Results 41-60 of 717 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Brendan Howlin: This relates to the issue raised regarding An Garda Síochána. The group of amendments provides for what can be termed the "mainstreaming" of the Garda for the purposes of the Bill. The combined effect of the amendments is to ensure members of the Garda will be subject to this legislation in the same way as any other worker. In addition, the particular arrangement relating to the...

Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...making her aware of it, even in a general sense, she should have acted on it. Of course she should not have intervened with the commission of investigation, but surely she should have intervened with the Garda Commissioner. The Garda Síochána Act says that the Garda Commissioner is accountable to the Minister for the performance of the Commissioner's functions and those of An...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 7:In page 8, to delete lines 5 to 17 and substitute the following:“(2) For the purposes of this Act—(a) an individual who is or was—(i) a member of an Garda Síochána, or (ii) a civil servant (within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956),is deemed to be an employee, (b) an individual who is or was a member of the Permanent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Garda numbers are continuing to decline. They have declined every month for the past 12 months. As she set out, the Minister's plan to deal with this decline was to recruit five different intake classes of 200. That has been a failure. The February intake was 135. The May intake was 154. Many of those being offered places at the Garda College are not taking them up. This is a serious...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 9: In page 22, after line 38, to insert the following: “(5) Nothing in this section— (a) confers on a member of garda personnel a power that he or she does not otherwise have by virtue of another enactment or at common law, (b) authorises a member of garda personnel to exercise a power conferred by law for a purpose that is not so...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...11. As I was saying, I am of the view that it would be of assistance if I began by addressing amendment No. 18. This amendment will bring to an end the separate arrangements put in place in the Garda Síochána Act in respect of members of the force. Amendment No. 18 relates to section 19 of the Bill as it currently stands. As originally envisaged, section 19 proposed to amend...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...available to substantiate the allegation that Shane Tuohey was assaulted immediately prior to his death. It apparently concluded that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegation that the Garda investigated the death of Shane Tuohey in such a manner as not to establish the full facts. It also found there was no evidence to justify the arrest of anybody in relation to Shane...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...five or six major stations being developed at the same time. There are economies arising from that. Is it possible to set out a timeline, even in general terms, for the expected completion of Garda stations? If the Minister has €50 million in capital spending a year and is looking for more, can she set out even an outline of ambition for which Garda stations are a priority...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...insert the following: "12.—Save with the leave of the court which may be given only if the exceptional circumstances of the case so require, a statement by a person during a formal interview in Garda custody shall not be admitted in any prosecution against that person unless the interview is videorecorded and such videorecording is produced at the trial.". This allows me to deal briefly...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Tá ábhair níos tábhachtaí le teacht ach níl sé soiléir dom ón méid atá ráite ag an Aire conas nach mbeidh "An Garda Síochána", an teideal oifigiúil atá ar na gardaí, oiriúnach le dul isteach sa Bhille. Dúirt sé gur ceist stíle í. Stíl an Aire féin nó stíl na Ranna? Cén fáth nach bhfuil an teideal oifigiúil ar an fhórsa, "An Garda Síochána" úsáidte againne sa...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (6 Mar 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In line with the previously stated Disposal Policy the Commissioners of Public Works are examining the options for 155 non-operational (vacant) Garda Stations. Forty former Garda Stations have been identified for disposal on the open market and auctioneers have been appointed to manage the sale of these stations. Eight of the forty former Garda stations will be auctioned to the public at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...and public service reform division. Are there discrete units of reform that the Taoiseach has prioritised and the division is on top of? In particular, has it oversight of the reforms of An Garda Síochána? Previously all the work suggested by the Garda Inspectorate was to be driven centrally with a specific role for the Garda Commissioner. Does the division have a role in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (28 Mar 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Commissioners of Public Works are addressing the property management implications arising from the Garda Station rationalisation programme. The Office Of Public Works is examining each property to identify, in the first instance, if there is any State requirement for the properties, their potential for disposal and /or the utilisation of the properties by community groups. There are 139...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister said in reply that there are ongoing discussions with the Garda Conciliation Council concerning new regulations. When will these ongoing discussions come to a conclusion? When can we have regulations that are appropriate to today? It is a long time since the original Morris tribunal was established. It is a long time since its first report. However, changing things seems...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (12 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Blarney Garda Station suffered fire damage in 2008. Annual rent of €26,750 is paid to the landlord of Blarney Garda Station in accordance with the terms of the lease. The portacabin in which the temporary station is housed is owned by the Office of Public Works and rent of €7,800 is paid annually for the site on which this is located. Negotiations regarding the purchase of the Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Data (25 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...years is that when there is a pressure point, it is not always about a need for more resources but for proper analysis of how we deploy the resources we have available. The Deputy mentioned An Garda Síochána. The Garda Inspectorate has conducted a comprehensive review which has showed up some shocking things and major reform of An Garda Síochána is under way because...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As a society, we give enormous powers over our very liberty to our police force, An Garda Síochána. A requirement of democratic society, therefore, is to have robust and effective oversight bodies to ensure these powers are always used proportionately and properly and as is expected by the Legislature. I campaigned to have a Garda ombudsman established since my involvement in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...to insert the following:“(vi) the management and use of covert intelligence operations;”.In line with the programme for Government commitment, the Government decided that FOI should apply to An Garda Síochána in respect of administrative records, subject to security exemptions. Section 42(b) provides the FOI Act shall not apply to a record held or created by An...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...sight of one central fact. The report identifies a number of cases in which victims of crime were not well served by those we entrust to protect all of us and investigate crime in this country, namely, An Garda Síochána. As she put it, that is as unacceptable as it is disheartening. It is not, however, surprising. Some time ago, I was involved with events leading up to the...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda file was sent to the DPP arising from the reported arrest of a person (details supplied) in connection with the seizure of a major consignment of drugs at Ardee, County Louth in October 2005; if the Gardaí have received a response to the file; if his attention has been drawn to newspaper reports...