Results 4,441-4,460 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Public Inquiries. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: His answer is that the Act has been passed by the British Parliament and that is the law. It is the only basis on which it will operate.

Public Inquiries. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Every one else in Britain says the same. We do not accept that. While it seems that political opinion in the UK differs little in this respect, we cannot put this forward as being what was envisaged in Weston Park. I deeply appreciate that we secured a full, independent, public and judicial inquiry into the Bloody Sunday case. However, I am not in a position to justify something which I am...

Public Inquiries. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The answer to the first question is "Yes". As I stated to Deputy Kenny, I was in 10 Downing Street on the day of the motion. Admittedly it was before the debate, but I conveyed the motion and the reason behind it. Since then, I have conveyed it to the Secretary of State, Mr. Hain, who has written to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, regarding this issue. The Minister will...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We have tried successfully to recruit more gardaí so that by Christmas there will be more than 14,000 in the force. That will include the students who are still in training.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: They will be trained and be good gardaí. There will be 1,743 more gardaí if one excludes the trainees.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We are in the midst of the biggest recruitment drive for new officers since the foundation of the State. Starting in January 2005, more than 1,100 new officers per year have been and are being recruited for three years. The number of officers assigned to stations in the Dublin metropolitan area has risen by more than 600 since 1997, from 3,200 to 3,794. In addition to those gardaí assigned...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The number of gardaí available to Dublin stations increased every month for the past year. The latest figures show that there were 3,685 gardaí in Dublin stations on 31 March last year compared with 3,794 today, making an extra 109.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister made the point that the overall increase in crime categories was disappointing because there was an increase in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the first quarter of 2004.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: That figure was down on the 2003 figure and the statistics for last year and the provisional headline figures, which I presume are open to final examination, show decreases in some of the most serious categories. Manslaughter was down 50%, aggravated sexual assault was down 43%, robbery of cash goods in transit was down 27%, robbery from the person was down 23% and theft from the person was...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I am quoting from the Commissioner's provisional report.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I do not know offhand the figures for burglaries.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister tells me there was an increase. In interpreting the figures one must consider a sizeable increase in population. This morning I read the figures supplied by the Minister's Department. In 1995 with a population of 3.6 million there were 29 crimes per thousand head of population, in 2005 with a population of more than 4.1 million there was an equivalent of 24.6 crimes per thousand.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The gardaí figures are up.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: By the end of this year there will be 3,500 more gardaí, including the students going through the system.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There are not more robbers. The crime rate is down per thousand head of population.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: By our own and international standards crime has decreased. Any crime is one too many.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: According to the records these are the statistics.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy has asked me several questions.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I will answer all the questions.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The figure of 14,000 will be reached at the end of the year. From 1995 to 1997 there were 53 homicides while last year there were 58. That is certainly an increase, but one must take into account that the population has also increased by 600,000.