Results 81-100 of 126 for garda speaker:Joan Collins

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: ...violent attack. There are no words to describe something like this and I wish everyone affected a full recovery. I thank the heroes who responded to the attack and I condemn the violence against gardaí, emergency services and workers in the city on Thursday evening. The children and community around the school need support in the aftermath of the serious attack. I would like the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: ...was facilitated by the Taoiseach, serious health and safety concerns were raised. It is alleged that there is zero maintenance of the fleet of bin trucks, which is a matter of concern for both the Garda, the Road Safety Authority and the Health and Safety Authority. There are serious health and safety concerns regarding the employment of casual staff without proper training on safety...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Yes, we do not need meters to have good water. The question I am asking is very simple. The gardaí refused to act to stop an illegal eviction by a landlord on the basis it was a civil matter. Yet, while other people stand peacefully over a water shore, they are told it is an illegal protest, and section 12 of the Irish Water Act is quoted, which states that Irish Water and its...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Collins: ...since February 2016. She knows what is contained in the report which was pulled together by representatives of primary schools, secondary school principals, child care and preschool services, the Garda, youth workers and community, social and psychological services in the area. Those who started to work on the report in February 2016 met officials from the Department of Children and...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: ...untrue. Deputy Wallace has referred to the issue and in Clanbrassil Close, a small estate of 24 houses off Clanbrassil Street, Irish Water and GMC Sierra arrived to fit water meters with 21 gardaí. How should that affect the people in that cul-de-sac? This was an act of provocation and after three days the inspector wrote to the Garda Commissioner requesting more gardaí and...

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: ...others in "real" jobs. Despite having a high level of qualification, nurses and midwives are paid less than other healthcare professionals with the same level of qualification requirements. A graduate garda starts on an annual salary of €31,000 but nursing graduates after four years' training start at €28,900. In addition there is, as in the teaching professions, a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: ...In the long term, drivers need to be trained to the level of D1 - minibus drivers - and it needs to be done quickly. It is taking the Road Safety Authority at least eight weeks to perform tests. Garda vetting will also have to be done and then the training. Therefore, it will not happen today or tomorrow. This will be a long-term resolution. Carers need a Quality and Qualifications...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: ...equal to those of anybody else. Church and State ignored these women's rights over the decades. State inspectors visited these institutions to check them, but walked out and said nothing. The Garda accepted the status quo and implemented it. I remember seeing a picture of the Magdalen women at some church event, with a line of gardaí beside them so that they could not run away....

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Joan Collins: ...achieve change for workers in the future. I salute them for that. They have been treated abysmally over the last 400 days due to strike-breaking by the liquidators, KPMG, with the support of the Garda and the courts. Debenhams has been able to take hold of its stock. KPMG will receive a generous fee as the liquidator. The workers are now in a situation where they have to consider...

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: ...have overdosed and ambulances having to be called. This is a pilot scheme. It is certainly worth introducing the legislation and setting up the facility to see how it operates. How will the Garda deal with the issue of carrying drugs to the centre? I expect it will need to establish some sort of policy with the Department of Health and the facility as to how to deal with that. Drug...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: ...in an affluent area of the city. A man of 71 years and a woman of 63 years were dragged from their homes by representatives of a bank that we own. This was done by four burly bailiffs while the Garda protected the property for the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. These images will cause outrage among the people in the coming period because they are the images of austerity and...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: ...have inflicted on this society over the past 100 years has been keenly felt throughout that time. The system involved various Departments of State, civil servants, local authorities, members of the Garda, members of the medical profession, and institutions of both the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland. Who is the Minister trying to protect? The manner in which the survivors,...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (26 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: ...me and punch me, elbow me and kick me. He called me names and put me down. She says she stayed with him because she wanted the children to have a family. After a beating in February, she called the Garda Síochána and left with her children to stay first with her sister and then at a refuge in Meath. She then moved to a refuge in Dublin, but after two months her time there was...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: ...to local communities. It was the local communities who detected that this type of intimidation was taking place. There is an urgent need to bring together a high-level group that includes senior justice and Garda personnel, community representatives and relevant stakeholders to establish an action plan to address this problem. I believe this action is worth examining and developing....

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Joan Collins: ...most cosmetic of changes as something that has any significance. We are being challenged by a number of Labour Party and Fine Gael Members to provide an alternative if we were not able to pay our gardaí, civil servants, hospital staff and so on. However, the reality is that the current Government has just taken the purse from Fianna Fáil and has kept dipping into the same purse. We...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Joan Collins: ...at risk the 1,600 jobs in Quinn Insurance, it was he and his family, through being prepared to gamble so avariciously in the banking area. It will be very interesting to see what emerges from the Garda investigation into Anglo Irish Bank when the results thereof eventually see the light of day. It should raise serious questions about the relationship between Mr. Quinn, the Quinn group and...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Joan Collins: ...is horrendous, as I know from dealing with cases in my constituency where people have gone to social services about their own children. There are also the issues of child and family services, the Garda, counselling and protection of those reporting. I am aware of a recent situation where a person who reported child sexual abuse had to move away from the area. They did not get the...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: ...;d who are the heroes of 43 years of desperate struggle. Their total vindication in the inquest jury's verdict is a huge contribution to Irish democracy and an inspiration to all other groups fighting for social justice in this country. It is clearly incumbent on An Garda Síochána to urgently investigate and re-examine the performance of the owner and operator of the Stardust...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: ...before the crash and which have only become embedded since then. As for the impact of these cuts, I met a group of people from the Canal Communities Partnership last week and these across-the-board cuts in the partnerships and the networks, in the HSE and in the Garda have had a really bad impact on certain parts of society whereby it now is extremely difficult or practically impossible...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: ...and young people involved in drugs. There had been an increase in crime and the manner in which the people concerned were strutting around the area. The community called for a response and the Garda replied. It established Operation Trident which was very successful. Gardaí became involved in the community and infiltrated the gangs. They managed to target at least 20 of those...