Results 161-180 of 717 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...and damaging allegations. As my colleague, Deputy Alan Kelly, and others have highlighted, it appears he is not the only one to have been subjected to such a campaign. Public confidence in An Garda Síochána has once more been undermined. The very many honourable men and women working in An Garda Síochána to keep our society safe have had the integrity of their...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...: 5.—(1) Where a person is the subject of an unexecuted warrant for his or her arrest, it shall be lawful notwithstanding anything in the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 for a member of the Garda Síochána to require any data processor (whether in the public or private sector) to communicate with the member any information relevant to the person for the purposes of apprehending the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Let me deal with that. I was a member of the last justice reform committee. The Government does not have at its meetings the Garda Commissioner, the chairperson of the Policing Authority or the senior administrators in the Department of Justice and Equality, all of whom should have been there to answer questions of key Ministers in advance of any decisions being made at Cabinet. Did the...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...Would he agree further to report back to this House on the issue of taking clear control of security at Dublin Airport away from the Dublin Airport Authority and having a bespoke division within An Garda Síochána to ensure we have robust mechanisms to ensure the security of our seaports and airports? I am not sure, from recollection, whether activities such as the operation...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...Brexit as the focus. I also wish the Minister of State, Deputy McConalogue, well. In my judgment, the most important task the Minister will have in the coming years is completing the programme of Garda reform. We have talked about this for a decade. The single most important decision made in the justice area in recent decades was the establishment of an independent policing...

Written Answers — Garda Traffic Corps: Garda Traffic Corps (16 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he still proposes to have 1,000 gardaí on duty as part of his promised traffic corps; when he proposes to set up this corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4960/05]

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There was no accountability or responsibility. The Minister could not even get the report from the Garda.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Not so. I produced a Garda Bill.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Let me read from the presentation given to the committee by the assistant Garda commissioner. There have been——

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (15 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of the Garda divisional headquarters for Wexford-Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34466/05]

Garda Reserve. (27 Apr 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Minister give a commitment to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors that no members of the reserve force would be deployed during the lifetime of this Dáil? The answer is "yes" or "no".

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: While I thank the Minister for his worthy suggestion, I am somewhat concerned by his last comment. If the Bench issues a warrant, it should have value and the notion that a garda would be wasting his time in pursuing it——

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Leaking Garda files.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ——22 November. It is clear that the second investigation was concluded and the details had been given to the Garda Commissioner, at least. However, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform told me three weeks ago that the investigation was ongoing.

Garda Equipment. (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: What about the issuing of non-lethal weapons to the general gardaí?

Garda Equipment. (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Will gardaí have access to pepper spray for difficult situations?

Garda Equipment. (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Sending gardaí out with just a baton is not great either.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects that the new divisional headquarters of An Garda Síochána will commence construction in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2428/07]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has discussed the case of a person (details supplied) with the Garda Commissioner with a view to having it investigated thoroughly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5784/07]

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: A Garda investigation.