Results 41-60 of 787 for garda speaker:Richard Bruton

Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...action changing things. I know, for example, that the divisional structure, which was criticised by the inspectorate, is being changed. I know that there is a new ICT plan being put into the Garda. There is a restructuring of the traffic section, as the Deputy knows. There is a whole range of things that are being implemented. The difficulty we have is that we are on a painful journey...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: A very specific initiative has been taken by the Garda and resourced by the Government. This initiative is designed to confront burglary in rural and urban areas and includes targeting mobile gangs. It has been very effective. There has been a very significant reduction in crime levels in the targeted areas. This is an area which the Garda has targeted and in respect of which it is...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (21 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal authority for the arrangement whereby a member of the Defence Forces who joined the Garda was only given reduced recognition for their years of service in the Army on transfer to the Garda pension scheme and who was required to have their existing contribution record for full pension downgraded to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Garda Commissioner is seeking to implement an ambitious programme of reform. That has come from the commission which evaluated the Garda. We have to put our confidence in the Commissioner to manage human resource issues in a way that is in accord with that reform programme. I am sure he will seek to be accommodating to individuals as best he can but we have set him an ambitious...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...to organisations or agencies that arrange for international students to be placed with host families for the duration of their stay in the State.  Accordingly, any child protection arrangements and Garda vetting requirements in respect of these organisations or agencies, including any child protection measures or requirements for Garda vetting in respect of the host families...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...those. I know the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality met the family and I am sure she is considering the issues raised. I am sure many of the relevant matters are being examined by the Garda Services Ombudsman Commission but it goes deeper than that. As the Deputy knows, the Dáil recently established a commission to look at deeper issues within the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (13 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...taking proceedings under S.2 of the 2003 Act in 2012. To date, 14 prosecutions against employers have been initiated. No prosecutions against employees have been taken by NERA to date. The Garda Síochána are also an enforcement authority under Employment Permits legislation with prosecution powers. Statistics on Garda prosecutions would be within the remit of my colleague...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has a total staff complement of 36.3 Whole Time Equivalents (WTEs). In addition, there is 1 temporary Legal Secretary on contract and 6.6 members of An Garda Síochána seconded to the Office. The ODCE's staff complement comprises three distinct sub-categories, i.e. - staff in professional grades (9 WTEs) - staff in general civil...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (7 Feb 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...Enforcement sought additional staff for his Office. In 2007 it was agreed to provide 8 additional staff to the Office. The Department of Justice and Equality also agreed to provide an additional Garda to the Office at that time. At the initiation of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement's investigation into events at Anglo Irish Bank five additional civilian staff were...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy has rightly pointed out, the programme for Government committed to a pilot scheme to reopen six Garda stations. The Garda was asked to undertake an analysis to identify locations for the pilot scheme. An interim report has been given to the Government. It recommends the opening of Stepaside and indicates that the process could be extended to other locations and that its final...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting Applications Data (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: In April 2016 the Minister for Justice and Equality commenced the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016. It put in place statutory requirements for the Garda vetting of persons involved in working with children or vulnerable persons, including requirements for the retrospective vetting of persons who have never previously been garda vetted. In...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (25 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: ...is finalising a report on the "Cash for Gold" trade. I also understand from my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality that his Department has been in contact with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána with a view to monitoring the situation. The Commissioner has reported that all "Cash for Gold" premises have been visited by An Garda Síochána and the operators of these...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Antisocial Behaviour (20 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: I am very heartened by the approach the Minister and the Garda have taken on O'Connell Street with the new Garda station, the extra presence and the role of wardens. New York adopted a broken windows strategy when there was a problem there that was quite deep-seated. It involved real-time information and everyone working together and being accountable on a close to daily basis. Is that a...

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Richard Bruton: Before I turn to the Order of Business, I would like to take up something very briefly. On Tuesday the Taoiseach sought to misrepresent the basis on which I had made a statement regarding Garda numbers and falling detection rates, suggesting that I knew that there had been a cull of Dublin Garda stations to strengthen the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation. I had no such knowledge, and...

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

Richard Bruton: Garda figures show 30,000 thefts from shops per year. This is a very significant increase but obviously Covid is distorting it. It is completely under-representative of what the delegates are referring to. They say they have perhaps 500 or 600 thefts each. There are three delegates here but, between the three of them, they account for nearly one tenth of the Garda figure. Therefore,...

Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I do not accept that argument. The Garda Inspectorate made 81 recommendations and we need to see those implemented. They will take time but we need to do this root and branch investigation. On the issue of the wrongful convictions and a single Act, as I understand it, 96% of those cases involved other issues as well. It is not a single, uniform batch that we can just change at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (20 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...to the Department but he is currently updating it to include some clarifications sought by the Department. The matters investigated are of serious concern and the Department has referred them to An Garda Síochána.  The Department is also considering legal advice. Therefore comment on the specific issues raised would not be appropriate at this time. The matters...

Garda Investigations (11 May 2011)

Richard Bruton: ...in the bank's financial statements for many years; and an Anglo Irish Bank loan provided to one of its directors in September 2008. All sides of the House have supported the investigations by the Garda Síochána and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. Significant progress has been made. In its recent report to the High Court, the ODCE indicated three investigation...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...and the legislative framework for policing. It is a broad-ranging approach and care must be taken to ensure that we do not in any way undermine the important work, which the Deputy recognises, of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate or of the Policing Authority. Both of these bodies are not only growing in public respect but we can see the mark of the impact of their recommendations...

Written Answers — Sale of Tobacco Products: Sale of Tobacco Products (5 Oct 2011)

Richard Bruton: ...of casual trading bye laws is a function of the local authority in the place where the selling of goods is taking place through their authorised officers for the purposes of the Act and through An Garda Síochána. The authorised officers of the local authorities have the usual powers to enter, inspect and examine any place where they have reasonable cause to believe that casual trading...