Results 41-49 of 49 for garda speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...speaks to the need to strengthen that definition but also to go beyond State-wide newspapers. There are certain parts of the country where not only are there no post offices and not only are the Garda stations very rarely open, but where the people, when going into the local newsagents, do not choose to read The Irish Times, the Irish Independentor the tabloids. They read a set of other...

Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin: Motion (14 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...with great accuracy and therefore, if and when further information becomes available I will comment on it then. I would urge anybody with information on this story to bring that to the attention of the Garda in Clondalkin. With respect to the motion in front of us, I warmly welcome the establishment of the Electoral Commission. It is something many of us have long argued for and wanted...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...call is required here in what we are trying to do as regards where the buck should stop on decisions to intervene to correct an inappropriate decision or to respond to corruption, although if it is a breach of law, it should involve the Garda." He was saying clearly that the intention in this legislation was for that responsibility to lie with the Minister. That is not what the Mahon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...including family hubs, describe what it is like and talk about the impact on them. It was a very moving session. It is important to acknowledge the reality of referrals of homeless families to Garda stations because there seems to be some level of public denial about this practice. The figures Deputy O'Sullivan quoted are factually correct and have been widely reported in the media....

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: .... This means that when people present to their local authorities in April, May and June and no emergency accommodation is available, they will be forced to sleep rough, or if the Tusla guidance from 2018 continues in force, families with children will be referred to Garda stations for a safe place to sleep. We are going to see levels of homelessness that nobody ever thought was possible....

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...primary motivation that convinced Cabinet to support the last ban was that in October of last year, at least 19 local authorities had no emergency accommodation available at all on given nights. The prospect of families with children having to spend the night in Garda stations as per Tusla rules convinced the Government to act. The fact that we are now potentially going to be in a much...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: .... Others argue that the real issue is one of enforcement. I do not doubt that is the case and I will not defend the failure of the Government or the previous Government to invest adequately in Garda resources. There is no single solution to this problem. While greater enforcement is important and necessary, the lack of enforcement is not a reason for refusing to support the Bill....

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...audacity of the individuals involved, to seek significant sums of money to withdraw completely fraudulent and groundless appeals to An Bord Pleanála. On television that night I called for a robust Garda investigation. I believe it is extortion under the Criminal Justice Act and I would like to see those people prosecuted. That is a matter for An Garda Síochána and the...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...response, I would say that first of all, we need to have the prompt publication of each of the individual review reports as soon as they are available. I appreciate the advice of the Attorney General with respect to the Garda investigation, but as soon as that report can be published, it should be. So too should the internal review of the board and the report of the Office of the...