Results 81-100 of 287 for garda speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...workers cannot be dismissed for trade union involvement or activity. That is an important protection which does not exist. There is also ban on strikes by members of the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána. The most recent report reaffirms the criticisms that have been made over many years. It specifically refers to the rates of pay for workers aged 18 and 19. The committee...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...I ask that this new form of work would be recognised as such. I do not think that the Tánaiste intends to be unfair to them, but it is not fair to say they can go to the HSA or, indeed, to the Garda. This is a workplace issue. It is one that perhaps legislation and legislators need to catch up with because it is very much a new form of work and a new type of occupation.

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...hate, and to cause problems. That is all they will do. If we do not have factual information with which to counter their nonsense, that is a very bad day. I will briefly say a word about An Garda Síochána. We talk a lot in the House about the need to resource the Garda. We all agree with that. However, members of the Garda are saying they need guidance and leadership....

Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: ...on the Bill is already known. We believe the Bill is flawed and that it addresses only a tiny part of what is a massive jigsaw. It is regrettable that we are discussing this issue at the behest of An Garda Síochána. Rather than seeking to criminalise those caught up in addiction, we should be discussing a broader range of measures that seek to address the systemic and societal...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. This is my first opportunity to speak in the Chamber and I would like to express my sympathy, and that of Sinn Féin, to the family, friends and colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. I thank the witnesses for coming in again to give evidence this morning. I appreciate that it is a busy time for them. I express my thanks and appreciation...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to restricted membership undertakings, RMUs, that is, where a person is a member of a scheme by virtue of the fact that they are married to someone in a particular type of employment, such as the Garda. I am not specifically referring to the Garda medical aid but that is one example. If someone is married to a member of An Garda Síochána they are covered under their spouse's...

Organisation of Working Time (Workers' Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to prohibit the practice of designating employment as self-employment; to bring the Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and doctors in training under the protection of the Act; to limit the race to the bottom on workers’ rights by extending elements of the Act to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...wages for it. What happens to an employer who breaches the rules? Do they go onto a list whereby they will not be issued with work permits again? Is it a wrist slap? Are they referred to the Garda? What happens to them? How many of them are there? Can we be sure the flexibilities Ms Ward referred to will not be extended to them again if they have proven themselves to be poor...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have no faith that things will get better with the Minister or with the Government. Its record speaks loudly and the fact that there are nearly 500 fewer gardaí on the beat in Dublin city is a measure of its lack of sincerity. For years, Sinn Féin and others have proposed solutions and called for these issues to be addressed. We have called for investment in the Garda,...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...beside where I live, or in Balbriggan, Swords, Lusk, Rush and right across my constituency if the law was being applied. Part of the problem is that we do not have sufficient numbers of community gardaí. Due to reassignments, there are only 11 community gardaí in my area in north Dublin. That is the crux of this matter. We must be careful not to demonise young people...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...units in that regard. I had the great honour to represent some of the forensic nurses working in such units. The service they provide is invaluable first and foremost to the victims, but also to gardaí. More broadly, it is important that the Garda records data accurately, as it has a knock-on effect on the wider system and on how we as a society deal with offences, in particular...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...it. I believe many progressive human rights and equality causes have been under sustained attack during this recent period. We saw that in the documentary on TV3 last night with members of An Garda Síochána. A young man called Evan was assaulted in a vicious and disgusting homophobic assault while having a night out, something which we are all perfectly entitled to do. Bones...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Sep 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...still do much more in our efforts to protect victims of sexual offences, be that in their treatment by the courts, and in increasing funding to services to deal with the victims of such crimes. More broadly, it is important that the Garda is recording its data accurately as it has a knock-on effect on the wider system and how we, as a society, deal with offences, in particular, sexual...

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: ...of drugs legislation will finish its passage through the House this week and will go to Áras an Uachtaráin to be signed by the President. That legislation was a priority. It was something that An Garda Síochána looked for. While we had some misgivings about it, we supported it and there was broad support in the House for it. It is on its way to Áras an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...entire area was closed off. We cannot keep shunting people around and, at the same time, tell them the message is to go outside if, when they go outside, there is nothing there for them except a fence. Gardaí have to police people trying to get to one area. That is a waste of their time and a waste of Garda resources. Somewhere in the city, while gardaí were standing policing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...is down to fraud. I accept that. Fraud and bogus claims are definitely a problem. I raised this issue here yesterday and repeat the call that has been made on numerous occasions for the establishment of a Garda insurance fraud unit to help stamp out fraudulent claims. However, more of this is down to blind profiteering on the part of the insurance industry and that must be stamped out...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: ...up should encourage people to use public transport but they will not use it if it is not safe. Nobody is going to get on the bus, DART or Luas unless they feel safe. That requires a dedicated Garda presence. For many years we have called for a plan to reimagine and repurpose Dublin city and for similar plans to be delivered for towns and cities throughout the country. I call on the...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: .... The applicant heard nothing, despite repeated attempts at contact - up to 100 times a day was not unusual. On 18 May, an email was received saying that the Passport Office could not contact the Garda station and the applicant would have to resubmit, even though the applicant had been told that the documentation had moved to the next stage. This is what is driving people mad. Their...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Before I address the issue of the national economic recovery plan I wish to say a word of thanks to the members of An Garda Síochána who are having their patience tested outside today. My thanks also go to the Oireachtas staff and the staff in the convention centre who are having to deal with those people. The disrespect shown to Members and staff going in and out of Leinster...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...workers when evicting people from a property on Dublin's North Frederick Street and also the scenes some years back in Roscommon. Members of the public were appalled by those scenes and by gardaí standing by and allowing those scenes to develop. I do not know if anyone in this House has ever been evicted from their dwelling. I have been, and it was absolutely horrendous. It was...