Results 101-120 of 201 for garda speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: A question was asked on what we will do as a committee. We will monitor it and we will probably look for a view from the Garda again on how this is evolving and on what challenges it feels there are. We will bring the Department back before the committee before the final draft. This meeting has been useful and it is useful for people who are following this at home. There is a lot of...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: ...a ten year old child involved. There are no safe zones around schools, which are open territory, as is the Luas, bus routes, shopping centres, O'Connell Street and so on. In my constituency, An Garda Síochána Tallaght drugs unit comprised 31 people five years ago, but last year it was decreased to an all-time low of 16 members. The population is increasing, but the same level...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...of them in our laws and approach. Everybody would agree that we need to resource properly those who are tackling this. People will mention in this debate the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, and the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, and that we would allow them to be proactive in their fight against these gangs. One of the criticisms that many people have, particularly in the drugs...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...Government's approach to open drug dealing in my constituency of Dublin South-West. This is a scourge on our communities and there is an inadequate and weak response from the Government and the Garda, which is more than aware of the extent of the problem but seems reluctant, perhaps for resource or operational reasons, to act and close it down. In many cases, it is happening in plain...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (5 Dec 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...State said, the problem is getting worse. If we are serious about tackling the drug problem the pillars must be in place. Let us examine who is sitting around the table. More often than not the Garda is not present. The HSE has not been present at the past two meetings and it has been said it might not be there in the future. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Wildlife Conservation (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Crowe: The wetlands in Seán Walsh Memorial Park were a vibrant, multilayered ecosystem more by accident than design. There was a murder in the area and the Garda needed to dredge it. Silt was taken from the pond and put on grassland which over a couple of years fostered the creation of an ecosystem. I was one of those involved in clearing the lake, removing plastic bags and so on. I am...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: ...on Shannon Airport. Some 2.25 million US troops have passed through Shannon Airport since 2002. Like many others, Teachtaí Wallace and Clare Daly have consistently raised the issue of the failure and the need for the Garda authorities to investigate and search flights carrying military personnel through Shannon. Their recent court case heard important evidence from military and...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...but people of our generation are the major problem. One sees people driving at closing time but there is a way to respond to this. Instead of public order, we need to invest in high-visibility Garda checkpoints and patrols at closing time. I call on the Ministers for Transport and Education and Science to finalise a plan to introduce road safety as an integral part of the secondary school...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Crowe: ...assaulted. At this stage they may not feel able to go through a claims process. Having spoken to many such persons, I know that the thought of narrating their stories is too difficult for them. Gardaí who regularly deal with victims know that they may feel strong enough to tell their story at some stage, but it is a huge step to ask someone to do so. We call them survivors who have...

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...need to focus our attention on Shannon Airport. An estimated 3 million US troops have passed through Shannon Airport since 2002. Like many others in this House, we have consistently raised the issue of the failure and the need for the Garda authorities to investigate and search flights carrying military personnel through Shannon. These foreign military airplanes are guarded by Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...in relation to the bus service. We have a bus forum that involves the Luas too. It is good for all of the different parties to be involved, such as people from the community, politicians, the Garda, the unions and management and so on. It is something that works, but it also helps focus those in the area regarding assaults or attacks on drivers. It is going on almost two decades now,...

Road Safety. (22 Jun 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...I did. I am concerned because I think there is a tragedy waiting to happen. I will pass on the information that I have been given to the Minister. If he suggests it should also be furnished to the Garda Síochána, I will do that as well. My understanding is, however, that when drivers produce letters from their general practitioners stating that they are unfit to drive buses, pressure is...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: ...was at an all-time high. At the moment in my community, open drug-dealing is going on. The successful drugs unit in Tallaght has seen huge reductions in drug dealing, supposedly because all gardaí are now involved in tackling the issue. Many estates in my constituency have open drug dealing, sometimes involving children who act as runners. Some vulnerable children have been...

Community Development (26 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: ...years from deprivation. These cuts are seen as a direct attack by the Department. The work being done is second to none and cannot be replicated. There is a suggestion that the local authority or Garda might replicate this work but they cannot. A wide range of activities is organised to address the high levels of anti-social behaviour, including diversionary programmes for young people...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)

Seán Crowe: ...of an incident a few years ago where a former pupil threw rocks at a pregnant teacher's car, breaking the windscreen. A mini-riot ensued and teachers had to be escorted from the school. Four Garda cars and the Garda helicopter were involved. The teacher had to pay for the repairs to her car because the incident happened on school property. I was not too popular at the school for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...unfortunately, that if you have a child who has issues it puts huge pressure on families. I mentioned that, in some families, there is more than one child in that situation. We did not mention An Garda Síochána. That is another service called on which is totally unsuitable for a child, young adult or older adult with mental health issues. That should be a last resort....

Housing Situation: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...€2,200 per month, which is €27,000 per year. What family or individual can afford this on top of ever-increasing costs like those of childcare and energy? What young teacher, nurse, soldier, garda, bricklayer or factory worker can afford to live close to Dublin when rents are so high? That is before we even begin to think about home ownership. A buyer would need a deposit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...in relation to the Bill and we received a number of submissions from key stakeholders. To enable the committee to consider this matter further, I am pleased to welcome representatives from An Garda Síochána, Ms Anne Marie McMahon, deputy commissioner, policing and security; Ms Kate Mulkerrins, executive director; Mr. Michael McNamara, superintendent; and online, Ms Helen Deely,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...further the general scheme of the health (termination of pregnancy services (safe access zones)) Bill 2022. The committee has already discussed this matter with the Department of Health and An Garda Síochána. The committee has also considered all of the written submissions received from interested groups to date. We will focus on issues raised at our earlier meetings. To...

National Drugs Strategy. (13 Dec 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...drugs campaign over the years is that the problem is worsening. The survey discusses the emergence of crystal meth and ten projects report on the local availability of crack cocaine. However, the Garda does not seem to have information on the spread of crack cocaine. Does the Minister of State accept that the survey is useful and timely? Does he believe this data is vital to combating...