Results 141-160 of 381 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Like the Minister, I imagine, I have spoken to many members of An Garda Síochána since the report was published. Broadly, they welcome it. They have made the interesting observation that there was nothing in it that they could not have told us about resources. I am referring specifically to the issue of rosters. There has been significant criticism of the rostering system, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that the Criminal Justice Working Group recommended by the Garda Inspectorate in their report The Fixed Charge Processing System- A 21st Century Strategy has now been established; if the group has been established, the progress of its work in implementing the Garda Inspectorate's recommendations; and if she will make a...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is nice that the Bill has come before the House at long last. The Bill was a central part of the “urgent reform” promised by the Government following the Garda crisis over a year ago. The whole area of administration and application of justice in the State has had a disturbing recent past. As a result, public confidence has been undermined and is slow to recover. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...They have said in the seven page summary, which the public can see, that they do not have the ability to do the job that they are asked to do. They cannot ensure independence and oversight of the Garda Síochána to protect the overwhelming majority of the Garda Síochána. It is only ever a handful whose behaviour is questionable. I appeal to the Minister to at least...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Looking at the budget, the figure is heading down every year and my concern is that sometimes the Garda Commissioner will be minded by his budget. Unless criminality and the pursuit of criminal gangs has reduced dramatically, it strikes me that the unit is not getting enough resources allocated as a vital backup. It is a precious resource to the Garda Síochána in combating...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... I would like an assurance from her that by March or some time in the next couple of months this will be ready so that families can be assured they will have a decision. My question concerns Garda malpractice, but some of the concerns relate to the wider criminal justice system. The independent panel may decide there are issues regarding Garda malpractice, but this issue may need a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (6 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...was the Fine Gael spokesperson on justice a couple of years ago when he sat on this side of the Chamber. He would have asked the questions that I am asking and would have had contacts with the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and spoken to gardaí on the ground. He knows the type of relationship that Opposition spokespersons have with gardaí. Ignoring the political...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...agreed? Agreed. That completes our consideration of public petitions. I thank members for their co-operation. Our next meeting will involve a discussion with representatives of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding both its annual report and its special report to the Minister for Justice and Equality on the failure of the Garda to co-operate with the commission's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (24 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an upper limit in respect of the total number of gardaí that the Garda Training College can accommodate, train and provide other associated resources for, under the current resources available to the college, during any one period of time; and if she will provide a breakdown of the costs associated with the training of new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This issue is about cutbacks and trying to dress them up and present them in a different way. The Garda Representative Association, which represents the vast majority of gardaí, is reporting that their colleagues in the UK say that the reduction in the number of police stations there has had a detrimental impact on their ability to police rural communities. The Minister represents the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of the Garda Commissioner to hand over files to the Attorney General in the Six Counties in relation to the reinvestigation by An Garda Síochána of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, to enable the authorities there to meet their responsibilities to examine the matter;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (9 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the policy of An Garda Síochána to waive disciplinary measures against an officer if that officer avails of early retirement and if it is not the policy, if he will seek an absolute assurance from the Garda Commissioner that no officer that has availed of early retirement over recent years or has made an application for early...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...a seminar organised by the Law Society of Ireland and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, spoke at the event. Conor Brady is a former member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and editor of The Irish Timesand is a noted commentator on policing matters. At the seminar in question, he expressed some...

Topical Issue Debate: Penalty Points System (1 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...courts in regard to these were not served. This is a crisis. It is not good enough for the Minister to issue circulars. We need to see how the hell this happened. The Minister knows that two Garda whistleblowers brought this wider issue into the public domain last year. He and the Garda Commissioner, I believe, sought to undermine their credibility and talked down the numbers that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...m. The background to the formation of GSOC was the Morris tribunal which caused huge concern throughout the State and cost it dear financially and in terms of public confidence in the workings of the Garda Síochána. Following that, the Garda Síochána Act was passed and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was established. All sorts of changes have taken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...can be proud that the vote today is not only a endorsement of Ms Emily O'Reilly but an endorsement of the ombudsman system here. May it go from strength to strength. I welcome the members of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Commissioner Simon O'Brien, chairperson, Commissioner Kieran FitzGerald and Commissioner Carmel Foley who are accompanied by Mr. Graham Doyle,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question pertains to the Garda Inspectorate report, Changing Policing in Ireland. It seeks to get a sense from the Minister as to how she intends to implement the recommendations considering the highly worrying commentary by the Garda Inspectorate that many recommendations it has put forward in previous reports and from other investigations and inquiries simply have not been implemented....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the PSNI board. What is clear is that the ombudsman in the North has clear legislation covering its powers, full discovery and the co-operation it expects to receive. There has been a history of Garda senior management procrastinating when it comes to co-operating with the Garda ombudsman. In the case of the murder of Mr. Seamus Doherty in County Donegal and other cases, there must be...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...was not included in the programme for Government because it was not considered important enough. As the various scandals emerged, something rotten in the culture among senior managers in the Garda and in the Department of Justice and Equality and the former Minister for Justice and Equality was revealed and, with that, a glaring need for change. I commend Deputy Wallace for tabling the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (20 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí and the number of civilian staff employed by the Garda Central Vetting Unit on 1 November 2012; the number employed under the jobbridge scheme on that date; the number of Garda staff and the number of civilian staff that will be employed by the new National Vetting Bureau once it is established; the number who will be...