Results 81-100 of 387 for garda speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...that crime in Dublin is a serious and growing problem. We have known for many years, unfortunately, that we have a problem in Dublin in respect of gangland crime. That is being dealt with by An Garda Síochána as best it can, provided it is given the resources, but the Government needs to wake up to the fact that what would be called middle of the road crime in terms of...

Topical Issue Debate: Gangland Killings (1 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., but it is predominantly a criminal justice issue. The Minister for Justice and Equality is the person within the Government who is responsible for criminal justice and for the resourcing of An Garda Síochána. With respect to the Minister, it is not sufficient for him to simply state that he wishes the Garda well in these endeavours. The Garda needs more than to be wished...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: This is also a question about An Garda Síochána, which is probably no surprise, but it is in respect of a different area. As the Tánaiste is aware, some months ago we came very close to a Garda strike which would have been unprecedented in the history of the State. The Tánaiste and the Government agreed to consider mechanisms whereby the Garda representative associations...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to recall the consequences of misclassification. It means the Garda PULSE system does not provide the accurate information essential to the investigation of what may have been a homicide and which is relevant to persons who may be suspected by the Garda of involvement in a homicide. It is important to keep our eye on the key issue here. We want a PULSE system that is...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...know from the report, he interviewed 97 witnesses, and there were a considerable number of serious complaints of regarding wrongdoing in respect of serious criminal investigations conducted by the Garda. It is worth pointing out that the commission of investigation procedure under which Mr. Justice O'Higgins carried out his work was a procedure introduced by the House in 2004. The...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...it operates in a European context. Policing has become an extremely complex and difficult profession. If one considers some changes that have taken place in the area of criminality and the issues the Garda must investigate, one will note it has become a difficult and demanding profession. I will give examples of three recent changes that impose great demands on An Garda...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: .... We want political responsibility in respect of this matter. I asked the Tánaiste a straightforward question. It concerned the legal obligation of the Commissioner under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act. Is the Tánaiste satisfied that she was notified in adequate time about these significant issues of public concern affecting confidence in An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...seriously prepare for the prospect of a hard Brexit on the island after next March. Hopefully, that will not happen but we must prepare for it. It is extremely worrying that senior members of An Garda Síochána seem to be in the dark on the planning for this prospect. Last week, we had Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn and Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy before the...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...what we are debating. The purpose is to add an extra provision into subsection (5) of the new section 9A. It states, "In considering an application under this section, the superintendent of the Garda Síochána shall have regard to the following". The Minister of State is proposing to insert a provision that the superintendent of the Garda Síochána should be required...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently reported contention by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that the timing of Garda Síochána searches of suspects' residences at 3.15 a.m. is unreasonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17126/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have one more question on this point. Is the Commissioner aware of efforts, as opposed to examples, being made by members of An Garda Síochána to subject Garda whistleblowers to adverse repercussions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Would the Commissioner agree with me and Mr. Justice O'Higgins that consideration of complaints by members of An Garda Síochána may be of considerable benefit to the Garda if they are properly considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Toland believe that the upper echelons of An Garda Síochána take the Garda Inspectorate's reports and recommendations seriously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I take if from that the Garda Inspectorate is satisfied with the co-operation it is getting from An Garda Síochána in respect of its reports.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of Garda reserves in each Garda division. [34300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (13 Dec 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she proposes to make an announcement on the reopening of Garda stations, including Cloughjordan Garda Station, County Tipperary. [40082/16]

Other Questions: Industrial Relations (16 Feb 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allow Garda associations access to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State; and if new restrictions on members of An Garda Síochána going on strike or taking other forms of industrial action are to be brought forward. [7629/17]

Other Questions: Industrial Relations (16 Feb 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about her plans to allow Garda associations access to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State, and if new restrictions on members of An Garda Síochána going on strike will be introduced.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in each Garda division that assigned to each Garda victim service office, in tabular form. [11287/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (23 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent figures for the number of Garda Reserve members in each Garda division, in tabular form. [14750/17]