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Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...? Do the witnesses feel they have enough resources for data- and information-gathering and for all the policing that is not done on the street - the other side of policing? I presume it involves gardaí sitting at a desk and looking at people's phones or whatever. I do not know how it works. Does the Garda have enough resources? Where are we with that? What challenges does the...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Kelly is describing highly specialised work. I imagine for practical reasons that much of that is centralised. What is the experience of the average garda dealing with it on the street? How does that work? Do they feed into those systems?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...of the stories that came up about Irish drug gangs were in The New York Times or on BBC News. We have graduated to a new era. How does that work? How often do they meet? What bodies does the Garda deal with? We see changes in legislation across other jurisdictions. Germany, for example, is moving towards regulating some drugs. We have been living with it in Europe for a while...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it that when something happens, the Garda contacts Interpol and Europol or do they meet quarterly?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...implementing BusConnects and the Dublin transport plan. For all of that to work, we need safety on our streets. Anything implementable and enforceable and which does not put further pressure on Garda resources must be welcome. Can we get an update on progress in the roll-out of red light traffic cameras across the country? Work has been done in recent months on a review of such cameras...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra training and supports provided to members of An Garda Síochána to action their new powers to tackle the anti-social use of scrambler bikes, quad bikes and similar off-road machines in public spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37423/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...dog could be deemed as unsuitable for rehoming and out down with no options? There are no second chances here. The key area I am genuinely worried about is that there is no meaningful involvement by the Garda in this process. Dog wardens will be given a point of contact but there is no guidance given either to the dog warden, the local authority or the gardaí themselves about...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (9 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 2064.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline guidance given by her Department on developing a service agreement between An Garda Síochána and local authorities on the seizure of XL Bully dogs; if a working group between the two bodies is in place to address the security issues and the safety of staff; and if she will make a statement on the...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: .... I think it is called polysubstance use where people are adding bits together. The HSE is doing work on monitoring potency of all sorts of substances, but with a justice-led approach, when the Garda is stopping and searching for standard possession, what is the approach to understanding and documenting the potency of particular substances? What is the communication and interaction...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...nothing to fear, and that you can also take up a job in those industries and be safe and protected. We have a security contingent in Dublin Airport that works well. It is not the same as the Garda but its members can detain anybody who is guilty of posing a threat to others. We need a joined-up process and strategy as people move more towards public transport into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position on the requirement on services providing accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ..., Integration and Youth the current position of Tusla in terms of requiring services providing accommodation to children under the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection scheme for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49489/23]

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: .... It is the basic minimum to ask and they did not do so either. If I wanted to volunteer – which I actually had to do – to teach an art class to older people in my community, I have to be Garda vetted. Ms Windle is telling me that-----

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Not to underestimate the importance of the training on the extra things, but Garda vetting is a basic minimum-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 849. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of “stop and search” operations conducted by An Garda Síochána under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, in 2022. [48387/23]

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Sorry. They are not Garda vetted.

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: .... The privatisation model means that there are staff who do not know which services to direct people to and they are in a role where they have to do that. I did not mean to derail this with the Garda vetting, but my mind is boggled that is the case. I am sorry; the fact that Garda vetting is not required seems to have passed me by.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Priorities (3 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...’s plans to provide for regulation of the translation and interpreting sectors and establish industry standards, to ensure interpreters who work in hospitals, in international protection, in Garda stations, in the courts, and so on, have appropriate training in how to interpret in those particular circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42464/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 13 June 2023, the overall value of overtime payments paid to members of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive and to date in 2023. [29609/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 23 May 2023, the overall value of overtime payments paid to members of An Garda Síochána in administrative posts in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive and to date in 2023. [27567/23]

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