Results 181-190 of 190 for garda speaker:Seán Sherlock

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...? We recognise the needs of healthcare workers but we must also ensure that where a childcare or early years worker decides to volunteer, he or she can feel safe going into a particular house. Will there be Garda vetting of members of the household to protect the volunteer who is going in? Will that be a requirement of the scheme? What are the insurance permutations for the household...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...on the Future of Policing in Ireland. If we are to look at GSOC specifically, we endorse last December's publication in its proposals for legislative change and we accept the thrust of its 2016 report on Garda oversight and accountability. We stated that the commission should have regard to the legal advice to the previous Government that under the Constitution, policing belongs...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: ...the possibility of prosecution under the employment permits legislation. If found guilty of an offence, such employers face a fine of up to €250,000, imprisonment for a term of up to ten years or both. An Garda Síochána and the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, actively pursue breaches under the legislation and welcome information concerning possible breaches....

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...Minister stated that while the criminal investigation is now concluded, there is still an investigation under way that could result in a recommendation for disciplinary action against one or more gardaí. He stated more or less the same thing tonight. I hope I am not reading too much into that. He said: "I assure the House that if such further action can best be advanced by a...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...a heart attack and his ambulance was cancelled. An advanced paramedic did arrive about 1.5 hrs after the accident had happened. Around the same time a local doctor ... saw the lights and came to help. The gardai were on the scene throughout. Eventually 2.5 hrs after the accident, as the night was cold and wet, the man had to be taken from the car and brought to a neighbour's house for his...

Competitiveness of the Economy: Motion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Seán Sherlock: ...some measure of relief to increase real income to offset the increasing cost of living. Fianna Fáil made generous election promises on health, education and justice with more teachers, more gardaí and more consultants promised. Today will tell whether the Minister intends to fulfil those promises. There is a nervousness about Ireland's economic prospects, and much talk of a tight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Current Developments in Northern Ireland: Discussion on Fresh Start Agreement (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...the agreement contains a specific reference to the joint agency task force. The Deputy asked how that is comprised. It will be led by senior officers from Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Garda Síochána, the Revenue Commissioners and HM Revenue and Customs. There is a specific reference to the effect that the task force will report on its work in accordance with the...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...against the State Act 1939 was carried out by the Government. Having regard to the fact that it meets and acts as a collective body, the role of the Minister for Justice and Equality in policing and the reporting relationship with the Garda Commissioner, it is reasonable to infer that a reasonable volume of information is available to it when making these decisions. It is noteworthy that...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...of amounts that may have been fraudulently obtained as a result of applications made for PUP. We absolutely welcome the initiatives whereby the Department of Social Protection is working hand in hand with the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau because it could be said, by any objective analysis, that this is bearing fruit. It is important work and I hope it would continue to be...