Results 7,061-7,080 of 14,127 for speaker:David Stanton
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (16 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: 394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.127 of 13 November 2014, if she has the information sought regarding the Garda promotion interview boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48479/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: We are in public session. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to receive a briefing on the report of the working group on the review of firearms licensing.A briefing has been circulated to members. I welcome Chief Superintendent Mr. Fergus Healy, and Sergeant Paul Green, and thank them for their time and presence. We are also joined by Ms Marion Walsh, principal officer, and Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: That would be very helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: I thank Ms Walsh. That is very useful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: We are okay. We will look at it ourselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: Can I, with the Deputy's permission, add to that question? I notice that in the Garda Commissioner's report, the annual review of the operation of the Firearms Act, 2005 to 2009, that the figure quoted by Deputy Mac Lochlainn is mentioned in the context of 2010 to 2013. In the year 2013, 355 weapons were stolen. How many of those were stolen from individuals as opposed to from firearms...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: Deputy Mc Grath, please allow Mr. Healy to continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: I remind members that this is the first meeting on the issue and that we will hear from other interested parties in January. Before we write to the Minister we will have more work to do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: The chief superintendent has said he cannot answer that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: Of course, it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: We will get an answer to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: Should it be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: It is a 9 mm.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: We will get an answer to that question before coming back for the second one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: While the hearing today is on licensed guns, there may be an issue about those which were licensed but were stolen and now are illegal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: There are semi-automatic and automatic categories and some of the weapons under consideration today are semi-automatic, as opposed to automatic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: It is a one-shot system rather than-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: One must squeeze the trigger each time to fire-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)
David Stanton: ----- rather than with an automatic weapon, where one pulls the trigger and it simply discharges the whole lot.