Results 121-140 of 264 for garda speaker:Timmy Dooley

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...around road safety, it is right and fitting that we hold the Government to account, not so much the Minister concerned but the Minister for Justice and Equality, to ensure the appropriate level of Garda staffing is in place and to ensure the laws we pass in the House are enforced in a manner that ensures those among the travelling public take cognisance of the law. The public must realise...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...in a non-partisan way but there is a trend towards another increase which starts to show we are losing the battle in this. It falls largely out of the Department’s remit as much of the data points to the lack of funds available to the Garda to ensure proper enforcement. The question of the courts dealing with the GoSafe vans and the report in today’s Irish Independenton...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Timmy Dooley: ..., is going to resolve the issues throughout rural Ireland. The irony is not lost on anyone, however, that we are here tonight discussing a motion at the behest of Sinn Féin with its crocodile tears for An Garda Síochána, due process and whistleblowers. I suspect most right-minded and right-thinking Irish people agree. I am not going to go through the gory details but...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Sep 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...that at this stage a full explanation is given of what these measures are expected to achieve. The great success to date in containing the virus has not been necessarily due to the actions of An Garda Síochána or the authorities but due to the willingness of the Irish people to follow the public health guidelines, as set out. We have to be very careful in introducing these...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Transport Bill 2006: Second Stage (3 Oct 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ...Burke referred to random breath testing. While mandatory breath testing might be a different name, it is effectively the same thing. The Government and the officers of State, particularly the Garda, should be commended on their success in the past two and a half months. The figures clearly speak for themselves and we have turned a corner. While this may have taken longer than anyone,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...for the previous five years so there is no other potential supplier. Should we increase the fines and prison terms for the crime? Is there anything we can do that will make it easier for Revenue and the Garda to do their job?

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: ...will be in place, we need to look at the other two areas. Enforcement is critical and it is obviously a challenge particularly following the Government's decision to reduce the number of gardaí by up to 2,000 which will impact on the capacity to enforce existing legislation. I hope the Minister uses his good offices to put pressure on bringing Garda numbers back to where they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...resources are in place to deal with enforcement. Any independent observer of the slide in the good results of recent years would have to consider a reduction of investment in the ability of the Garda to patrol as effectively as it might wish. That is the area of greatest concern for me. It does not relate directly to Ms O'Donnell's role but it feeds into that role in terms of her...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Timmy Dooley: ...Minister, Deputy Ross, is. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, knows well that Fine Gael has rolled over yet again to keep the Minister, Deputy Ross, happy. He was not satisfied with getting the Stepaside Garda station re-opened in return for allowing the Attorney General to move on and make space for one of Fine Gael's own members to fill that position. I do not question in any way the...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...the HSE about this, it was informed the policies have not yet been implemented even though they were announced more than ten days ago. We saw the same approach in justice where honourable members of An Garda Síochána sought to highlight serious malpractice in the force, only for them to be told by the responsible Fine Gael Minister that they would be got if they raised concerns...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...not want to stray into what is happening in the courts at the moment as a very significant case is ongoing.If we are learning anything from that as it progresses, we are learning that just having gardaí on the street is not the solution to the problem. Good intelligence gathering is an important feature of it, but we need more specialist services. We need more covert operations in...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Timmy Dooley: ...its trade, especially at our international airports, must be in a position to accept credit cards as part of that service. A number of violent assaults were perpetrated against drivers last year. While there are no Garda statistics collected on the number of taxi drivers who are assaulted, Tiomanaí Tacsaí na hÉireann, TTNE, has said publicly that it is concerned and that...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Transport Services Provision (5 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: ...service delivery in this country is changing, to provide adequate and appropriate investment in services in rural areas. There is much talk in this House about rural decline - the closure of Garda stations, small schools and post offices - and the necessity to try to put in place infrastructure to ensure that people will continue to live in rural areas. Line Ministers often say the...

Civil Liability (Good Samaritans and Volunteers) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)

Timmy Dooley: ...regarding the provision of services that are primarily for the assistance of others and, in so far as possible, remove the potential for liability attaching to the corporate bodies such as the Garda Síochána or other arms of the State. I hope these issues will be taken into account when the civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is published in this session. It is important to have...

Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...contract allows the Coast Guard meet its obligations as prescribed in the National SAR Plan, the National Oil/ HNS Contingency Plan and its capacity to support other State agencies, in particular inland SAR support to An Garda Síochána and provision of Air Ambulance services to HSE, including day and night support to the island communities; - the current aviation service is due...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Transport Council Meeting Briefing: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...has worked to date because the appropriate investment was put in place in the detection and enforcement side. The eye has been taken off the ball because of the cuts in budgets, in particular the Garda budget. These are the two issues I am most concerned about. The State is unable to meet the funding requirements that are necessary to maintain our roads, never mind to plan for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: ...than the specifics of the investigation. Mr. Nolan states that the investigation team reached the conclusion that there was no basis for the allegations, no basis for disciplining any employee and no basis to refer the matter to An Garda Síochána. Further on he states that whereas we cannot categorically deny or conclude that it never happened, there is no evidence to suggest...

Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...to be done. That is important in terms of the indication from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that he would deal with the issue by way of prosecution and that he had asked the gardaí to look into the files put forward by the Ryan report to ensure that, where possible, recognising that the passage of time would make it difficult, they will bring the perpetrators of these...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: ...people. The floods have caused major disruption. I again thank the county council, the Civil Defence, the Army, the fire brigade, the large voluntary contribution from various communities, the Garda and the Red Cross. We will not apportion blame. My colleague has identified some of the weaknesses and delays that have taken place. We are now moving on. What will happen next? ...

Commissions of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...and that this practice no longer happens. We have to show the victims and their families that we are prepared to prosecute the perpetrators. I welcome the Minister's decision to contact the Garda Commissioner on the issue. It is a critical part of the healing process for the victims that the perpetrators are brought to justice. There is a difficulty, however, because of the passage of...