Results 21-40 of 263 for garda speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (10 Mar 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...reached seven and a half minutes. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity for this debate. I support wholeheartedly the appointment of Dermot Gallagher as chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Members today are focusing on policing and on police practices as they reflect on the brutal murder of Constable Stephen Carroll. I join others, as I did...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...morning. I know the Senator appreciates the kind concerns of colleagues on his bereavement. I again call for a debate on the issue I raised last week, namely, the recording of telephone calls in Garda stations, a serious issue which has been ongoing for the past 30 years. It is welcome that a commission of investigation will be established to investigate the extent and implications of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to ask questions about Part V which deals with crime management. Everything is related but one thing that struck me is the fact that the Garda Síochána has no electronic crime management system which is a major obstacle to consistency. The reclassification of offences has been mentioned in the study which found that only 13% of reclassifications were correct and often no...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: .... It found that Maurice McCabe was an officer of exemplary character who has done the State considerable service. I acknowledge also that Mr. Justice Charleton greatly praised ordinary rank-and-file gardaí who do a very difficult job, but he was highly critical of the culture in An Garda Síochána and of aspects of Tusla, which as the Minister stated is a matter for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Suffice to say that all of us in this House have immense respect for the Garda Síochána. To suggest that anyone in this House or the Dáil has contempt for the Garda Síochána is utter nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for garda attendances at a scene, following a call to both emergency services and local Garda stations, in each county. [8753/24]

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...I will seek a debate on the guidelines when they have been published in their final form. Senator Ó Clochartaigh raised the issue of Easter 1916 and the freedom of association and speech for the Garda Representative Association and Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors. While I would welcome a debate on the right to protest and freedom of association, we must recognise that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you Chairman. I welcome the Garda Commissioner and her team. I also echo Deputy Finian McGrath's condolences to the family and colleagues of Garda Tony Golden on his appalling murder. In terms of victims and support for victims, I really welcome what the Commissioner has said about the victims of crime being placed at the heart of the work of An Garda Síochána. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...we have seen the independent review report or now. That is a matter I will take up with the Leader's office. I wish to correct the record because some colleagues are a little unclear about the Garda Síochána Act 2005. This Minister inherited a rather flawed structure for accountability of An Garda Síochána under the 2005 Act. Many of us were highly critical of the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I would oppose the exclusion of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission from the powers provided for in this Bill. Again I am grateful to the Human Rights Commission for providing us with very extensive notes. The commission points out that the functions of the commission include the investigation of complaints concerning the investigation of alleged arrestable offences involving members...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Such investigations are solely matters for the Garda Síochána. Any person who has information that might be useful should make it available to the Garda. People have been critical of the NAMA legislation. I think that is fair. There are specific offences under the NAMA Act in relation to the inappropriate disclosure of confidential information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department records the average time between the making of a call to a garda station and the arrival of members of An Garda Síochána at the scene; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/23]

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...to do, the announcement made in the Budget Statement yesterday answers many of the issues raised. We are all delighted to welcome not only the increase in capital funding but the fact that recruitment has commenced in the Garda Síochána. We have seen that 100 recruits commenced training in September and that there will be an intake of 200 more recruits to Templemore next year....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am right. There is no age bar for the Garda Reserve. It sometimes carries out front-line Garda work but it does not have full Garda powers. I simply ask, in light of a direct request from a constituent, whether there have been updates since July 2011. Has the Minister given consideration to changing the upper age limit for entry? If the age limit was raised in 2004 by a significant...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on the revelations that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, has been the victim of apparent surveillance. In the context of the story that first was broken in The Sunday Times last Sunday, it would be a good idea for Members to have a debate once they have a little more clarity as to what exactly has occurred. Certainly, it is a matter of...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister and I welcome the fact that the Bill is on this Stage. It is a very important Bill in terms of providing, at last, for a policing authority which will oversee the performance of the Garda Síochána. It has been widely welcomed across the House, will be a notable achievement of the Government and will have important benefits for the future of policing. I refer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise for arriving late. We greatly value the insights we have gained from the witnesses. I wish to address a question to the acting Garda Commissioner and to Baroness O'Loan, and I have a general question. At the last set of hearings I asked about the Garda whistleblowers charter. Before the departure of Commissioner Callinan, I had written to him requesting a copy. The AGSI,...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ..., to the family of the late former Senator, Eamon De Buitléar. Again on behalf of the Labour group and personally I express absolute revulsion and disgust at the appalling murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. While much has been said about it, anyone who has read any of the circumstances of Friday night's murder will understand just how particularly vicious and brutal it was. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Seanad Chamber, so I apologise if I have missed something that has already been covered. I have three questions for GSOC. Right at the start, Deputy Collins asked about co-operation with the Garda. I think Mr. O'Brien said he was getting better co-operation now from the Garda in terms of investigations and the transmission of information, but there are still issues about time...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Some of the stations have not been opened for a number of years and some only for a short period. Clearly to free up Garda time and to allow for an extra 61,000 Garda patrol hours is a better and more efficient use of policing time. It is worth reminding the Opposition of advances in technology and policing practice that will allow for more efficient use of policing rather than have gardaí...