Results 41-60 of 548 for garda speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Gangland Crime: Motion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the Government has been engaged in a number of key achievements in legislative terms and real terms in order to make this country a safer place. As other speakers have mentioned, the number of gardaí has steadily increased year on year, even since 2007. We have come through with a promise to increase Garda numbers to historically high levels. There were 14,500 gardaí at the end of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Deputy Farrell for raising this issue. He will be familiar with the work we are doing to provide funding for 1,000 new gardaí this year. We are seeing Garda recruits enter Templemore every 11 weeks. However, I agree completely with the Deputy on mandatory retirement. People who could carry on their current or any other post within the sector effectively have to retire. We...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...really that concerned about the posts of the Taoiseach and the individual Ministers and their futures. What I am concerned about is the constant chipping away at the confidence and authority of An Garda Síochána and the justice system for which the Minister for Justice and Equality is responsible. Most of us are aware of the thousands of men and women of An Garda...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through the items per station in tabular format. I have raised this question because I have a concern about the equitable distribution of resources. The Minister has said it is a matter for Garda management. I understand that. However, the reality is that stations such as the one in Malahide were downgraded by the previous Government. In north Dublin the number of gardaí is...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: ...what happened in Carrickmines to ensure this type of incident cannot happen again. I pay tribute to the emergency services, the members of the fire brigade, the HSE National Ambulance Service and the gardaí who attended the scene and did everything they could to save as many lives as possible. I pass on my deepest sympathies to the family of Garda Tony Golden, his young children,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: ...ánaiste provide an update on the progress in recruiting community police throughout the country? There are large swathes of Ireland, both within and outside Dublin, that do not have any community gardaí. I commend the focus the Garda has had over the past week with the 80-strong team targeting rural crime gangs with some success in County Meath. It is something to be welcomed....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...justice will be served for Fr. Molloy's family. I have asked on a number of occasions for a debate on policing and the view of the Minister for Justice and Equality on smart policing in Ireland. Gardaí are operating with one hand tied behind their backs. They do not have the resources to do their job. The Minister has announced on a number of occasions that he will open up...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to raise a matter concerning the student gardaí in Templemore. Approximately 300 gardaí have undertaken their training of 104 weeks in total with 32 weeks in Templemore. I am alarmed as I am dealing with a couple of cases at the moment in which the Department of Social Protection is refusing these trainee gardaí the family income supplement, FIS. I believe the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Like all of us and all the people we know, including our families and friends, I am disgusted and horrified at what can only be described as one of the most callous murders of a young Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, a family man and someone who spent his life not only protecting us as a member of the Garda, but who was also heavily involved in his own community in County Louth in his...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Sligo County Council. Either he wants to abolish it or he does not. It is as simple as that. I understand that the Minister is, ironically, in Swords, County Dublin, this morning. Some 30 gardaí have closed off North Street in Swords to allow him to speak at a conference on housing. This is an example of the waste of Garda resources that is occurring at present in areas like...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of many Members in this House. I have been contacted by people who find it deeply disturbing to have to listen to one party in particular and its new-found fauxconcern for the welfare of members of An Garda Síochána. It is very difficult to sit here and to listen to them pontificating on the matter. The only thing Sinn Féin members are interested in is themselves;...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What did the Senator tell the people in Carrigaholt when the Garda station was closed?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Cuir mé ceist faoi tuairisc PwC, the report on Garda stations.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Can Senator Harte explain the fact that gardaí have no resources?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: No, we are not. The Minister has lost the confidence of gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Just listen to gardaí.

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

Darragh O'Brien: He should go. He is a disgrace. He does not have the confidence of the Garda.

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

Darragh O'Brien: We respect gardaí, the Government does not.

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

Darragh O'Brien: Did the Leader see our alternative budget? We would not close Garda stations.

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Army and the Garda.