Results 41-60 of 834 for garda speaker:Pearse Doherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. In all cases where the bank has identified the fraud, it reports it to An Garda Síochána and there is no requirement on the individual to make a report or on An Garda Síochána to investigate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am saying that in thousands of cases, locally and nationally, where persons are victims of fraud and have lost substantial sums, there is no contact by the Garda, even when the Garda has been alerted to that by the bank.

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

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on total Garda numbers in County Donegal; if he will outline his plans to increase Garda recruitment in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (4 Oct 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the identity of an external activist is revealed to the Garda Commissioner and-or her on foot of authorisation being granted by the Garda Commissioner to another police force to place an external activist under surveillance in the State. [28141/16]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (2 Nov 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ...357: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 25 October 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin may expect to receive their Garda vetting from the Garda central vetting unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32238/11]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...elements from the public purse because of what happened when the housing development was built in this area. The Tánaiste has said there was a comprehensive response from Frances Fitzgerald. She spoke about a Garda investigation into the attack on the JCB, which was absolutely appalling. Deputy Ó Snodaigh raised the matter with the Tánaiste and Deputies Frances...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in the Donegal division in each of the years 2012 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shared Services (19 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 10 October 2019, when the report from the Garda authorities on the matter of An Garda Síochána ceasing to share information with Tusla due to differences of opinion on the protocols will be issued. [47750/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (24 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda vetting application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the current processing times for Garda vetting applications; his plans to improve this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39439/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Were summonses issued? I appreciate that there are different sections within the force but the public see that the Garda knew about this on the date in question. They want to know if the Garda continued to prosecute people falsely. Did it continue to take people to court and were there convictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: To finish, I direct a question to the Garda Commissioner. Unfortunately, I do not have an opportunity to go into the issue of the falsification of data. I presume it is a criminal offence for any garda to falsify the data of An Garda Síochána. Perhaps the Commissioner might confirm that it is. She has given the committee a very clear impression, or I take it from her comments,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Senator Conway. Deputies are being called to the Dáil for an imminent vote. As I have been saying for a number of years, the amount of controlled drugs that An Garda Síochána is holding is bizarre. I know the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, has asked the Commissioner for a report on this. The most recent figures I have are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: ...contained information that the Director of Public Prosecutions had indicated that a review should be extended to include cases before 2014. This letter was issued to the Minister in 2017, but the Garda had become aware that this was a wider issue a full year before that. Within ten days of issuing the Minister the letter setting out the 1,781 figure, the Garda provided figures of 14,700...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: How many fraudulent claims has FBD reported to the Garda? It is definitely not 10,000, 15,000 or the 20% figure to which reference was made. I want to get to facts instead of spin from the industry. It does not add up. These questions will be asked of representatives of all insurance companies which are making these accusations. Some 19 cases were reported to the Garda by the industry...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Feb 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences reported to An Garda Síochána at Garda Síochána stations in Ballybofey, Carrigans, Castlefinn, Convoy, Lifford and Ballybofey in County Donegal, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4472/16]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----which has devastated Garda services in our county and across the country. That being said, we are where we are. Why is this being contemplated now? Is it the fact that the Chief Whip does not have the same clout as the Minister, Deputy Ross? Is it quid pro quo, with one station getting opened in one part of the country through the sacrifice of rural Ireland? The people of rural...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports received by An Garda Síochána of insurance-related fraud since October 2018 under the guidelines for the reporting of suspected fraudulent insurance claims by insurance entities to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11245/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of Garda stations that have closed over the past six years; the location of each Garda station; the number of gardaí stationed in each station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (7 Mar 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand the role, powers and duties of the Garda Reserve; her plans to review the present functions of the Garda Reserve with a view to establishing the most effective way its members may serve communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (12 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the provisions in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Troika of the IMF, EU and ECB, which directly impinge on the number of employees in an Garda Síochána; and if he will indicate where the Memorandum of Understanding requires him to reduce Garda numbers to 13,000. [6615/13]