Results 21-40 of 145 for garda speaker:Frank Feighan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Frank Feighan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date the new consignment of Garda vehicles for the Roscommon/Longford Garda Division is scheduled to arrive; the number of vehicles in this new consignment; and the current allocations for the Roscommon/Longford Garda Division on a county basis. [8597/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Frank Feighan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles currently attached to the Roscommon, Castlerea and Boyle Garda Districts; the breakdown for each of these Garda districts and the way in which these vehicle numbers compare to the figures in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [8599/13]

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Frank Feighan: The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has stated that the number of armed detectives in the Cavan-Monaghan region has been cut by half. No new detective has been appointed in the past 12 years. There are still many serious threats to the security of the State. Criminals are aware of the problems within the Garda Síochána and are aware of the lack of gardaí being appointed. They...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (25 Jun 2019)

Frank Feighan: ...he is here to discuss this very important issue. As the Minister of State will appreciate, there is a growing level of urgency in regard to the need to progress the project. Unfortunately, gardaí in Sligo expressed their deep concern in late 2017 when they staged a protest about the conditions in which they must work. The current building is more than 150 years old and there was no...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Senator Craughwell remarked that since the foundation of the State, 60% of Garda Commissioners have been hounded out of office. That fact does not surprise me. The first time it happened was in the Dáil in the 1920s when Austin Stack and others made unjust remarks about District Inspector Kearney who was due to be made the Commissioner of the newly-formed Garda Síochána.Why I...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)

Frank Feighan: I would very much prefer to see a Garda in a squad car or on the beat than sitting in a Garda station effectively having tea. Things have changed with modern communications. It is much better to have gardaí out and around the place. I have seen it in a few areas where people were complaining that a Garda station was closed.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)

Frank Feighan: What they did not realise was that no garda had been in that station for the previous four years. In Stepaside I think crime actually went down when the Garda station closed. The same was true in County Roscommon where some stations closed and the gardaí allocated the resources themselves. I do not have any say in that and thankfully the days are gone when I could ring a Garda station...

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (3 Apr 2003)

Frank Feighan: ...is an issue with which we all have to deal and on which we must be united to defeat. There is one flaw in the programme for Government which states: We will complete the current expansion of the Garda Síochána and increase recruitment so that the numbers will increase by a further 2,000. These additional gardaí will be targeted at those areas of greatest need, especially areas...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, to confirm the opening hours status of Boyle Garda station and to provide an update on the matter. There has been local speculation about changes to Boyle Garda station's opening times and I ask the Minister of State to provide reassurance and clarity in this regard. I am aware that the chief superintendent of the Longford-Roscommon Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Frank Feighan: ...good to see the local policing committees will act as fora for discussion of policing matters. I was disturbed by a recent poll which revealed that only 58% of the population had confidence in the Garda. This is unfair to the force. How were those questions asked? Sometimes questions can be put to people in order to get different results. I find it hard to believe that figure fell to 40%...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the Minister for Justice, I again thank the Deputy for raising the issue. As I outlined, the decision to close the pool was made by An Garda Síochána with a view to saving energy in line with Government policy. I hope we can appreciate that the Minister has no involvement in operational Garda matters. The pool and management decisions on it are a matter for the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, the Garda stations included in the Garda building and refurbishment programme 2016–2021; if new Garda building upgrade projects at stations not originally included in the plan as set out by the Minister for Justice and Equality in 2015 have now been included; the details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, the Garda stations included in the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016–2021; if new Garda building upgrade projects at stations not originally included in the plan as set out in 2015 have now been included in the plan; the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Frank Feighan: I agree with Senator Glynn that there is a crime spree involving eastern European gangs. However, the Garda does not have the resources to deal with this problem. I know that from my experience of it having taken more than two weeks for a specialist from the Garda to take photographic stills from my computer. We read in the newspapers in recent days of a young man having been shot dead in...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Frank Feighan: ...been in the news in the last two weeks. I live in Castlerea at the weekends and two weeks ago there was an incident there. Last weekend, hundreds of people marched about that incident between a garda and members of the public. I understand the details are before the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, but I can say that there is huge anger and worry about this incident....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...lost their driving licence and be put off the road. Penalties, including fines, have made a huge difference in making people aware of the importance of bringing down the road-death toll. The Garda Síochána can sometimes be used as a political football, for example, plans to increase the traffic corps by 10%. I was involved in a push to save Garda stations - and I would have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, if she will provide a copy of the letter referenced outlining the decision not to proceed with a new Garda station for Sligo received by her on 2 January 2020; if she will provide a copy of all correspondence between the Garda Commissioner and her on the issue of the new Sligo Garda station...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which his attention was drawn to the decision by the Garda Commissioner not to proceed with plans to build a new regional Garda headquarters in County Sligo at a site which was purchased by the Office of Public Works as part of a PPP bundle that was to see new Garda stations at Sligo, Macroom and Clonmel, as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (25 Jun 2019)

Frank Feighan: ...of these stations. However, I understand that these are quite complex processes involving the OPW and PPP projects. The Minister of State referred to planning and design. I am very aware of this Garda station. I drive or walk by it virtually every day. I commend the gardaí in Sligo and the whole of the north west. They have a very difficult job. They have the support of...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I take some consolation from the fact that there will be a fully functioning Garda station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and also that there will be no reduction in the number of frontline gardaí. I will be keeping an eye on the opening hours at Boyle Garda station, which are open to review. As a community we can work closely together...