Results 21-40 of 114 for garda speaker:Lisa Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (28 Apr 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of four-by-four vehicles unavailable owing to the need for repairs for each Garda station in the Ballina, Belmullet, Castlebar, Claremorris and Westport Garda Síochána districts. [8682/16]

Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Apr 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Mayo in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Mayo in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18083/18]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...'Loughlin spoke this morning about policing policy. I understand the challenges in dealing with these topics in terms of the demarcation between roles and responsibilities between the Minister, An Garda Síochána and the Commissioner. Certainly, however, there would be broad agreement in the House that the work of the Garda is so important to the functioning of our State and our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Mayo as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51649/17]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...would be a suitable topic to raise as a Commencement matter with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to seek a response for the homeowners. Senator Cummins raised the issue of Garda numbers and investment in Garda stations in Waterford. He also spoke about 999 calls being directed through Waterford Garda station. The recent difficulties around that issue are an...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: On section 65, I raise similar types of points. The annual service plan is obviously important. It sets out which services the Garda will provide, the volume of services, the objectives to be achieved through those services and performance targets. Similar points were raised by Senator Mark Daly. How would the objectives be established and how will performance be measured effectively?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (21 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I will outline some of the scenarios I have come across. A number of applicants began the fitness testing and interview process in October 2015. Their Garda clearance forms went in after that in October-November 2015 but some of them have still not heard back. The Minister of State outlined to me that the vetting process rests with the Garda Síochána. I submitted questions to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (14 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána clearance applications received in each of the years 2014 to 31 May 2016, by number received from registered organisations, by average time for completion or return of Garda clearance, by percentage completed within six weeks, by percentage completed within six to12 weeks, by percentage completed within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is concern that Garda transfers between stations are not happening in a fair and transparent way and that this can affect the well-being of individual members and their family life; the process for a garda wishing to transfer from one station to another; and the basis on which an...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ..., as have others, not only in the context of the Bill but in prior debates in the House. I am concerned that issues of national security and the security services being under the remit of An Garda Síochána poses a number of challenges. There is a capacity issue in An Garda Síochána to deal with the large scale of the work involved in security services in the State....

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: On the appointment of the deputy Garda Commissioner role, an issue arose a month ago regarding the recruitment process for that role and this is an opportunity to raise it. I acknowledge we are talking about it in the context of a process but is information on the status of that recruitment process available? It speaks to a broader conversation about the role of deputy Garda Commissioner,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (14 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...to join the Reserve Defence Force; the number who completed the fitness test; the number of those who passed the fitness test; the number who completed the interview; the number who applied for Garda Síochána clearance; the number who received Garda Síochána clearance and within what timeframe they received it; the number who went on to complete medicals; the number who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Were we to go down that route and choose the easiest option of requiring a Garda report rather than a formal complaint, would that be sufficient to balance those rights? Could there be a constitutional challenge on the grounds that a termination would be too easily accessed if just a simple report or something of that nature were required? I would be interested in hearing Mr. O'Malley's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (27 Sep 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional financial resources have specifically been given to An Garda Síochána to prepare for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit; if members of An Garda Síochána have undergone specific training in order that they are equipped to deal with a no-deal Brexit; if so the details of that training; if his...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...and how it is consulted upon, and I have a couple of questions on that. I agree with the timeline set down. It should be done within six months and it is then submitted to the Minister and the Garda for the period of three years, which is a reasonable amount of time and allows for change when it is required. Subsection (3) states: “A strategic plan shall... (b) specify in...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...“What gets measured, gets done” is pertinent. If there is an incentive to get certain things done, other things may get missed. It is important that unnecessary pressure is not put on the Garda by particular targets being set. How will that evaluation take place and what is the process after that? Within a workplace evaluation, for example, if you have not met a...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Lisa Chambers: The commission of investigation was established to look into allegations of malpractice in An Garda Síochána in the Bailieboro district and included an investigation into the manner in which the complaints of Sergeant McCabe were dealt with by An Garda Síochána. I welcome the report and thank Mr. Justice O'Higgins for his work in compiling this report and investigating...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (14 Apr 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 252. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications for Garda Síochána vetting made by the Defence Forces for prospective members of the Reserve Defence Force in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [7101/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 May 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Mayo on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9976/16]