Results 141-160 of 304 for garda speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Female Genital Mutilation (26 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...are reported to ensure we can identify how many instances of FGM are reported in any one year. I ask the Minister of State to follow up the matter with the Central Statistics Office and the Garda and I will do so as well. It is unacceptable that we do not know how many cases of FGM there are and that we are reliant on media reports. Second, the funding the Minister of State pointed out...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Last week, as Deputy Leader, I dealt with a number of issues around the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the response of the Government to the GSOC controversy and, on Thursday, the dossier that was provided by Sergeant Maurice McCabe. I said at that point that we should have a debate on policing generally and I would like to renew the call for such a debate. I know they have...

Seanad: Gangland Crime: Statements (30 Apr 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...ties, drug running etc. We must be conscious in any debate like this that the majority of crime is not of an organised nature; most crime is committed in a much less organised way. As the Garda has indicated on many occasions, a great deal of crime, particularly inner-city crime against property, is committed by people addicted to heroin. There are very different methods to tackle that...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: ...8A does not relate to underage persons. Section 19 8A(1)(a) states, "...a person is in a relevant place alone or accompanied by other persons..." which appears to apply to any person about whom a garda has a concern because such a person holds alcohol in a bottle or container and is causing annoyance or a nuisance to other persons. Senator Alex White made the point already that we need...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...on crime statistics and crime rates in Ireland. I will also raise this matter with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. It is a matter of great concern to see that the Garda Inspectorate's report raised issues about inconsistencies in recording of offences reported to the Garda. This situation is not unique to Ireland and we have seen it happen in a number of...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...Commissioner recommended that a one year retention period for telephone traffic data and a six month period for Internet data would have been sufficient. The commissioner pointed out that the Garda Síochána rarely requests data that is more than one year old. The two year retention period is, therefore, unnecessary and unduly onerous. A good deal of representation has been made to the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: My opposition to section 7 relates to subsections (1), (2) and (3) of the proposed new section 71B. The fundamental premise is that the opinion of a garda will constitute evidence as to the existence of a particular criminal organisation. I do not have the same objections regarding subsections (4) and (5) of the proposed new section. The fundamental premise of the first three subsections...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...not accept the Minister's contention that I am making a much more general point regarding arrests and so forth, far from it. I am stating this is an exception to the normal procedures under which gardaí form reasonable suspicions, arrest people, etc. That will already have been done in this instance in respect of persons who have been tried and acquitted. We are, therefore, dealing...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...earlier amendments. It certainly should not be grouped together with a whole group of much less significant amendments. In addition, amendment No. 9 relates to a very specific issue regarding An Garda Síochána. I will wait for the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: To follow up on that with Mr. Olson, an extraordinary point that is made in his fuller submission to the committee is that although the 2005 Act provided for the establishment of both GSOC and the Garda Inspectorate, there is no statutory basis for collaboration between the two organisations. There is no information sharing provision, for example. It relies very much on informal processes....

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...basis, as Senator van Turnhout recommends, or through the means being worked on by the Government and as described by the Minister of State, namely, a structured agreement between ISPs and the Garda? Will the Minister of State consider whether a statutory basis as opposed to an agreement is necessary? It is instructive that hotline.ie has been in place since 1999, yet is not widely...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...those engaged in prostitution and reduced criminalisation, which is the purpose behind the legislation we introduced. That is what happened in Sweden and what we want to see happening here. The Garda needs to step up its policing of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex by focusing on the clients. That is the idea behind this feminist legislation.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments and Threatened Industrial Action by An Garda Síochána: Statements (12 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...aware we will have a debate on judicial independence in the House next week, at the behest of Senators Boyhan and McDowell, and we will be able to say more about that. Turning to the issue of the proposed strike by gardaí, this is the second cause of crisis in policing at present. We read in recent weeks the revelations about the treatment of whistleblowers in the force and we await...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...compliance with the restrictive movement requirements on return from abroad from countries that are not on the green list. These types of issues have created some level of confusion and, within the Garda, may make it harder to enforce laws and ensure there is compliance. I looked at a Garda police union survey conducted by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors in June. The...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister is proposing to introduce, that is, the secret hearing as it has been colloquially called. The amendments represent my third main objection to the Bill, the first two being a garda's opinion evidence as to the existence of a criminal organisation and the encroachments on the right to jury trial. This third matter goes to the heart of fundamental safeguards in the criminal...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...justice. I also request a debate on the prosecution of sex offences. We had a good debate yesterday on the issue of domestic violence and I see in today's newspapers a welcome announcement by the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Fachtna Murphy, that he is establishing a new central sexual crimes management unit to ensure there will be a better rate of prosecution of sex offences. It is a major...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, line 1, after "prescribe" to insert the following: ", in accordance with the standards already provided for in respect of persons held lawfully in Garda custody or under the Prison Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 252 of 2007)". The intent behind this amendment is clear and I indicated on Second Stage that I would be introducing it. The amendment relates to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business today is No. 1, Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 - Second Stage, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and adjourned not later than 3.30 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes; No. 2 Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Committee Stage, to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I will speak with the Senator. However, the issue deserves a fuller debate. The Minister has pointed out that the IMF-EU deal requires a reduction in the numbers of gardaí. We must examine how best that can be achieved. I welcome the announcement today that an investigation will be held into the treatment of women and girls in Magdalene laundries. The establishment of an...

Seanad: Public Bodies Review Agency Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Dec 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...Science Foundation Ireland, to the Parole Board to Fáilte Ireland to Irish Water, which as we know is a task in itself and in which Senator Ó Céidigh has a role, to the Irish Film Board, the Charities Regulator and An Garda Síochána. We already have the Garda Inspectorate. Coming from my criminal justice background, I would say the Garda Inspectorate has a...