeling in many communities across the country. What is key in this debate is the need for a step towards transparency, democracy and accountability. It should be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (5 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in relation to cases of Garda malpractice handed in to his offices in October 2013 from citizens across the State in response to his request for such information during the discussion on the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013; and the reason he has not been in contact with these persons. [5295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (4 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 526. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any member of the Garda Assistant Commissioner's (details supplied) internal review team investigating the terminations of penalty points, or any member of GSOC, has had penalty points terminated. [5301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has sufficient powers to investigate Garda malpractice, in view of statements made by both the ombudsman commission and the Garda Commissioner. [52653/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: ...and young people involved in drugs. There had been an increase in crime and the manner in which the people concerned were strutting around the area. The community called for a response and the Garda replied. It established Operation Trident which was very successful. Gardaí became involved in the community and infiltrated the gangs. They managed to target at least 20 of those...