Results 121-140 of 152 for garda speaker:John Lahart

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...colleague, why Bray Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force gets significantly more funding than Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force. Riddle me that one please. The four of us meet the most senior gardaí - in fairness, they have been very accessible - and they have told us they have no handle on crack cocaine. That is probably the scariest piece of all. I will read a brief excerpt from...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: ...2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss the roll-out of broadband in north Cork; (3) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - to address the criteria for the deployment of the emergency response unit of An Garda Síochána; (4) Deputies Eoin Ó Broin and John Curran - to address the lack of and future provision of school places in Rathcoole; (5) Deputy Éamon Ó...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

John Lahart: ...24 hours a day. It is worth noting also that while all the good and positive news was being announced via the strategic communications unit with the Taoiseach flanked by Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána personnel, the bad news was delivered by Mr. Gerry Grant, who had to stand by himself and cut a very lonely figure talking about water restrictions. This issue is...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: ...up above me, who makes a lot of sense on Covid and who chaired - very intelligently - the Covid committee, a committee that is missed. The idea that legislation is planned by the Government so the Garda can fine and criminalise parents who visit their child or children who visit their parents is catastrophising what are modest proposals. It adds to the stress of people listening. To...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...to say to the people of Tallaght, and one of the previous speakers mentioned it, that legislation takes time and to become law it has to be good and well teased out. We are introducing this and it will give the Garda powers to confiscate and destroy scramblers being used in an antisocial manner. I also want to say how mindful I am that this is the stick and there also has to be a carrot....

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Jul 2016)

John Lahart: ...lives. We have been calling for this legislation to be updated for some time, and a change of regulations is required. The signing of regulations is required to criminalise that activity and to give the Garda the power it requires to arrest those who are distributing tablets across the city. Those powers are not there and, incredibly, the Garda is not in a position to move effectively...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: .... I listened to the previous discussions about restraint. I am aware it is a comfortable place for legislators to comment on this and that there are extreme circumstances. It is like asking the Garda to be physically restrained with prisoners. Sometimes that is regrettably not possible. Our role as legislators is to ensure those occasions when it has to be used are appropriate, humane...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: ..., which is the gift that keeps on giving. It does not give me any pleasure to do it because it is a problem on which he does not appear to be making an impact. I have not seen a significant Garda presence on the street. However, let us keep the focus on positive matters. Did the Minister call the representatives of all the agencies to his Department, because if I was in his position I...

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

John Lahart: ...my constituency. As Deputy Curran said, this issue is widespread across Dublin, northside and southside. In 2017 alone, 62 people were injured in quad bike and scrambler accidents. While the gardaí do their best to police the use of these vehicles they currently exist in a legal lacuna. For the first time under this proposed legislation riding a quad bike or a scrambler bike in...

Topical Issue Matters (6 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: ...; (3) Deputies Mary Butler and Frank O'Rourke - to discuss the recent inclusion of a diabetes management device, only for children with type 1 diabetes; (4) Deputy Thomas Byrne - the need for a Garda station in Ratoath, County Meath; (5) Deputy Joan Burton - the need to screen all staff who may come into contact with children in the arts and culture sector; (6) Deputy John Brassil - to...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...even the most proficient forensic scientist or detective in the ha’penny place. They have unearthed a litany of errors, travesties and absences of connection between the judicial system, the Garda, the Probation Service and the bail service that even if you only had one question - and that was nothing to do with Shane but with the system - it would be if it happened in this case,...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: ...receive to €24,000 per year. I ask the Minister not to focus solely on clinical psychologists because educational psychologists have as important a function in our society. We really need to look at that PhD piece. Garda resourcing has come very much into focus in the last number of weeks and while I am glad to see the recruitment figures for next year, there are also pretty...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

John Lahart: ...agencies turning up to the drugs task force in my area. I think the Minister of State needs to address that. She has the power to do it. I compliment Superintendent Ian Lackey in Tallaght Garda station, who attends most of our drugs task force meetings. Representatives of the HSE and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection are not great attendees. There is no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: ...it walking, cycling, driving the car and occasionally on the bus. The bus lanes are not policed adequately. Does the Minister, the NTA or the councils have any plans for this? I realise that it uses up many Garda resources but if they were policed, the benefit would be twofold. A number of bus lanes do not operate on a 24-hour basis but when they are operational, cars simply fill up...

Topical Issue Matters (4 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: ...) Deputies Michael McGrath and Margaret Murphy O'Mahony - to discuss waiting times for child autism spectrum disorder assessments in Cork; (2) Deputy Bríd Smith - to discuss the appointment of the Garda Commissioner; (3) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to develop bus services in rural parts of County Clare; (4) Deputy Willie Penrose - to ask the Minister of Finance what proposals his...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Customs and Excise Staff (22 Jan 2019)

John Lahart: ...from being introduced into these parts. Does the Minister and his Department intend to implement this regulation fully to include all law enforcement agencies, including Customs and Excise, An Garda Síochána, the Airport Police and the Defence Forces? I ask that because that is not what is intended to apply from next week. Is the Minister aware that all law enforcement...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

John Lahart: ..., will be familiar with it. That has been warmly welcomed by people in the sector. My constituency covers the areas of Greenhills, Templeogue, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Ballycullen and Citywest. It has two major Garda stations in Tallaght and Rathfarnham. Obviously, Tallaght would be considered the mother ship. I am delighted with the additional Garda resources, including Garda cars...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

John Lahart: ...his second job. In the previous Dáil I was Dublin spokesperson for my party. While I do not want to give an indication of the precise geographical location, this happened in Dublin. Someone told me about a young garda delivering pizzas in their spare time. I get that it is happening on one level of the scale. I return to the point on information dissemination. I am also a...

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: ...were from a wide section of representative bodies. The Bill proposed by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan is to be commended and will I believe be welcomed by prisoners' rights advocates, members of the public and An Garda Síochána, all of whom have cause for disquiet under the existing system.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...development. All of this was overruled. The latest planning permission was for 13 storeys and we cannot even get 13 storeys in the city. The permission has no library, community centre or Garda station and it is an example of multiple SHD decisions, all build to rent, granted in the Citywest area, with more in Tallaght. The SHD process became so sullied that developers are probably...