Results 61-80 of 565 for garda speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Paddy Burke: ..., "That time be made available today to allow the Attorney General attend the Seanad in accordance with Standing Order 56 to answer questions on her management of the taping of phone calls in Garda stations". Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...experience has proved this and it is not good enough. The ineffectiveness of the penalty points system is due to the chronic lack of enforcement. The failure of the Government to deliver the extra gardaí since 2002 has made their presence almost non-existent on the roads. It is normal for someone to drive between two major cities without encountering a Garda checkpoint. Nothing has...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...'Brien has moved an amendment to the Order of Business, "That a debate on the Government plans for upholding the safety of the citizens of the State, its policing policies and the optimum number of Garda stations be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: ...has booze buses in areas where police do random breath testing and the police there advertise when they are carrying out random breath testing. Will it be the same here or will it be the case that gardaí can just step out and stop a person to conduct a random breath test?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...Order of Business, "That the Minister for Justice and Equality come to the House to explain how he intends to rectify a situation where he has lost the confidence of rank and file members of the Garda Síochána." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...Order of Business, "That the Minister for Justice and Equality come to the House to explain how he intends to rectify a situation where he has lost the confidence of rank and file members of the Garda Síochána." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: When a person who has accrued 12 or more penalty points is stopped by the Garda Síochána, does it show up on the PULSE system that he or she is disqualified? Will it indicate on the PULSE system that the person is in breach of the law or over the limit in terms of penalty points?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...with the Minister for Justice and Equality on the circumstances that have emerged since the terms of reference for the commission of investigation regarding the Cavan-Monaghan division of the Garda Síochána were adopted by the Seanad be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Paddy Burke: Senator Darragh O'Brien has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That a debate on the worsening crisis in the operation of An Garda Síochána due to the lack of resources and a lack of confidence by the rank and file of the force in the Minister for Justice and Equality be taken today". Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Justice and Equality on the operation of NAMA and to clarify whether the Garda Commissioner has been asked to investigate allegations of corruption or impropriety in that agency be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)

Paddy Burke: The way it has conducted itself over recent months is outstanding and I congratulate it. The public should not be afraid to go to the Garda Síochána. Gardaí are the only people we can turn to in our hour of need when there are break-ins, drug crime and so forth. The more people go to them and the more information they have, the better.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Minister said the local authorities should consult with the Garda, the HSE and a number of other bodies on anti-social behaviour. Are they not all formulated on the joint policing committees? When the joint policing committee makes a statement or information available to the housing authority, why would they have to consult again? Are all the relevant bodies not on the joint policing...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...area and have been elected to a local authority should be precluded from membership of the board. I ask the Minister of State to reconsider this provision prior to Committee Stage. Members of the Garda Síochána have played a major role over the years in approving collections by charitable organisations and other bodies. It is regrettable, therefore, that they are also precluded from...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: ...the Minister on any review of speed limits, (c) advising local authorities on general road safety policy, (d) liaising between any itself and any one or more of the following bodies: (i) an Garda Síochána; (ii) the National Roads Authority; (iii) local authorities and municipal authorities; (iv) the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; (v) the Department of...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)

Paddy Burke: ..." or some other programme during the week that if we reduced our speed by 5 mph, it would greatly help the situation. The Department of Transport and the Minister are slowly putting together the Garda traffic corps. More gardaí should be assigned to this task. One way to deter people from speeding is the presence of the gardaí on our roads, particularly on the national primary and...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paddy Burke: ——-does not speak and could not do anything for them. Such people leave the Garda station disillusioned. They say "To hell with them. We are not going to register at all". They forget about it and do not bother to register. Something will have to be done in this regard. There should be some way of getting a form and registering with the local authority. The system is not satisfactory at...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Paddy Burke: ...important point. The Minister has the value of three eminent lawyers on this side of the House in Senators Regan, Alex White and Bacik. As a lay person, does the Minister seriously think that a garda near retirement, living in the community, will stand up and name someone as a member of a criminal gang?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...2010. I have also received notice from Senator Terry Brennan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the up-to-date position on the removal of a Garda patrol car on Friday last from Carlingford Garda station, County Louth. I have also received notice from Senator David Cullinane of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Paddy Burke: ...a forged €50 note. When the customer tried to deposit it into another account through the machine, it rejected the note. I suppose the customer must go through a rigmarole of reporting to the Garda and to the bank. At the end of the day, would the bank not take responsibility for that? Even though its machine gave out the money, the bank refused to allow it to be deposited in...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)

Paddy Burke: ...it comes to road safety. The recommendations made in our report have been implemented by both the Minister for Transport and the Road Safety Authority. I have an issue, however, with unmarked Garda cars on transport duties. Having more marked cars would be a much better approach. When drivers see Garda cars on the road, they tend automatically to slow down or check their driving...