Results 141-148 of 148 for garda speaker:Joe McHugh
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: ...two and a half years later no inquest into that case has taken place. They have been in the dark. In Donegal terms they have been seeking a wee bit of justice. That is all they have sought. The Garda cannot give them information. The DPP will not give them information. That is all they seek. The Bill provides that such information would be given. We have heard that there will be...
- Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)
Joe McHugh: ..., having been involved in politics for 12 years at council level and previously as a Member of the Seanad, I am at a loss to know as to how far representation can go. For example, in the case of rural Garda stations, am I allowed to lobby the Minister to retain Garda stations in Donegal or is that a prerogative of the Commissioner? Is it a civil servant diktat list system to which we as...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2005)
Joe McHugh: ...and it is the word on the street. We must always take note of what we hear on the grapevine. No matter what legislation we enact on this side of the Border, however, or how much support we give the Garda, we still need a similar police network in Northern Ireland with which it can work in a co-operative manner. That is not happening and will not happen until all members of the community...
- Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)
Joe McHugh: ...County Council which hammered home the message of the effects of road carnage to in excess of 900 students. For 90 minutes students sat awe-struck and terrified as they heard from members of the Garda, the ambulance service and the fire brigade. Accounts of teenagers lying dead on the side of the road were starkly presented to secondary school students. As a former teacher I know how...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleananna Teanga (21 Jan 2015)
Joe McHugh: ...an Phríomh-Aturnae Stáit Oifig an Choimisinéara Cosanta Sonraí Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí 2008 15 An Bord um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh An Crannchur Náisiúnta An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais Coiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Bhaile Átha Cliath Comhairle Cathrach Phort...
- Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: ...own with one portakabin and every day after 3 p.m. 250 young people under the age of 14 crammed through the door. I was not able to do the job on my own so I looked around the town and saw student gardaÃ, student nurses and people on FÃS and community employment courses. Letterkenny had a database of people willing to engage and give up their time on a voluntary basis. During this two...
- Retention of Records Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Apr 2019)
Joe McHugh: ...responding to child protection concerns that are brought to the attention of staff employed by the Department were updated in February 2016, having been first issued in 1995 and revised in 2007. Garda vetting is now on a statutory basis with the commencement of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 and the application for the new vetting...
- Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2019)
Joe McHugh: ...at which he presented a great deal of sociological data analysis. That analysis showed that, at the time, Travellers were the group against which people in this country had the most prejudice, with the Garda in second place. I met Fr. MacGréil some years later and he was looking to do further research in that area. Prejudice and discrimination against members of the Traveller...