Results 41-60 of 80 for garda speaker:Maurice Quinlivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to the lives of our citizens. Will the Minister advise what plans she has to ensure there is a return to a community policing model that puts service to the community at the heart of the Garda ethos?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...fairness, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, unlike her predecessor, listened to what we were saying and committed to take an action. Action duly followed with the initiation of the joint Garda-Limerick City and County Council operation, namely, Operation Copóg. This combined operation has had some impact, with numerous arrest and seizures over the past 12 months. The...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...events in the north inner city. I agree with what he said. He also said that in Limerick, the problem was stopped by putting in additional resources. Those additional resources, 100 extra gardaí, came after the publication of the Fitzgerald report in 2007. In Limerick, those resources have depleted to a level of one extra garda from the 100-----

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 561. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the dispute at the Garda Síochána Training College in Templemore, County Tipperary where contract cleaners have been brought in without consultation with the Mandate trade union which represents permanent workers employed by the Office of Public Works and without the latter being given the opportunity to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...brought no prosecutions and achieved no convictions in the past two years. In the past three years, this office has also surrendered almost €5 million of its funding to the State. The most senior Garda position in that office has been vacant since 2016. The Tánaiste recently outlined her plans to reform this office. However, I do not want to know what is happening in regard...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can the Taoiseach explain why his Government has announced that it is abandoning the Garda insurance fraud unit? That unit specialises in insurance fraud which has been a Government policy, via the work of the cost of insurance working group, since early 2017 and was fully endorsed by the Personal Injuries Commission. Businesses are closing down across the country and this Government is too...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (10 Feb 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...commencement of the authority. Can we have an update on that? As chair of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I appreciate I got a letter from the Tánaiste telling me the Garda has committed a staffing allocation for the new authority, increasing from seven to 16. The Minister might give us a timeframe for when the Department's recruitment drive will be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...policing committee meeting in Limerick, I raised the issue of cocaine use in the city, especially among younger people, and I used the words "an epidemic". Those words were echoed by the Limerick Garda Chief Superintendent at the meeting who stated that a cocaine epidemic is the biggest problem facing Limerick gardaí. I ask the Tánaiste, and the Minister for Finance, to ensure...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...-wide and individual assessments, something which we in Sinn Féin believe can only be a positive step. Another key provision is expanding the remit of the financial intelligence unit, a part of An Garda Síochána, which receives information from designated persons about suspicious transactions. This is also a step in the right direction, but as we have seen in the past, much...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to him before and to the Minister for Justice. I have also raised it with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. It needs urgent intervention from the Government with additional resources from An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Courts Service, Limerick City and County Council and other agencies. This is an older, very settled housing estate with many wonderful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: It was not exactly on the agenda, but fair play to Ms Buckley because she got it on the agenda and she got to speak on it. That is the end of round one. Before we move on, I want to reference a Garda operation in my area, Operation Meirle, whereby two gardaí are walking around non-stop on key city streets. It started on 1 December and will continue until 31 December. It is early...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (1 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...of State a Limerick estate which I do not wish to name publicly but which needs urgent intervention from the Minister of State with support from the Minister’s Department of Justice and Equality, the Garda Síochána, and additional resources from the Criminal Assets Bureau, Limerick County Council and other agencies. I wish to focus my comments on that one estate in...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...increases, which are hampering their growth and forcing some businesses to close down. We need a serious, far-reaching and radical shake-up of the insurance system in Ireland. The recently announced Garda fraud unit is welcome, but there is significant concern that it will be funded directly by insurers, which should not be the case. Earlier Sinn Féin launched its pre-budget...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...years later talking about the same problems. At least 1,120 wandering or stray horses have been collected in Limerick since 2015. Most of them, unfortunately, end up being euthanised. This is a waste of Garda and council resources, as well as time and money. From a response which I got from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to a previous parliamentary question, I know...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...Revenue Commissioners and different offices in Limerick who are working from their homes cannot work properly because of the noise scramblers cause. We need to have proper legislation on this because local gardaí will tell us they are instructed by their senior officers not to chase young fellows on bikes. The Minister referenced that herself and she can understand why that is...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ..., grandmothers and grandfathers who have put themselves in debt to try to pay their child or grandchild's dealer. I have seen others make the difficult decision to report their own children to An Garda Síochána. It is my hope that the citizens' assembly will be able to consider the impact of illicit drug use on the lives of the family members of those who have been consumed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...would be liable, upon court conviction, to a fine of up to €5,000. I believe this sanction is proportionate and high enough to deter people from ticket touting. Section 3 outlines the powers of An Garda Síochána. This includes arrest, confiscation and entry of premises for such reasons. Section 4 outlines that at the end of a court process, where a person has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Corporate Governance (17 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...has been, in the main, conducted via electronic means. I am concerned that if we establish the authority and give it the necessary statutory power, but we fail to enhance support to the related Garda divisions and other agencies or authorities involved in tackling economic crime, the impact of this change could be negligible. The establishment of the authority is an important part of the...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...out and about, so I commend all those staff who have been out and about and doing the best they can in difficult circumstances. There was good news from Limerick this morning. It saw the largest Garda raid in the State this year, with 60 houses and other premises raided in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. A number of drug seizures and arrests were made, which we welcome. I commend the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...for his response. I really appreciate it. The only concern I have is with regard to the third and fourth quarter of 2022 and I hope it will be done sooner than this. People in Limerick, the Garda Síochána and people who will be involved in this will not be found wanting in delivering the service, which I genuinely believe will be a game changer for many people who find...