Results 141-160 of 620 for garda speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to inform the Deputy that work is progressing on the redevelopment of Portlaoise Garda Station and a new building is currently being constructed on a site beside the Irish Prison Service College in Portlaoise which will reach substantial completion at the end of May 2024. This will be made available to the Department of Defence for their usage. The accommodation of other users would be...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...for Justice and Equality is in the House today for this debate. The fact that the Minister is establishing a new independent policing body is extremely important. It will enhance the role of An Garda Síochána, whose members do fantastic work on the ground, and it all comes back to policing services on the ground. I want to draw the Minister's attention to issues that have...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----not to the Garda Station. They should go to the local authority. If they go to the local authority and they are a HAP or a RAS tenant, there is a tenant in situscheme. From the feedback we are getting from the local authorities, they will well exceed the 1,500 we put forward for this year. That scheme is there. We want landlords to come forward and sell their houses with tenants in...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: She said it would not. That raises serious questions. There are many very good people working in Tusla and in An Garda Síochána. If Tusla is not fit for purpose, it should be abolished just as FÁS was abolished. I would like to see a timeline for when the HIQA report will be completed. I would like us to see the terms of reference and I would like them to be debated. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...were also 13 serious injuries this year - and thank God nobody else was killed - and 20 serious injuries in 2019. For the public, the educational message is there. What further deterrents can An Garda Síochána bring to the table in terms of traffic policing that will let people know? The number of 2,600 speeding detections is a phenomenal number with 69-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: My main concern today is for the students who were on the bus. I expect an investigation will be carried out by Bus Éireann and An Garda Síochána. There are three elements to note. First, there are no fatalities. That is important. Second, we must find out what happened and ensure the safety of the transportation of schoolchildren. The children in question were travelling...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...my thoughts are with the five-year-old girl and the crèche worker who are still in hospital after the vicious attack outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. Once again, I thank the Garda Síochána, the emergency services, Dublin City Council and any other responders, such as the fire brigade, for their services and the clean-up. I pay tribute to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...cannot produce a redacted transcript. We were told by our legal adviser following the private meeting that certain elements of the evidence would need to be redacted. Third, an independent Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation is under way. The remit of this committee is relevant. The whistleblower provided information to the Comptroller and Auditor General, who...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Oct 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...and shocked at their properties being broken into and precious items, including engagement rings and gifts from their parents, being stolen. In all likelihood, it will be very difficult for the Garda to recover those goods. We must cut the gateway for disposing of these stolen goods effectively, particularly with regard to paying cash for gold. Many legitimate businesses do that as well,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I raise the question of the implementation of the plan, A Policing Service for the Future, in Limerick city and county. It is a matter I have raised in the past both with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris before the justice committee and at joint policing committees as well. My concern is about the redeployment of gardaí from non-front line duties like court or patrol duties to front-line...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...and their families good tidings. I note an update on the point that Senator McDowell raised about the man producing a firearm in a Smithfield courtroom. He has now been apprehended by An Garda Síochána and disarmed. This shows how important the members of An Garda Síochána are to us. They uphold law and order and provide stability. They are an unarmed force, which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Apr 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...provided advice to the community group’s design team, specifically regarding the boundary treatment to the rear of their development. The new Community Centre shares a boundary with Patrickswell Garda Station, which is within the responsibility of OPW. OPW negotiated a solution to the boundary, to provide a concrete retaining wall for additional security and to adequately separate...

Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...now cost the taxpayer up to €35 billion. The situation requires that the truth come out. We are two years down the road since putting the guarantee in place, investigations are ongoing and the Garda Commissioner wants something to happen before the end of the year. A number of issues, including the resources required by the Garda, must be addressed. Regarding the back-to-back loans...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...up on the specific issue of court duties. The in-house security duties at the courts in Dublin are carried out by private security firms. That is not the case in places like Limerick. While the gardaí carry out a phenomenal role in the courts, for me and for many people the gardaí provide an exponentially better function to the public by community policing in Limerick. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is next year, again. I ask the RSA to go back to the drawing board. Nine months is not an acceptable time for people to wait. It needs to get on to the Garda and link in with its system. People are being stopped and some of them are getting three penalty points through no fault of their own. It is more difficult to get penalty points cancelled than to get them in the first place....

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...and fully implemented. The Minister mentioned making membership of a criminal gang and offence, something I have long called for. When will legislation be introduced to allow for that? The gardaí in Limerick are doing great work but we want to put measures in place to further enable them to prevent any further deaths like those of Roy Collins and Shane Geoghegan.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Apr 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: OPW are currently undertaking the building of a Divisional Headquarters on behalf of An Garda Síochána (AGS) at Gurteenroe, Macroom, Co Cork The accommodation is provided in a 2, 3 & 4 storey building around a secure courtyard with adjacent secure car parking on a green field site. The OPW are preparing tender documentation for Site Works and the Main Contractor and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The property was occupied by An Garda Síochána. This was not a vacant site. The Department was extremely lucky that NAMA was formed. If NAMA had not been formed, it would have had money going out of the State purse. That €31.5 million could have been used for day-to-day services within relevant Departments but it has now gone into NAMA. What due diligence was done at the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...in Ireland (OPW), on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio of over 2,500 properties. These range from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitor centres, Garda stations, among others. In addition, there are a limited number of sundry residential dwellings that are intrinsic to the estates of parks and gardens as part of our National Historic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...on the ground. We extend our thanks for that faciliation. Our next meeting is tomorrow. It is on the topic of road safety and we will have representatives of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, An Garda Síochána and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, MBRS.