Results 101-120 of 231 for garda speaker:Thomas Byrne

Seanad: Amendment to Terms of Reference of Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...were awful murders, but this was par for the course for an organisation which murdered a total of 656 members of the British forces, 621 civilians, 272 police officers, 35 loyalist terrorists, six gardaí, and a soldier, as well as a number of its own members. The Weston Park talks were the catalyst for the setting up of the Smithwick tribunal. There were suggestions of collusion in a...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Thomas Byrne: ...the British are proposing, there is no statute of limitations in this jurisdiction whatever. Even for an old crime for which justice is demanded, anybody with information should go to the Garda. The Garda will look at the evidence and continue investigations. A number of older files are still open in the Garda. We should always remind ourselves of that in this jurisdiction while...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Peace Commissioners (6 Dec 2022)

Thomas Byrne: ...include reviewing the existing functions, powers and appointment procedures for peace commissioners. Anyone who wishes to avail of the services of a peace commissioner can contact their local Garda station, which may be able to provide the name and address of a local peace commissioner. Alternatively, they may contact the peace commissioner unit in the Department of Justice, which is...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...into the leaking of a private social welfare file to a Labour Party Senator as reported in today's newspapers. The investigation could be carried out by the Data Protection Commissioner or the Garda. There seems to be an agenda in the Labour Party to denigrate persons on social welfare. It started with the Minister for Social Protection talking about it being a lifestyle choice. We...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Thomas Byrne: ...awaiting a report on issues that have taken place many years ago. Tribunals have not thus far been able to determine civil or criminal liability. They make findings of fact and if the DPP and the Garda want to pursue the matter further, they have to start their investigations from scratch. This is not adequate. Tribunals of inquiry owe their immediate origins to the Tribunals of Inquiry...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...to talk about rural post offices? Not the Minister, Deputy Ring. Who do I call when I want to talk about rural roads? Not the Minister, Deputy Ring. Who do I call when I want to talk about rural Garda stations? Not the Minister, Deputy Ring. Who do I call when I want to talk about most rural issues? Not the Minister, Deputy Ring. That is at the heart of our reservations about what...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Thomas Byrne: I was not involved in previous bids but even the process of bidding requires much work involving various bodies. It is not just the Department, but also Tourism Ireland. It could involve the Garda, local authorities or the National Transport Authority. It is a multi-agency approach and the questions you get asked when bidding for these events encompass all those things. How do people get...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Byrne: ...difficulty, of course, is the idea that the local authority is the data controller when this is for the purpose of fighting crime. The local authority is not a crime fighter and it really should be the Garda Síochána that has full control of the images, as it does in one particular scheme I know of, which was not funded under this programme but works very well. Nobody has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (28 Mar 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...to promote good practice within their sport. The establishment of the working group will commence shortly. All allegations of criminal behaviour, such as assaults, should be reported to An Garda Siochána for investigation, as a matter of course. This is an important measure which I believe could greatly assist sporting bodies in addressing the issue of abuse of referees and...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...is concerned and I wonder whether that was the deliberate intent, as it certainly has been the effect. Who are being targeted in respect of these allowances? Those targeted are teachers, nurses, gardaí and soldiers. These are the people who Deputy Howlin and the Labour Party-Fine Gael Government have decided to target first for cuts, namely, the people on whom we depend in our daily...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...to lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The matter dealt with by him in the Dáil yesterday is of the most serious nature and elected representatives are entitled to find out if there was a Garda investigation, who is under suspicion in the Department and whether the Taoiseach is blaming civil servants, the former Taoiseach or a deceased former Minister for Finance? We do not...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...blame nurses for hospital ward closures after the fact. As the Minister of State suggested, we should instead continue to engage with them under the terms of the Croke Park agreement. The issue of gardaí is a serious one. The Government made some progress following a call by the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan, to fill vacancies. The Government filled some of them, but not all. It...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage. (26 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...former Minister. The Bill reflects much of the frustration expressed by all of us over the past number of years at the slow pace of the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank and other banks by the Garda and of the efforts being made at that level and in the offices of the prosecutors. Those frustrations still exist. Fianna Fáil was accused of slowing up the investigation, but members of...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Thomas Byrne: ...the countryside. If one adversely affects the countryside in the operation of one's system, one is guilty of a crime. One's prosecution will be recorded as part of the soft information of the Garda Síochána and any conviction will be recorded on a criminal record. In fact, this section does absolutely nothing. Paragraph (h), which will become (g), allows the EPA to put any other...

Commissions of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jun 2009)

Thomas Byrne: ...in repeating what has been said, other than to welcome the Minister's promise to get back to the group shortly and to arrange serious discussions at a top level. I am glad she has spoken to the Garda Commissioner. I am conscious that the Garda investigation into this matter is ongoing. Although Deputies have a different role in this investigation, we will give the force all the support...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: ..., is a vital legislative tool in the battle against dissident Republican groups engaged in terrorism. The legislation is so serious and punitive it must be renewed every year, on the advice of the Garda Síochána, and that advice must be taken seriously by all in elected office. Those people who choose to oppose that advice or not to renew the legislative provisions of the...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Thomas Byrne: ...thing to say and to do, but there is no other way of preventing this abuse of children. They are certainly not begging for themselves, and they should not be. Under the Bill, members of the Garda are given the power to move people on, and a garda is entitled to give a direction to a person who is begging if he or she believes the person is acting in a manner which constitutes an offence...

Banking System: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

Thomas Byrne: ...so is to restore the country's financial reputation, which I am convinced the Government is trying to do. There has been serious action on investigation. Deputy Michael McGrath and I wrote to the Garda Commissioner a couple of weeks ago to ask him for more resources for the Director of Corporate Enforcement. That has been done. We politicians must now step back from the investigation...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...;il must do its job of holding the Government to account, legislating and making laws. That is the job laid down for the Dáil in the Constitution. That obviously has the effect that if there is dissatisfaction with the Garda Commissioner, that must land at the feet of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in this House, and she must then accept the consequences. ...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Thomas Byrne: ...to the conduct of a Government Department at this time. That makes it a very serious issue. The Mahon tribunal was mainly concerned with local authorities, while the Morris tribunal dealt with the Garda Síochána in a previous era, but this one goes right up to today. The difficulty is that under the Commissions of Investigation Act, a specified Minister must be appointed who...