Results 141-160 of 237 for speaker:Tom Brabazon

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I welcome Ms Maguire and thank her for the presentation. One obvious question has in some ways been answered as part of the responses to the questions Senator Clonan posed, but is it believed the Bill fundamentally undermines military neutrality? In the absence of a UN Security Council mandated peacekeeping mission, for example, is there another UN mechanism available to the State to deploy...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Tom Brabazon: Can Ms Maguire expand a little on the difficulties encountered in respect of the renewal of the UNIFIL mandate? I am curious to know, for example, how any member of the Security Council has proved to be an obstacle to the renewal of the UNIFIL mandate.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I have a couple of supplementary questions that arise from the information Ms Maguire has given us this morning. Would it be possible for the Government to arrange for five or six separate approvals, as opposed to one, for example, to send up to 50 troops abroad? I have mocked up a type of wording in a completely hypothetical way. For example, if the Constitution states that the State...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 May 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide access to the current comprehensive table of figures of allowances payable to third secretaries in the diplomatic service when posted abroad (details supplied); if he will provide policy documents describing the eligibility criteria and conditions attached to these allowances; and the details on whether each allowance is...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (27 May 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I echo Deputy Butterly's comment about the importance of the committee. I also wish her well. I look forward to working with everybody on the committee.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: Like other members of the committee, I pass on my condolences regarding Garda Kevin Flatley's untimely passing in tragic circumstances. I have read the Commissioner's statement, which is really positive. From my experience as a city councillor for 21 years and now as a newly elected Deputy, I know of a number of issues where there is a gap between what the Commissioner is saying and the...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I welcome that opportunity. I will move on to the issue of scramblers, scooters, e-bikes, etc. As I am sure the Commissioner is aware, these vehicles are being used and employed by criminal gangs to have underage people mule drugs around the city. When I raised the issue at my local joint policing committee while I was on Dublin City Council, the line we were given by senior gardaí was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender process will begin for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that the tendering process will be completed; and when it is expected that construction on the new school building will begin. [29712/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions his Department is taking to ensure that Casement Aerodrome is fit for purpose in terms of infrastructure, capacity, and operational efficiency. [31286/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: Like other speakers this morning, I wish to raise the issue of the aerodrome at Baldonnel and the problems that have manifested in respect of air traffic controllers. We note that there have been problems with air traffic control on three occasions since 2010 and that a report was done internally in 2021. It does not appear to have been acted on in a meaningful way to date. I know the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I welcome all the additional promised investment in the Air Corps. When the Garda Commissioner was before the justice committee earlier this week, he pointed out that one of the main methods for tackling the scrambler scourge in the city is through deploying the Garda helicopter, which principally operates out of Casement Aerodrome. In circumstances where it is only operational half of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I welcome that last contribution and I look forward to seeing the fruits of that work.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions his Department is taking to improve recruitment and retention rates within the Defence Forces. [31255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will consider engaging with the Defence Forces to utilise military driving schools as a means of assisting in the reduction of civilian driving test waiting lists. [31256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Process (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the Attorney General's legal advice on the Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 or a section of the Attorney General's advice detailing the potential for legal challenges against the proposed legislation. [31417/25]

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I wholeheartedly endorse what Senator McDowell said regarding the Garda Reserve numbers. It makes eminent sense that we have additional visible bodies on the street, whether they are full-time attested gardaí or part-time reservists. It does not really matter to the public, as long as they feel safe. My question relates to rank and file morale. I have not met every member of the...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I thank the witnesses for their valuable and erudite contributions. In riposte to Senator Kyne's point about the truth and so forth, it would be my experience, as a legal practitioner, that witnesses who come before the courts regularly espouse the fact that they have a duty to tell the truth before the courts. It would not find it at all unusual in that regard. I ask Professor Murphy...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: The presumption there is that the Government has a majority. We have already seen in this term, and we are only six or seven months in, one, two or three Government TDs going overboard for different votes. On something extraordinary and controversial, such as the deployment of troops, a Government majority could be lost. Dr. Devine mentioned in her presentation that she could see...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: When Dr. Devine says "a stateable case", it is not by any means a slam dunk?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (17 Jun 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details on the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations through his Department. [32469/25]