Results 21-40 of 658 for garda speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jan 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda vehicles added to the Kildare and Wicklow Garda divisions in 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of Garda vehicles withdrawn from those divisions in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [3878/24]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There was no future-proofing. Even the Garda Commissioner has said that, at this point, the Garda are under strength. It could be anticipated that as the population grows, services grow with that, including Garda numbers. Future-proofing something like these kind of buildings would have been key. I am trying to get-----

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: ...to feel like a bit like Groundhog Day. It seems that not a week goes by but that there is some debate in this House about yet another element of dysfunction in the management and operation of An Garda Síochána. Tonight we will debate the findings of the Fennelly report into the circumstances which saw the previous Garda Commissioner’s reign come to an end. That debate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the members of An Garda Síochána currently on sick leave due to injury and-or illness that is directly attributed to the day-to-day work of An Garda Síochána; the rank of each garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Implementation (21 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparedness of An Garda Síochána in the context of the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) EU 2016/679; if civilian staff and Garda officers have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing in relation to GDPR; the number of data protection officers (DPOs) that will be appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (4 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff and members of An Garda Síochána and the Garda Reserve that have faced disciplinary actions as a result of the misuse of the PULSE system and other Garda information systems in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of conciliation under way in respect of the new Kevin Street Garda station and Galway Garda station; the costs incurred to date as a result of the conciliation processes; if other Garda buildings projects are in conciliation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: On page 19 the report states:It is noted however that the then Head of Legal Affairs on 11th September 2009 in a letter to the then Chief Administrative Officer advises on the Garda College Sportsfield Company Ltd that the separate identity in law can be assumed. No such legal identity exists for the Garda College Restaurant or the Garda College Shop which were never incorporated. They were...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Apr 2005)

Catherine Murphy: ...provisions can be simplified in this manner. A positive development is that the issue of human rights is built into the Bill in several places. A significant feature of section 7 is that the Garda Síochána will be statutorily obliged to have regard to the importance of upholding human rights in the performance of its functions. It is to be hoped that an awareness of this obligation will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce amending legislation on reform of the age barrier that exists for persons wishing to apply to become a Garda recruit; the progress she has made to date in respect of this age barrier; and if she has consulted Garda HR and-or the Garda Commissioner in this regard. [36534/20]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (13 Mar 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to review, in conjunction with the Garda Commissioner, the current strategic deployment of gardaí around the country; if so, if he intends to address the current large disparity in Garda numbers from region to region as part of such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14066/12]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I saw that. The Committee of Public Accounts report from July 2017 contains a number of aspects quite critical of the OPW. One of the conclusions we made was that the fact the Garda college was leasing land from the OPW highlights a very worrying weakness in the management of State assets. It was indicated that Dromard farm may well have an impact on the Garda Vote. Did it have such an...

Garda Traffic Corps. (23 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the promised Garda traffic corps is intended to be additional to the 2,000 promised new gardaí; the way in which the additional gardaí will be factored into the equation of reducing the size of the public sector in accord with the Government's intention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/05]

Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Fennelly report is another absolutely damning assessment of the upper echelons of An Garda Síochána and Garda management. An alarming situation emerged in which a number of ex-Commissioners, a serving Commissioner, and their deputies were allegedly unaware of the existence of the practice of recording non-999 calls. Mr. Justice Fennelly has had to take at face value their...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: ...were issued. I intend to look at these figures again because I know the regime has changed, but this is about shooting fish in a barrel rather than road safety. We must be serious about placing Garda and other speed checks at appropriate locations. It is interesting to note there is insufficient space for a speed check vehicle at some of the most dangerous locations on the roads. People...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (19 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to supply additional funding to the Garda air support unit; the Garda helicopters that An Garda Síochána currently has; the make, model and year of purchase of the fleet by aircraft; his plans to dispose of these assets and purchase a modern fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44533/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Is it possible to make a complaint about a Garda station rather than an individual Garda? I will use as an example the case of Sergeant Maurice McCabe because there was a culture in a station. Is it possible to make that kind of complaint or should the complaint about the individual be made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC? How would something like that be handled?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (26 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to consult with the Policing Authority and An Garda Síochána regarding reforming Garda recruitment policy to increase the age limitations of recruits and to allow for qualified members of other European police services to transfer into and apply for police duties in An Garda Síochána; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (21 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of vacant and or unused Garda stations by location; if he will also provide a schedule of repurposed and sold former Garda stations in each of the years 2018 to date in 2021; and if he will also provide a schedule by location of Garda stations that are being retrofitted and or upgraded. [18861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to consult with the Policing Authority and An Garda Síochána regarding reforming Garda recruitment policy to increase the age limitations of recruits and to allow for qualified members of other European police services to transfer into and apply for police duties in An Garda Síochána; and if she...