Results 21-27 of 27 for garda speaker:Tim Lombard

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: ...that community alert associations do much good work in society, whether by providing alarms for the elderly or holding Christmas parties, summer outings and weekly meetings. The community garda attends meetings every month. That is an important part of the fabric in Irish society, whether urban or rural. We need to support community alert organisations and other similar organisations....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...Minister for Transport about his plans for the industry. What does he propose to do with the taxi industry? When will we look at deregulating it and putting Uber into rural Ireland? A person, if Garda vetted, would have the opportunity to make a few pounds by acting as the taxi for the town or village and making sure the centre of population is a safe location to go home from. People...

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

Tim Lombard: ..., in particular, to the activity seen in my part of the world in the past ten days where houses have been rented at the weekend for the holding of parties. We had a situation in Kinsale, which the Garda Síochána publicised, where seven lads from Cork city came down and rented a house, bought alcohol, were cautioned by the gardaí and sent back to Cork. This phenomenon of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Tim Lombard: I wish to acknowledge, as have many Members, the efforts made by communities in regard to the recent storm. Public services such as the Garda Síochána, Civil Defence and medical services did a fantastic job but in many ways communities rallied together to ensure older or younger people were safe, which must be acknowledged. I particularly acknowledge the farming community for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2021)

Tim Lombard: ...in Cork in the next 48 hours. There is great fear in the city about what is going to happen. We saw in the media what happened in Dublin last weekend, where there were 23 arrests and several gardaí were hospitalised. There is a great fear that something similar will happen in the southern capital of Cork tomorrow.It is a real concern that people may be protesting on the streets of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (28 Nov 2019)

Tim Lombard: ...ability to purchase equipment and sign contracts, which they have done. We now have a system but no operational budget has been put in place and the big issue is who controls the data. Is it the Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice and Equality or the local authority? In the current environment, we are subject to the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and other...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...Kinsale to Cork city. During the Covid period, the bus stop was changed to an unsafe location. We have done everything from signing petitions and writing to the Minister and the NTA to having the Garda involved, but we cannot even get a response. I think I have written to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, five times on this issue with no response. That is unfortunate. This is a...