Results 21-34 of 34 for garda speaker:Réada Cronin

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...-agency co-operation but I would like to see a situation whereby agencies can be compelled to collaborate on a whole-of-government basis. We also need the sheer practicality of more and better Garda training on these issues, which were once so marginal and are now mainstream. Gardaí need to be trained on how to answer telephone calls from victims. We still have situations such as...

Impact of Covid-19 on Women for International Women’s Day: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...and psychological. Globally, the Covid crisis is hammering everybody, but it is hammering women in particular. Ireland is not immune from this. Last Saturday there was a violent attack on the Garda at an anti-lockdown demonstration. My father was a Superintendent in An Garda Síochána, so my thoughts were immediately with the families of the gardaí. I remember, as a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...been designed by lobby groups rather than public health. The list of people who are considered essential workers is much longer than it was the first time. I am trying to be constructive. We see the Garda checkpoints now on the road. I wonder if there were some way we could identify essential workers and give them passes for their cars or something in order that they could use a...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...it and how they were and continue to be treated. The Bill is going through the Seanad. According to the Rape Crisis Centre, 80% of people subjected to sexual violence did not report it to the Garda. That is why, when we talk about sexual violence, we should be mindful of what we say because none of us knows what another person is carrying. The 80% of the unseen survivors are all too...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...that it matters to the Women of Honour. On the specific issue of the provisions, persons subject to military law who commit specified sexual offences in this jurisdiction will, as they should, be dealt with by An Garda Síochána and the civil courts, as opposed to courts martial. Inevitably, there was a sense of secrecy and separateness when courts martial were the fora in...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Réada Cronin: ...on the prowl. We also need to face up to how many teens are abusing each other and children younger than them. The 2009 annual report of the committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Garda diversion programme found that out of 74 sexual offences, including 17 rapes and 40 sexual assaults, many were committed by under 18-year-olds. What is the number now in 2022? I...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...protest but decency must come into this. Nobody should be the subject of a protest when they are just going around and receiving whatever medical treatment they need. It is also a worry that while An Garda Síochána can make an arrest without warrant where they believe an offence has being committed in terms of this Bill, it also says it does not have an appropriate facility for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...to join their local RDF. Has consideration been given to active, movable camps? I know there would be arms and ammunition involved, which would have to be protected. Every large town has a Garda station where those arms and ammunition could be protected and held safely. The FCA was always associated with young people. Have our guests considered taking retired members of the Defence...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Réada Cronin: ...and we do not know when it will come. It arrived for the people of Creeslough on 7 October 2022. I wish comfort and healing to the families and the community. I pay special tribute to the Garda, the fire service, the first responders, ambulance service and the priests in the parish of Creeslough. They showed that at times of deep crisis there is a welcome and a place for us all,...

Freedom of Information Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: ...audit on public bodies to assess whether they need to be brought more fully under the remit of freedom of information and therefore into public scrutiny. Within this process, vital bodies such as the Garda and RTÉ could be brought more fully under the scope of the Act. Our Bill also seeks to close the gap in freedom of information coverage. Once a company or body becomes a public...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...for all of this. Training and oversight are, therefore, critical. Something with such a big reach demands equally big responsibility, responsibility that must be demanded and upheld constantly by our gardaí. Gardaí are still undervalued and under-resourced. I say this as a Deputy for Kildare, which as one of the lowest ratios of gardaí to residents in the State, and as...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...' behalf while on maternity leave. Out there, women are having the living daylights kicked and punched out of them, but their right to a response to their 999 calls is being taken away by the Garda Síochána. 6 o’clock Despite all of the political razzmatazz on the stage in Dublin Castle and the arms linked in the sunshine, we are still waiting for safe access zones...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...consensus was that while the Government has declared a biodiversity crisis, there is little evidence it is being taken seriously. I welcome the Minister of State's remarks on wildlife crime and An Garda Síochána becoming involved when crimes are committed. I would like to direct my remarks in a particular direction, towards Emo Court House, County Laois, and to the brown...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: ...go. On the second issue of the effective muzzling of the Defence Forces, I do not know where this bizarre desire has come from. It is a fact that members I know of the civil and public service, the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána, in particular, have always been restricted in their political activities more so than ordinary members of the public. It is important, and...