Results 1-20 of 126 for garda speaker:Joan Collins

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: ...as a State and political system. On this 50th anniversary commemoration, we have to recognise that. More than anything, the families would welcome the Government stepping in and releasing the Garda files. The Minister said she would raise it with the Tánaiste. The files should be released and that should be announced as soon as possible. The information on held on files under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: ...families welcomed the fact that the Government also supported it. However, one thing the motion failed to address is the fact that the families of the victims of those two horrific acts have never had the Garda files released to them or their legal teams. The motion referred to material from Operation Denton but a number of TDs raised issues of concern yesterday. The Garda investigation...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Joan Collins: ...and yet we forgot it. We absolutely forgot it over the last 50 years in many ways. The families and the Justice for the Forgotten group have been leading a long campaign. The film explains how the Garda investigation was mysteriously disbanded just seven weeks after the attacks, with crucial evidence sent North to the RUC being subsequently lost or destroyed or both, while the official...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: ...;d who are the heroes of 43 years of desperate struggle. Their total vindication in the inquest jury's verdict is a huge contribution to Irish democracy and an inspiration to all other groups fighting for social justice in this country. It is clearly incumbent on An Garda Síochána to urgently investigate and re-examine the performance of the owner and operator of the Stardust...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: ...violent attack. There are no words to describe something like this and I wish everyone affected a full recovery. I thank the heroes who responded to the attack and I condemn the violence against gardaí, emergency services and workers in the city on Thursday evening. The children and community around the school need support in the aftermath of the serious attack. I would like the...

Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: ..., she might let the committee know in the next week or so whether engagement with the universities has started. The eighth recommendation is "That the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Garda National Vetting Bureau, resolve any difficulties with vetted staff working in different schools". That is key. Those concerned should nearly be encouraged now to start. If you are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: ...In the long term, drivers need to be trained to the level of D1 - minibus drivers - and it needs to be done quickly. It is taking the Road Safety Authority at least eight weeks to perform tests. Garda vetting will also have to be done and then the training. Therefore, it will not happen today or tomorrow. This will be a long-term resolution. Carers need a Quality and Qualifications...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: ...than the numbers leaving the system at the moment. Given the prices and unavailability in hotels, bed and breakfasts and hubs, my fear is we will have families back sleeping in cars or going to Garda stations. We advise people who come into us before they actually leave to overhold if they have nowhere to go, and that is stressful in itself for families. On the radio, one man said...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to a family (details supplied); and if an independent inquiry will be conducted on the decision by An Garda Síochána to not carry out a forensic examination and an investigation of the matter. [35930/22]

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: ...have been released on bail and are free now in the community. A number of questions have to be raised. Why did this young woman and her family not report the years of abuse and harassment to the Garda? Maybe they did, but the consequences ended up on 30 December 2021. The answer to me is simple. People do not think that these issues will be taken seriously by the Garda. This issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...situation in that anyone over the age of 16 years can operate a horse-drawn carriage for hire or reward. There is no regulation, no inspections for insurance, no vehicle roadworthiness testing, no Garda vetting, no pre-checks to determine if a horse is suitable for the job and no requirement to display a licence plate in order that a member of the public can report an incident. The Garda...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...lies with the police force. These need to be repealed. In 2011, Dublin City Council took over responsibility for the licensing of horse-drawn carriage operators and drivers from the Garda Carriage Office. In late 2018, however, the council was advised that the legal basis for its by-laws regulating horse-drawn carriages was uncertain. As a result, it was determined that the council's...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Joan Collins: ...achieve change for workers in the future. I salute them for that. They have been treated abysmally over the last 400 days due to strike-breaking by the liquidators, KPMG, with the support of the Garda and the courts. Debenhams has been able to take hold of its stock. KPMG will receive a generous fee as the liquidator. The workers are now in a situation where they have to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 Feb 2021)

Joan Collins: ...conditions were attached to the permission given potential Covid-19 risks involved to the wider community; if citizens of these countries are permitted to travel to Dublin in order to vote; if An Garda Síochána is placed on notice of such permission being granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/21]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: ...have inflicted on this society over the past 100 years has been keenly felt throughout that time. The system involved various Departments of State, civil servants, local authorities, members of the Garda, members of the medical profession, and institutions of both the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland. Who is the Minister trying to protect? The manner in which the survivors,...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: ...involves the local authorities and takes place before Hallowe'en every year, was brought forward to 4 September. That was a positive development but many people who contacted me are not positive that the Garda response team is dealing with the situation because it continues night after night. It has been going on every night since the second last week in August. It is happening on an...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: ...are necessary. We need to ensure that such people do not gain any support or foothold in our society. On the proposed legislation, I will note two points. First, there is the report from An Garda Síochána on the 165 potential breaches of the regulations by bars and restaurants in July to 7 August. We have not been told what those breaches are. Garda representatives have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the Minster for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner with a view to funding and establishing a dedicated Garda transport unit to ensure the safety of bus, train and tram workers and passengers in view of the upsurge in anti-social behaviour on the public transport network (details supplied). [48419/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...and the aspirations of Government under the climate action plan, to encourage citizens to switch from cars to public transport, if he will liaise with the Minster for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner with a view to funding and establishing a dedicated Garda transport unit to ensure the safety of bus, train and tram workers and passengers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...Bus and Bus Éireann networks and the continuous mayhem on parts of the railway network cannot continue, and that as part of a public transport undertaking, there should automatically be a funded Garda transport police. This has been an ongoing issue, as the Minister said, on which he has been contacted numerous times by the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU. The figures the NBRU...