Results 41-60 of 136 for garda speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Jul 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars in use in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 5 November 2019, the number of vehicles in operation in the Garda divisional fleet in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51206/19]

Seanad: Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2023: Motion (7 Mar 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the draft of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 28th February, 2023.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...at Cabinet about this decision. Why was this unusual decision on the appointment of the Attorney General taken on the same day and at the same meeting as the unusual decision made about Stepaside Garda station?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (13 Nov 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts and work being undertaken to ensure all horses are microchipped and allocated passports; and if the use of scanners being available to An Garda Síochána to assist it in ensuring the law is being complied with in respect of this issue will be considered. [46643/18]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Business is No. 1, Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 3.30 p.m. and to adjourn at 4.55 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 2, Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to adjourn at 6.15 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have graduated with the fraud and e-crime investigation postgraduate certificate in UCD; the number undertaking the course; the cost to An Garda Síochána in 2017 and to date in 2018 of running the qualification and sending gardaí to study the course; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...session, and I know that Senator Ruane will agree with me. I refer to a young Traveller boy who came from Galway to speak to us about his experience. All he wanted in life was to be a community garda, from the time he saw a garda in his community. I understand that in many cases Travellers may feel alienated from the gardaí. This young man, however, fell in love with the uniform...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...impact drugs have on families and communities, and Newbridge is no different. In the recent past we have had a number of engagements with members of the community. I have been liaising with the Garda. Just two months ago, the Garda set up a Kildare South drugs unit. It has made significant seizures and arrests in the Newbridge area. Yesterday, it seized €1.2 million worth of...

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: First Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Sex Offenders Act 2001 to make provision for the requirement, in the interests of the common good, for the notification of information to An Garda Síochána, by persons who have committed the offence of coercive control and to provide for related matters. I appreciate the acceptance of my amendment by the Leader on the...

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am glad the Senator has raised such an important issue. Yesterday I spoke in the Seanad about the GRA conference and how extremely difficult issues cross the desk of a garda. I know we all appreciate that when a garda starts his or her shift, be it day or night, he or she never knows what will unfold. To paraphrase another phrase I used, who is going to protect the protectors? It is...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...is far reaching and is hitting hard some rural communities in my county, County Kildare. Many voluntary organisations are working to stem the tide but the failure to give sufficient resources to gardaí in Kildare continues to hamper any effort to clamp down on illegal drug use and supply. The absence of any community gardaí probably facilitates the use of drugs among young...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to be cherished. I support the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. I want to raise a number of issues today, the first of which is the new proposed community engagement areas for An Garda Síochána. I organised a meeting on Monday evening last, together with Councillor Anne Connolly, in Rathangan. Around 200 people turned up, which was incredible and showed the...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to address the important issues of rural and community development. It is not an exaggeration to say that rural communities are struggling with stripped down services, bank, post office and Garda station closures and the ever present threat of rural crime. Many of our rural villages and communities are being decimated as a result of people being unable to get planning permission for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...the key for him and his peers. He provided terrific leadership among his community and encouraged his siblings and friends to attend the homework club. All he wanted to do was become a community garda because he saw the positive influence a community garda had had in his life. I recall thinking what a difference he would make to his peers if he became a community garda and could...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...many houses are, and they are impacting on the nearby roads as well. In fact, the roads were blocked one evening last week. One of the local councillors, Daragh Fitzpatrick, came and had to call the Garda, who came quickly. Kfm did a feature this morning talking to the residents. What is going on is shocking. People are intimidated in their own homes. It is very dangerous. We need a...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (28 Sep 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I acknowledge, as the Tánaiste said, the good relationship between the PSNI and the Garda, and between the relevant Departments. While the British Government has made positive statements that there will be no return to a hard Border, the UK's desire to limit immigration may certainly create difficulties in that regard. If the UK wishes to prevent immigration to the UK through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...I was a Deputy, but I was much more nervous than you. Thank you for having the courage and confidence to tell us your story. I have no doubt you will succeed in your ambition, first to be a garda, where I know you will make a valuable difference and, second, to be a Member of the Oireachtas. I wish you well in the latter ambition because you have a strong voice and should keep speaking....