Results 21-40 of 717 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper report (details supplied) in which it is claimed that an insurance company had been using former and serving gardaí to negotiate early settlement of motor insurance claims and that these former and serving gardaí had the ability to access, source and relay detailed information on road traffic accidents...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (19 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Programme for Government contained a commitment to extend Freedom of Information (FOI) to the administrative side of An Garda Síochána, subject to security exceptions.  The Government has honoured that commitment by providing that Freedom of Information Act should apply to the force's administrative records relating to human resources, finance and...

Garda Training. (3 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: One of the Garda management advisory group's terms of reference is to promote a culture of accountability. How does the Minister envisage this might be done? What is his reaction to the reaction of the Garda representative bodies to the publication of the most recent Morris tribunal reports and the commencement of training of the first members of the Garda reserve?

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, the Garda Commissioner has established the members of the Garda who are alleged to have informed the State pathologist that the person was suicidal; the reason the gardaí did not take a witness statement from the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (16 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to refurbish the Garda station in Kilcormac, County Offaly; the Garda numbers assigned to this station; if there are plans for the grounds surrounding this station; if plans exist to assign additional Gardaí to this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18269/06]

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The charges that have been laid at the Garda Commissioner's door are incredibly serious. The Government has acknowledged this in making the decision to establish a commission of investigation to be chaired by Mr. Justice Peter Charleton. It is quite unusual for the Government to have made a decision to establish a commission of investigation without consultation with the Opposition parties....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1098. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the establishment number and the current number in the Garda Reserve force; if the Garda Commissioner plans to recruit additional members during the course of 2023; if a review has taken place of the role and function of the Garda Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/23]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (3 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped for the video recording of interviews with suspects; the percentage of all stations this represents; the number of Garda stations with detention facilities that are so equipped; if there are plans to equip further Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...sector, the self-certified figure is €5.8 million; the certified figure is €42.1 million. The total leave lost last year in the local government sector cost €47.9 million. The percentage of days lost is 4.4%. On the final area of justice, for the Garda the self-certified figure is not applicable. The certified figure cost in the Garda is €27 million,...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when, in regard to his announcement of 19 December 2006, the promised additional garda will be recruited; when the extra Garda Reserve members will be in place; when the proposed civilianisation of Garda posts will take place; the number involved in respect of each; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...Equality and Law Reform if, in regard to the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, and the fact that there has been an acknowledgement by the Commissioner of the Garda that there were several failings in the original Garda investigation and that a subsequent re-investigation was ordered, he accepts the need for an appropriate mechanism to be found for an...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 40:In page 18, to delete lines 11 to 16 and substitute the following:“102A. (1) Where a disclosure relating to the Garda Síochána is disclosed to the Ombudsman Commission as a prescribed person under section 7of the Protected Disclosures Act2014in respect of disclosures so relating, it may, if it appears to it desirable in the public interest to do so,...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There is general agreement that, as they are now structured, the existing compensation mechanisms available to members of An Garda Síochána who are injured and to their family members is cumbersome and in need of major overhaul. I heartily welcome the new arrangements set out in the Bill before the House. The objective is to make the process easier and speedier. We hope that will...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ..., if "debate" is the appropriate word. It is not a debate but rather, as the Order Paper states, "Statements on the implications for governance, accountability, discipline and training within An Garda Síochána arising from the findings and conclusions contained in a number of reports and the actions taken by the Government in response to these matters of serious public concern". That...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is a strategy to transform policing in Ireland. The report rightly notes that many people have very good relations with An Garda Síochána. We want to preserve everything that is right with An Garda Síochána. There is, equally, a need for large-scale, once in a generation reform and change in how the force...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...to provide a legislative basis for an inquiry into something which happened that was not covered in the rest of the Bill. However, the matter raised by the Minister should be a matter for the Garda Ombudsman Commission. If we are to establish a robust system with 100 investigators, then that would be the mechanism to deal with matters like this. There may be other matters that would not...

Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We read in today's newspapers that the Tánaiste, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, yesterday secured Cabinet approval to establish an independent root and branch review of An Garda Síochána. The Taoiseach is aware that the Labour Party published draft terms of reference for such a review last weekend. We have seen no similar draft terms of reference from the Government. I will meet...

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...in convictions and penalties being wrongfully imposed by the courts. These now have to be undone and we still do not have any word on how that will happen. Hand in hand came news that the Garda Síochána can no longer stand over its own data relating to roadside breath tests. It withdrew the figures because they are irreconcilable with data provided by the Medical Bureau of...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)

Brendan Howlin: One of the allowances payable to new gardaí has been abolished. In replies to parliamentary questions I have indicated that it is not my intention to see it restored. We had a considerable debate about there being too many allowances, a debate to which I believe the Deputy contributed. We now have a more rational pay structure. For example, substitution is subsumed into teachers' core...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (24 Feb 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Freedom of Information Act 2014 came into effect on 14 October 2014.  In line with the Programme for Government, the Act provides for the extension of FOI to An Garda Síochána for its administrative records relating to human resources, or finance or procurement matters, subject to security exemptions. In accordance with Section 1(3)(b) of the FOI Act 2014, in the case...