Results 41-60 of 117 for garda speaker:Dessie Ellis

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 761. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if membership of the Garda Reserve will provide candidates just outside the cut-off point any special consideration should new recruiting begin in the future. [13356/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Traffic Offences: An Garda Síochána (16 Apr 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Garda website advertises the 727 locations so it is not as though this has changed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Taxi Regulations (23 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide an update on the Garda Síochána report she commissioned. [24825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí based in Finglas Garda station, Dublin, during each of the past six years; and the most up-to-date figures for same. [22513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí based in Santry Garda station, Dublin during each of the past six years; and the most up-to-date figures for same. [22514/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí based in Ballymun Garda station, Dublin during each of the past six years; and the most up-to-date figures for same. [22515/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I am only curious about one thing: is there a vetting process? Does Airbnb get clients vetted by the Garda?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 861. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to work in Ballymun Garda station. [27317/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Jones and Ms Ellis for their opening statements. It is interesting to see how the Garda and the court system is dealing with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, and its implementation. It is very important. Ms Denning said that 7% of the workforce in the Courts Service have declared themselves as having disabilities. That is well below the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Dessie Ellis: They are usually turned away, unfortunately. They might get the psychiatrist to the Garda station but often, by the time the psychiatrist arrives the psychosis has waned a bit and they are not detained. That is a judgment call as nobody wants to see anyone lose their liberty but a call has to be made.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: We have all experienced noisy neighbours and the feeling of powerlessness in dealing with them. The hands of the Garda Síochána are tied. The noise nuisance Bill has powers to impose on the spot fines as well as mediation. When will the Bill be brought before the House? It is a major issue when neighbours have parties.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: ...has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers renewing their licence are being stopped from working for extended periods due to delays in producing the new licence despite already having confirmed Garda clearance and received a receipt for payment from the National Transport Authority. [37234/12]

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ..., although we urge the Government to fund these services according to need rather than leaving them at the mercy of restricted budgets. The Government needs to restore community confidence in the Garda. The community needs to feel it can report crimes. Incidents such as what happened in Rossport recently will not instill confidence in the Garda. What effect will this have on women who...

Road Traffic Bill 2011[Seanad]:Report and Final Stages (20 Apr 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ...issue. I have experienced it on numerous occasions, as I am sure most Deputies have. Deputy Dooley has proposed his amendments because he is concerned that the discretion it is proposed to give to gardaí under the amended sections 12(6) and 12(7) of the 1994 Act would mean that the compulsory power currently given to gardaí with regard to blood testing would become a discretionary...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Dessie Ellis: .... It will also stop drivers falsely claiming that they have put their cars off the road and seeking refunds of motor tax. Of course, some will continue to attempt to avoid both the tax and the reach of the Garda Síochána but these steps will make that more difficult. The move away from requiring a garda witness for a declaration of non-use could also help to free up...

Crime Prevention (20 Sep 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ...: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure a more focused multi agency approach to tackling mid level drug dealers at a localised level throughout the State involving the Gardaí, the Criminal Assets Bureau, local authorities, all relevant State agencies and with community input; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24744/11]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Garda and the RSA for their presentations. It is worrying that one person in ten has admitted to drink driving in the surveys that have been done. That is a massive number. I thought we had moved on as society. The attitude of the 62% who seem to think there is nothing wrong with drink driving is also shocking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Dessie Ellis: ...from 21 days to 14. I am curious about the logic behind that. I have experienced a lot of this with the services. Mr. Farrelly also stated that he is not in favour of people being brought to Garda stations. In most instances, a person is told that they either go to their GP, get a letter from him or her and go to the accident and emergency department or go to a Garda station where a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reverse the decision to downgrade Gorey Garda district resulting in the loss of its superintendent in 2013; the number of gardaí in the Gorey area in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (3 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put a winter ambassador programme in place to support local efforts by a range of stakeholders, including rural post offices and An Garda Síochána, to get food and fuel to homes where people may not travel when roads are ice-bound, or to help get school routes salted within local communities. [37812/15]