Results 61-80 of 266 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Subsequently, the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, who has enjoyed the Minister's unswerving support, gave evidence to the Committee on Public Accounts and went so far as to say the actions of the two Garda whistleblowers were "disgusting". The Minister and the Garda Commissioner tried to prevent Sergeant McCabe giving evidence to the PAC. Then there was the scandal of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am mindful that what the recent Garda Inspectorate report said about the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation is very worrying. It said the GBFI was struggling to cope with the scale of the number of cases brought before it and recommended change in respect of the bureau. In 2014, Remy Farrell, SC, heavily criticised the lack of resources available to the Garda Bureau of Fraud...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (17 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ask the acting Garda Commissioner to examine the allegations reported in The Sunday Times on 23 March 2014 that two children from a Traveller family were entered into the Garda PULSE system, despite the fact that they had neither reported a crime or been charged with any crime; if he will ask the acting Garda Commissioner to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are reports in this morning's media that the Garda Commissioner has demanded the return of files from the Committee of Public Accounts with regard to the penalty points debacle. I hope the Tánaiste agrees that this a disturbing development. We can recap what has happened. Two Garda whistleblowers were very concerned about practices surrounding the termination of penalty points....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The professionalism of the Garda unit that deals with that was clear to us, but I also got a sense that they needed additional resources. It was a couple of years ago, in fairness. I know it is an operational matter, but is the Minister satisfied that what she has just outlined to us is what is required? Has the Garda requested additional equipment, or is that a plan for the following...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the then Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea. What has changed in his view of such matters in the interim? The Minister referred to paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection 41(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. He is giving quite a large scope to the Garda Commissioner under these provisions in respect of what seems essentially to be case of handing over tittle-tattle....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As long as that applies in both directions, I am happy. On the requirement that numbers in respect of the Garda force should not fall below 13,000, is the Minister confident we will have 13,000 qualified gardaí? Also, is he aware of the ongoing commentary by the Garda Representative Association not only nationally but regionally? In my county of Donegal, the GRA representative made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the statement from the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, that he was advised by the Garda Commissioner that PULSE does not solely capture information on offenders, but is also used to store information on Garda interactions with individuals, whether adults or children, such as victims of crime,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms Fisher for that. My second question relates to the worrying fact that the Garda bureau of fraud investigation has no cyber-crime unit, and the Garda Inspectorate, in a previous report, recommended a new system replacing the PULSE system. The inspectorate acknowledges that such a new system is subject to available resources, but we understand that hundreds of millions of euro...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are some welcome developments in the Minister's reply. Whenever the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commissioners came before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions, not only did they talk about a protocol and exchanging information, but the gardaí were actually querying why the information sought was relevant. That was absolutely shocking. Can we...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... In other words, it has unrestricted access. It smacks as being very arrogant that the only people who can protect the security of State are the Government of the day or the senior members of An Garda Síochána. Where we want to get to is to give the oversight body the capacity to do its job, unless there is some sensitive issue involved. My concern is that not too many...

Other Questions: Garda Transport (19 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We return to the subject of the Garda Commissioner operating within his resources. It is a bit like a farmer who asks his neighbour to feed cattle but only gives enough feed for half of the cattle to be fed. One cannot blame the neighbour if some of the cattle starve. It is up to the Minister to provide because the buck stops with him. I have read many reports. Every Deputy and Senator...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for attending the Seanad to discuss this Bill. As he will recall, during this Bill's progression in the Dáil, Sinn Féin referenced its Trade Union (Garda Síochána and Defence Forces) Bill 2017 in the debate. Our Bill, if enacted, would allow members of the Irish Defence Forces and of An Garda Síochána to be classified as workers in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Returning to the occasion to which I referred, Mr. Farrell SC stated that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation had been swamped since 2011 and that of the cases it had reached only one in ten ended in prosecution. Mr. Ian Drennan, at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, has spoken about having only one forensic accountant when there was need for at least five. There are...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (19 Jun 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in detail his plans for the future structure of Garda divisions and the locations of all Garda stations to remain operational in County Donegal in order to alleviate growing concerns in the county. [29688/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce resources for rural Garda stations; and the number of Garda stations marked for closure or reductions in opening hours over each of the next twelve months. [39446/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (31 Jan 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any consultation took place with the Garda Representatives Association in the drafting of the Policing Plan for 2013 which recommended the closure of 100 Garda Stations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel designated to Garda vetting; if he will consider Garda clearance moving with the person when they change jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16149/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Industrial Relations Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has held any recent meetings with the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors to address the wide range of concerns the representative organisations have repeatedly publicly aired. [20925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (21 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all of the modules of the Morris Report will be published in view of the Garda Ombudsman's recent assertions that the recommendations of that tribunal have not been implemented by An Garda Síochána. [23975/13]