Results 181-200 of 987 for garda speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 May 2011)

Leo Varadkar: ...Road Safety will be keeping abreast of developments in this area. In the interim, section 11 of the 2010 Road Traffic Act, provides for preliminary impairment testing. This provision will assist Gardaí in forming the opinion that a driver is under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle. The Medical Bureau of Road...

Road Traffic Bill 2011: Second Stage (23 Mar 2011)

Leo Varadkar: ...this Bill and their kind words of congratulations. The main purpose of the Bill is to allow for the early introduction of mandatory preliminary breath testing for drivers who, in the opinion of a garda, have consumed alcohol and drivers who are involved in road traffic collisions where injury is caused to another person. The latter provision will only apply where there is no overriding...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: People who abide by the laws passed by this Oireachtas have nothing at all to fear from the Garda. People who take alcohol or drugs and then drive are a threat to themselves and others. People who drink several drinks, get a few hours' sleep and then drive in the morning are impaired. They do cause accidents, they do kill people and they do cause injuries. That is a law that should be...

Road Traffic Bill 2011[Seanad]:Report and Final Stages (20 Apr 2011)

Leo Varadkar: That is correct. Any measure we bring in has to work in our legal system. Gardaí are being trained in the use of the evidential test for drug use, which involves neurological testing, walking a line, touching a finger to the nose, Romberg testing and so on, which will be admissible in court and can be carried out at the scene of an accident. With regard to the blood alcohol limit, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...does not exist when it comes to crime. Sadly, crime levels are actually higher in urban areas than they are in rural areas. Turning to what is being done, the Government is investing in An Garda Síochána. Garda numbers have now increased to 14,000 and that is the highest overall total for a long time. We have also extended the operation of armed support units, ASUs, across...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...is an unreasonable request, with respect to all of the people involved. Deputy Dillon raised the issue of the Mayo-Roscommon policing division. As the House will be aware, the assignment of gardaí and the assignment of gardaí of particular ranks is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. It is not a matter for the Minister for Justice or for the Taoiseach, and I do not think...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Sep 2011)

Leo Varadkar: ...by 2013. At that point I propose to impose penalty points and on-the-spot fines for people who do not have a new licence with them or in their car. The problem with a two-day rule is that if the Garda went to the trouble of using the courts and prosecuting someone for not producing his or her license within two days and then he or she turns up in court with the licence or he or she can...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I neglected earlier to convey my best wishes to the gardaí subjected to this unprovoked and highly dangerous attack and to the people living and working in the area who I have no doubt were very frightened by the scenes we have all seen. With regard to Garda resources, the total budget will be decided in the Estimates and we will know what it...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...attacked last Thursday week. Two remain in hospital this evening and we hope they make a recovery. I also want to restate my gratitude to those who risked their lives to save other lives and to thank the gardaí and front-line, council, transport and retail workers, of all nationalities, for their response to the riots that ensued. Their response demonstrates the power of people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (26 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...to implement the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. The plan was developed in co-operation with stakeholders, in particular the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána. The plan is set out across four key phases: building blocks, launching, scaling and consolidation. The first year of implementation, 2019, comprised the building...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. At the outset I want to say that I support the gardaí and the work they are doing. In particular today, I want to commend the phenomenal work done by An Garda, the Defence Forces, the Revenue Commissioners and the customs service in interdicting a vessel off Wexford which may be the biggest interdiction of illegal drugs in Irish history. That would not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (16 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...The HSE maintains the Central Treatment List, which is a register of all clients in receipt of methadone maintenance treatment for problem opiate use in Ireland. The dispensing of methadone in Garda Stations is not covered by the Opioid Treatment Protocol, which regulates and oversees methadone and opiate dependence treatment. Consequently, the Central Treatment List does not contain...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Services: Search and Rescue Services (5 Jul 2011)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is responsible for administering payment of grants to the Mountain and Cave Rescue Teams in Ireland. Responsibility for the co-ordination of mountain rescue rests with An Garda Síochána under the Framework for Major Emergency Management. Notwithstanding the current difficult economic climate, the mountain and cave rescue teams will receive current funding grants of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: GSOC has concluded that there was no conduct by members of the Garda that would constitute a criminal offence. Nevertheless, it has identified conduct that requires further investigation to determine if there were breaches of the Garda disciplinary code. It will now move on to a phase 2 investigation. It is in train and needs to conclude. I can, however, reiterate the commitment given by...

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (25 Apr 2012)

Leo Varadkar: ...two drivers: €74,565 Subsistence paid to two drivers: €9,166 Mileage: €16,421 Total Spend: €100,152 For the Deputy's information, my predecessor was provided with a Ministerial car and a Garda driver. The cost and provision of which was not the responsibility of the Department of Transport. For the Deputy's information I am advised that the average cost of the provision of a State...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 Jan 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...in some way and fraudulently reused is for the State to require their return. This practice may raise concerns regarding the legal requirement to produce a licence when requested by a member of An Garda Síochána.  If the person cannot produce the licence at the time, the law allows ten days in which to produce it at a Garda station.  In most cases, if a...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (12 Jan 2012)

Leo Varadkar: ...Safety Authority (RSA) and will be published in their Road Collision Facts 2011 report later in the year. However, provisional figures have been provided which breaks the road fatalities down by Garda Division. I will provide this directly to the Deputy, but he may be interested to note that in respect of the Carlow/Kilkenny Garda Division the number of fatalities reduced from 11 in 2010...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It is important to point out as a matter of fact that all parties had legal representation at the commission - not the Tánaiste individually, but the Department of Justice and Equality, An Garda Síochána and, of course, Sergeant McCabe, who had separate legal counsel, separate legal representation, dealing with the issue in accordance with the rules and laws that govern...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...to in subsection (1) it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that—(a) the electronic or other apparatus used for tendering of evidence was provided, maintained and operated by a member of the Garda Síochána, or a person authorised under an agreement under subsection (7), (b) the development, production and viewing of records produced by such apparatus was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...to be carried out as expeditiously as possible. Perhaps the chairman of the committee, or the Chief Justice himself, can inform us as to what timeline they think they can meet. In terms of the Garda response, it was recommended that a dedicated bureau be established to deal specifically with the issue of insurance fraud. That is the Garda Commissioner's decision, and in his wisdom,...