Results 101-120 of 151 for garda speaker:John Lahart

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 May 2018)

John Lahart: ...has been spectacularly declining. Does the Minister believe the anti-social behaviour order mechanism has been a failure? 11 o’clock I am aware from my own constituency that community gardaí are the key to addressing anti-social behaviour. In 2010, there were almost 1,200 community gardaí in the State. Last year, there were 691. Given that the Garda...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in the Dublin southern metropolitan region on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to the Dublin southern metropolitan region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for the Dublin southern metropolitan region are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in Dublin southern metropolitan region have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken by her Department to address the discriminatory treatment faced by post-1995 members of An Garda Síochána in accessing their supplementary pensions, particularly concerning the requirement to declare themselves as jobseeker's and limitations imposed on holidays and part-time...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 May 2018)

John Lahart: The Minister concluded the last question by saying that he has made unprecedented levels of resources available to An Garda Síochána this year. I want to raise the question of the number of children and adults who have been given anti-social behaviour orders in 2016 and 2017 and the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought in the same period by children and adults. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (12 Nov 2019)

John Lahart: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a practice by which gardaí do not release reports to motor insurance companies without a fee being paid by the insurance company to the Garda station; if this is common practice; his views on whether it is having a negative impact on the processing of insurance claims; and if he will...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: ...entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to further regulate the use of all terrain vehicles and scrambler motorcycles in a public place, to make further provision for the seizure, by An Garda Siochána, of said vehicles and motorcycles in certain circumstances, to provide for the confiscation and disposal of same when a person contravenes the law in relation to the use of...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

John Lahart: ...plates, that driver would be found to be driving illegally. It is an a matter for another conversation between the Minister and the Minister for Justice and Equality. There was a time up to when Garda numbers were depleted when traffic patrols and roadside checks were becoming more frequent in all parts of this city and county and throughout the country but they have now become more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: ...this, but it is certainly part of addressing it. Policing comes in when the wholesale, open, visible sale of drugs outside schools or shops is taking place. In the Dublin south metropolitan division, the number of An Garda Síochána personnel per 1,000 people falls well short of other policing divisions in Dublin, never mind other counties in the country. I ask the Minister of...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Investigations (28 Jun 2017)

John Lahart: ...who feel especially vulnerable as they walk the exercise circuit in the area in the summer months. The response outlined by the Minister of State gives me no reassurance or details on the specific Garda response to the incidents. As the Minister of State is aware, the number of gardaí has dropped in every division in Dublin but I do not seek to raise that specific issue, what I am...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

John Lahart: ...year when he was run over by a scrambler bike while sunbathing with his wife in a public park. In 2017 alone, 62 people were injured in quad and scrambler bike accidents. While we acknowledge that gardaí do their best to police the use of these vehicles, they currently exist in a legal lacuna as road traffic legislation, probably the most contested legislation on the Statute Book,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...way so that children, schools and parents can be reassured that those who will take on this role with their children are fully qualified and accredited and will have gone through the appropriate Garda vetting. Most importantly, they will have the experience and professional qualifications to deal with and contain any issue presented to them. I welcome both pilots in the schools in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)

John Lahart: ...the health of the nation's land. If we had started at this point and had taken our time, leading in with the education aspect for a few years, we would not have ended up with people educated about Garda powers, the fabrication of water meters and what they are or are not made of, and what are the rights of individuals as protesters.

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

John Lahart: I join my colleagues in commending Deputy O'Callaghan for bringing this legislation forward. I wish to share with the House some correspondence that I entered into with the Garda Commissioner's office on foot of the Christchurch, New Zealand massacre regarding the use of semi-automatic weapons. I put down a few questions and got comprehensive replies. I asked initially when legislation was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: ...of accidents involve privately-owned vehicles. However, if it works right, it can be useful. Several constabularies in the UK are using these scooters. The added mobility they could give to An Garda Síochána is something to consider. I want this working right. It is not that I have any particular grá for private companies pushing it or anything like that, but they have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Policy (21 Nov 2019)

John Lahart: ...arrest. There has been a gradual creep across the public transport system. In my constituency, a stone was thrown through the window of a bus and bus services were withdrawn. The answer from the Garda Commissioner is not robust enough. What is the Minister's view on ensuring the safety of passengers?

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: ...to commit fraud in court. Subsequently it was not the State that stepped in, even though there appeared to be sufficient legal backup, but it was one of the insurance companies that approached the Garda with a request to prosecute this. That took place in May 2016. The State took no action against this scam. The Government took no action against this scam, just as the Government's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 May 2018)

John Lahart: ...in my constituency want to leave because of the anti-social behaviour of neighbours or other teenagers and young people living in the constituency whose activities are simply not addressed by the Garda. Local authority tenants simply cannot bear to continue living where they are living because of anti-social behaviour and cars set on fire are making public parks unusable by the vast...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...say police are not visible on our roads. Speed traps as we used to know them have all but disappeared and road traffic police have almost vanished from parts of the city. That is no fault of Garda members. It is just the numbers. We have to do better on that. I know the Minister of State is committed to that. When the Garda is equipped with this legislation, it will assist it in...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...complaints and requests I get for traffic-calming measures are for within residential estates, which means it is the residents in those estates who are speeding. It seems to be impossible for the Garda. I have never seen gardaí police speeding in a housing estate. I have seen them on secondary and primary roads but there seems to be no mechanism to police estates or even to send a...