Results 41-60 of 216 for garda speaker:Thomas Pringle

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...to and work with the ombudsman, nowhere does it seem to say that he has to respond in a timely fashion. That is the key to this issue. There has been a lot of talk lately about delays in the Garda responding to and dealing with issues the Garda ombudsman has brought forward. That will affect the further workings of the office.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: .... The report identifies limited reports of abuse and inappropriate sexual behaviour from 1991 and concentrates on the period between 2003 and 2016. In 2011, management reported the issue to the Garda, as did the whistleblower. In the same year, after the report to the Garda and HIQA by the whistleblower, the individual identified as "Brandon" was isolated within the centre and the abuse...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...went through the Bill and I did not stop deliberately before section (d), or anything like that, but yes section (d) does say that there should be consultation and that it will be allowed on the Garda Síochána website. But, then again, that implies a certain amount of knowledge because one has to know in order to go to the Garda Síochána website to actually get the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her interest. I have a question on the Garda ICT and what is being rolled out. As I understand it the local gardaí have an app on their phones whereby they can download stuff. However, there is an issue in regard to the ability to access, for example, road traffic information, such as whether car is taxed or a person has a valid licence. Will this facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...the years that what has gone on in the Morris tribunal was evident all over the place and it seems to me there has been too close a linkage between the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda. The Department seems to see itself and its role as some sort of guardian of the State. That will be a real problem for the Department in being open in the future so it will be interesting...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...to cast doubt in the public mind on the issue. Again today during Leaders' Questions the Taoiseach repeated his assertion. Surely someone in his Department has read the relevant section of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 at this stage and corrected him? Section 85 of the Act clearly states that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission "may make" any other reports that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her presentation. Earlier, the Commissioner gave us some figures. Approximately 60,000 individuals have been arrested by the Garda so far in 2023. This amounts to 1.2% of the population having been arrested so far this year. This sounds remarkably high. Is it high? Perhaps the Minister or the departmental officials might be able to answer this. The Commissioner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...what TDs were advised. If we were being advised to leave and be out of the city, surely that would have signalled that something was going to get out of hand. I presume that message came from the Garda to the officials here in the Oireachtas to evacuate the building. At that stage should the Garda not have been stepping up the response? In the Commissioner's timeline that is about an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: .... It is very interesting. We probably should have had this session before the previous session because it is far more informative and leading up to questions we could be asking. When the Garda Commissioner was giving his evidence, he said that the 99% plus accuracy of modern biometric identification systems is clearly demonstrated by the biannual review by the US National Institute of...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...is prevalent among low-paid retail workers and foreign workers in meat factories, for example. Universal sick pay would do far more than restricting people's households. The legislation gives the Garda powers to go into households when it does not need them. The Garda has said it does not want this power. The Garda Inspectorate also said it does not need or want this power. What is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I listened to the figures for Garda numbers in Donegal and compared them with the answers to similar questions, for example, on Garda numbers in Longford. It is interesting that Donegal has three times the population of Longford and is probably five times its size but has proportionally fewer gardaí available to it. This is very...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...ridiculous, and I believe the majority of the public agrees as well. Not only that but the criminalisation of people who are in possession of small amounts of cannabis is a massive waste of Garda time, especially during what we are told is a Garda shortage. Reports over the last few months indicate that the decline in Garda numbers has caused gardaí to struggle to keep up with...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I commend Deputy Wallace and his staff for their work in preparing the legislation we are debating tonight – The Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill. It is a worthwhile and timely legislation. I have been listening to the debate over the past two nights and it has been interesting how many Deputies have prefaced their remarks by stating how many good gardaí there are and...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...moved from the Minister to the Policing Authority to depoliticise policing in Ireland, which is very necessary. However, the legislation looks to move these to a board that will be internal to An Garda Síochána, with a number of powers being returned to the Minister. This is even less independent than before these scandals and it reflects the Government’s intention to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Something popped into my mind as the Chair was speaking. I ask the Minister about the on-board system, which I do not know the name of, that the Garda uses to monitor cars, traffic and data on driving licences. How can that be kept up to date? The Minister was in the Dáil last week when I mentioned an incident I had a couple of years ago where I was stopped in the North and the PSNI...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her reply. She has outlined a raft of information there and, on paper, everything looks good. While the activities of the Garda in the 1980s may be historical, the impacts have fed through to the modern day. We have cases particularly relating to Donegal in this regard. There must be an examination of how these activities have influenced the Garda all the way...

Topical Issue Debate: Burglaries in County Donegal (17 Jan 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...over the past year and over the same period that Operation Fiacla has been running. The Minister needs to address this issue straight away in Donegal and provide the resources necessary for the gardaí to deal with this issue. He talks about the new investment in the Garda fleet. These are not new vehicles. They are replacement vehicles, replacing fewer vehicles than have been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...said that the activities were not agreed with at the time. That is not actually true. They were agreed with and a blind eye was turned to them. The crux of the problem here is that not only the Garda but the State, the Government and everybody else turned a blind eye to these activities and allowed them to continue. Free rein was given to the Garda to allow that to happen. If nothing...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost to the State for the Garda presence for the Corrib gas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/11]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in north Mayo used to police the Corrib gas project and protest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34553/11]