Results 101-120 of 987 for garda speaker:Leo Varadkar

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am afraid I do not have that information to hand. I know there has been considerable investment in Garda capital in recent years, not just with a return to recruitment but also additional vehicles, new Garda stations, new IT equipment and other developments. The Minister for Justice and Equality will be best placed to provide Deputy McLoughlin with a report on that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Leo Varadkar: -----public moneys should be used only for the purposes for which they are intended and prosecutions should be taken to the highest standard. It is because I support the Garda so much that I want the highest standards from the force and that is something I will communicate strongly to the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice and Equality in my interactions with them.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...make sure the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has enough resources to carry out its functions. One area on which we are in discussions with the Department of Justice relates to gardaí. We want to make sure that when this agency is born, if one likes, on 1 January 2022, that it is born whole and has sufficient numbers of gardaí and Garda staff. It has an extra...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...to the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Cabinet considered and accepted the report yesterday and the Minister for Justice and Equality has been authorised to prepare legislation to allow the Garda representative associations to access the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court. It is already the case that the Garda representative bodies are not trade unions.

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: First, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, is independent of the Garda and the Government. If, as a House, we do not believe GSOC is independent, we will need to have a separate debate about that matter and a much more serious one. It is my understanding GSOC intends to publish its report in the coming days. Of course, after it is published, it can be discussed-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: This is a very serious matter. I can absolutely guarantee that the Government and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, are taking it very seriously. There is already a Garda investigation under way. That is the appropriate investigation, in my view, because this is potentially a criminal matter. As the Deputy knows, only the Garda can carry out investigations into criminal matters....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...the campaign we have run on Coco's Law on sharing intimate messages with people. The Deputy will be familiar with it. That commitment has been made. A commitment has also been made to engage with An Garda Síochána because there should be greater engagement with the Garda around detecting and prosecuting crimes against the LGBT community. In fairness to An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: However, I welcome that it was done. It is part of a genuine effort by the Garda to reform and modernise, both as an organisation and as a workplace. The job now is to make changes, put those changes in place and then repeat the audit, perhaps in a couple of years' time to see whether it has made a difference. That is how the audit cycle works - one finds out what is the issue, one makes...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy will be aware that the Kinahan gang no longer operates from Ireland but from the United Arab Emirates. That is one example of the success the Garda has had in getting some of these gangs out of the country altogether. To answer the Deputy's question, I do not think anyone needed a Europol report to understand the scale of the problem of drug-related organised crime we face across...

Road Traffic Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (13 Apr 2011)

Leo Varadkar: ...to change. It is so difficult to change that it would be better to have earlier input from Members. We will see how that works with the No. 2 Bill. Two points were raised in this debate. The Garda Síochána has advised me that the same number of people are being stopped at checkpoints as before. However, anecdotally I am told that checkpoints are less frequent. There are fewer...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...when it comes to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade travelling to Northern Ireland. When that Minister, whoever he or she may be, travels to Northern Ireland, that person has to have a Garda car and Garda protection, that is, an armed driver. They are met at the Border by the PSNI which escorts them throughout Northern Ireland. That has been security protocol for the best part...

Civil Aviation Legislation (20 Apr 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The Garda can be trusted to be neutral in giving an opinion on this issue and in doing its job. The powers granted to authorised officers are granted to gardaí. We do not have any plans to appoint authorised officers beyond members of the Garda. I do not want to go too much into the issue of extraordinary rendition because it is a question that should be directed to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Leo Varadkar: As Taoiseach, I am provided with Ministerial transport driven by Garda protection officers. Ministerial transport driven by Garda protection officers is also provided to the Government Chief Whip who attends Cabinet. The arrangements for the civilian drivers for the Minister of State for European Affairs are a matter for the Department of Foreign Affairs. Responsibility for provision of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...are down by 10% nationwide. We should welcome that. The decrease is to be encouraged, particularly in rural areas where we are seeing a significant reduction in burglaries because of action the Garda has taken. In the past year, murders and homicide offences are down by 40% as a result of the excellent work being done by the Garda.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: It is also important that we ensure Garda management is responsible and held to account for the way budgets are managed. If one has a budget of €100 million for overtime, one has to spread it out over a period of 12 months. There is a responsibility to do that. It is very easy to run out of funds for overtime in November if 9% of the budget is spent every month. Some 99% will have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: To answer the question that was asked, the number of gardaí has increased every year for four or five years ago now. I think the strength is above 14,000. As part of the reform being led by the Garda Commissioner, more civilian staff are also being hired, which frees gardaí to be out on the front line doing policing, which is what people want them to do; they want to see them in...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ..., in the manner and to the extent specified in that Act, to provide for the charging, in accordance with regulations made under that Act by the Minister for Justice, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, of fees in relation to the provision of vetting services by An Garda...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There is total commitment on the part of the Government to the implementation of the report and the Minister and Government will drive those agencies, Tusla and An Garda Síochána, to do so. We will not take a hands-off approach when it comes to requiring these agencies and bodies to implement the report. The Garda Inspectorate's original report of 2012 made 29 recommendations,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Statistics (15 May 2013)

Leo Varadkar: ...to the Road Safety Authority for 2012 was €13,885,000.  The REV did not provide an allocation for capital funding for the Road Safety Authority in 2012.  Provisional figures provided by the Garda National Traffic Bureau and published on the Garda Website, indicate that there were 162 fatalities on our roads in 2012.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...our streets led to a riot, looting and serious criminal damage. These events were shocking and unacceptable. It was an attack on the rule of law and there is and will be a robust response from An Garda Síochána and the Government. We need to make sure that Thursday's events were exceptional and do not happen again. I want people to be and feel safe on our streets. As part...