Results 81-100 of 192 for garda speaker:Jack Chambers

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...the Department of Justice were present as well. The new Road Traffic and Roads Bill will enhance that enforcement process. Funding of ANPR is a matter of ongoing capital investment matter by An Garda Síochána. It is important that we enhance the roll-out of that, however. It will provide an important enforcement tool for An Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (23 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to Parliamentary Question 50 of the 10th April 2024, I as Minister for Transport cannot comment on the processing of payments arising from speeding offences, as such operations are a matter for An Garda Síochána. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that officials from my Department have been working on amendments to the European Cross-border Exchange of Information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Jack Chambers: ...own behaviour with the spraying of bullets around the city. That is a major issue and probably goes beyond the remit of the Commissioner. These are probably people who are criticising the lack of Garda visibility and the severity of the gangland situation. At the same time these are people who indulge in ongoing drug use. That is the hypocrisy and contradiction that we have but that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask about Garda overtime. In my own constituency, the K district, we have Farmleigh and the Phoenix Park, which have serious security requirements from a national perspective that are drawn from the local division. Is additional overtime given at a local level when the division has to deal with national requirements? Also related to overtime, has an additional overtime budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Jack Chambers: ...their statement. As mentioned previously, public confidence, transparency and oversight are key to what the authority is trying to achieve in the context of the process of reform within An Garda Síochána. I was slightly alarmed when Ms Feehily mentioned collaborative co-operation around the policing plan. I would like her to detail what that involves. As a statutory authority...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Nov 2023)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together. As the Deputy may be aware, collision data are compiled by An Garda Síochána (AGS) in the first instance. AGS publish fatality statistics on a daily basis and other roads policing statistics on a regular basis, which can be accessed at: garda.ie/en/roads-policing/statistics/. With regard to reporting on collisions more...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2B): “(2C) Where a member of the Garda Síochána, under subsection (2A), requires a person to provide a specimen of oral fluid from his or her mouth, the member shall require the person to remain at a place...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (30 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...convicted of a court disqualification, the notification includes the requirement to surrender the driving licence or learner permit to the NDLS within 14 days of commencement of disqualification. An Garda Síochána have access to data on the Department's National Vehicle Driver File (NVDF) as part of their Mobility Strategy and therefore can detect and prosecute a driver who...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...1 and subsequent phases of the strategy is only possible through the close collaboration of a range of road safety partners, including other the Department of Transport, the Department of Justice, An Garda Siochana, the Road Safety Authority, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and local authorities. Road safety experts are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...as local authorities. It is essential, therefore, that the RSA has a clear legal basis behind the sharing and receipt of data that it uses in its work. The RSA receives collision data from An Garda Síochána, which is required to enable local authorities to target investment appropriately, for example by providing funding to address sections of road with high levels of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 May 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...companies. All stakeholders engaged positively on a wide range of issues and there were discussions about how best to improve safety on our public transport network. I hope the control centre An Garda Síochána now has with the transport operators in Heuston Station will be replicated in Connolly Station. The level of attention and focus the issue is receiving across all...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: ...) (without debate) - Motion re Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Amendments to Standing Orders correcting cross-references and other drafting amendments (without debate) - Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad] (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to be interrupted at 4.50 p.m. or after one hour, whichever is the later)...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: ...of sport. We are a sport loving nation and we have an inherent understanding of the need for fairness, honesty and good sportsmanship at all levels in our sporting codes. Not only that but as An Garda Síochána points out, match fixing can allow organised crime to infiltrate sport in order to use it to make illicit gains or launder the proceeds of crime. On the specific...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (12 Jul 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...to e-scooters and they will be subject to the same rules of the road and penalties. Their use will not be permitted on footpaths. Enforcement of road traffic offences is a matter for An Garda Síochána. Until e-scooter regulations are in place, their use on public roads and in public places remains illegal. An Garda Síochána may confiscate them and users may also be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is concerned that some members of the Garda may not be sufficiently qualified to triage people as to whether they require specialist services, which could create a problem. However, the amendment could be kept as it stands if the words "in consultation with" were added and if it read:... shall offer the victim information relating to the following: (a) services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (5 Oct 2023)

Jack Chambers: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for drafting road traffic legislation and setting penalties for traffic offences. Enforcement is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána, under the oversight of my colleague, the Minister for Justice. Therefore, I can address the report’s recommendations for legislation under my remit. Firstly, I note the committee's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Jack Chambers: ...the Commissioner appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality I asked her if she had full confidence in statistics in light of the anomalies highlighted by the CSO and the Garda Inspectorate. She said she was confident that the improvements had been put in place. Does she want to qualify those remarks? I come back to the question as to why this has occurred....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (12 Dec 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...1 of the Government's Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 is to 'Review current arrangements in relation to traffic wardens and other authorised officers' powers of enforcement, complementary to An Garda Síochána, to identify any further developments that may be appropriate, subject to legal advice.' This particular action arose out the public consultation phase during the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who retired from An Garda Síochána in 2015, by rank; the number of gardaí who will be eligible for retirement in 2016, by rank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6212/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based and the number of newly graduated gardaí allocated over the past five years, by Garda Síochána station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6213/16]