Results 161-180 of 548 for garda speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of Justice and Equality, in the Office of the Taoiseach and back channels of Government have told him not to respond to any questions relating to the resignation or forced retirement of the former Garda Commissioner and the Taoiseach’s role in that. Yesterday morning, the Leader told me to wait and see what happens because all that I said was conjecture. What I said yesterday...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Senator Gilroy on publishing his book buys one, he might be in the top ten next week. I encourage people to do so. On many occasions in the House, I have called on the Minister to recommence Garda recruitment. I congratulate the Minister for Justice and Equality in this regard, although I do not often do so. I am sure that having announced the recommencement of the training of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Labour Court and the Work Place Relations Commission. The Government has recently approved an increase in the mandatory retirement age for other members of the uniformed services including An Garda Síochana, the Defence Forces and the Irish Prison Service. It is my intention to examine a similar extension to the mandatory retirement age for both full time and retained...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Records (6 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the staff of the Office of the then Minister and was found after a period of time among other papers, where it had been inadvertently placed. Accordingly, the matter was not reported to An Garda Síochána as there was no security incident. As the contents of the file concerned planning and local government matters, the matter was not reported to the Taoiseach or others in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (28 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...with a view to submitting a prosecution file when complete if that is then deemed appropriate My Department is working closely with the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, An Garda Síochána and other enforcement agencies and with animal welfare organsiations such as the ISPCA and DSPCA in relation to this type of activity. A joint protocol is already in place...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Records (21 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...removed from the Minister's office without authorisation but was inadvertently placed with other papers and subsequently found after a period of time. Accordingly, the matter was not reported to An Garda Síochána, as there was no security incident.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the formation of the second Independent group in the House. I condemn outright the brutal murder in Donabate over the weekend. This is another gangland crime and I wish the Garda every success in its investigations. The attack was made with absolute disregard for human life or for people who happened to be holidaying in Donabate at the weekend. These crimes are a scourge in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Investigations (9 Sep 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ....   The file in question was not removed from the Minister's office without authorisation but was inadvertently placed with other papers and subsequently found after a period of time. Accordingly, no Garda or other inquiry was required, nor was any file relating to an investigation created by my Department, as there was no security incident.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to earning our turkey. I welcome yesterday's announcement by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, that applications will be accepted from next week for new recruits to the Garda Síochána. This is a positive step and one for which I have repeatedly called. An issue I have raised directly with the Minister in respect of any new programme of recruitment is...

Seanad: Garda Stations (14 Dec 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in this House. I do not live in a parallel universe, I live in Malahide and am entitled to raise the concerns expressed by friends, family and neighbours on the restricted opening hours of the Garda station. The over-politicisation of the Minister's response is another stark example——

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I have two nominated Garda drivers assigned to me in my role as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. These drivers operate on a week on/week off basis and details of their contracts are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice. The two Ministers of State in my Department have appointed two civilian drivers, each also on a week on/week off pattern. These drivers'...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: ...had, so they can wear them with pride next year on the centenary of 1916. Finally, one of the most urgent things we must do when we return is have a full, frank and honest debate on policing and Garda resources. Garda resources are at an incredibly low level. My brother-in-law will be passing out in Templemore tomorrow with the second batch of recruits, and I wish him well. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (6 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...been completed and the report by the authorised person remains under consideration within my Department.  I also understand that the matter is the subject of a criminal investigation by An Garda Síochána, which must be allowed to follow its course.

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...west division, as of 30 September 2017, since recruitment resumed in 2014? The reason is that in the north Dublin and west Dublin area, especially the north Dublin area, we have lost one in five gardaí in the past six years and the pace of replacement has not kept up at all with that. Community policing, an issue I will address also, has been decimated in those areas, with the part...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: .... I have stated on the record of the House that the Government has received a report from its consultants, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report proposes the closure or downgrading of more than 400 Garda stations. People are only finding out on a drip-drip basis which stations are to be closed or restricted. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has stated he will...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Senator Barrett has great experience in the financial area. We have a right and the ability to participate in this inquiry. This weekend marks the anniversary of the despicable murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. It will be a very difficult weekend for his family, friends, community and his colleagues. It is a disappointment to me and my colleagues that no one has been brought...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...bidders who were selected by NAMA and the Department. I do not raise these matters in the House lightly. I have read the documentation and, as I said, intend to lodge it this afternoon with the Garda. I am asking that the Minister for Finance come into the House today and make a clear statement about oversight of NAMA and its interaction with the Department at senior levels.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., to be frank. This issue is crucially important. The Seanad should send out a clear message today that all of us who were democratically elected and who are confirmed democrats call on Sinn Féin to furnish the Garda Síochána with all of the details it has in its possession. I further ask that the Taoiseach requests, through the Minister for Justice and Equality, that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to the announcement yesterday from the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, on the civilianisation of immigration services in Dublin Airport. The Minister stated this will free up 125 gardaí for front line duty with the transfer of staff from her Department to look after immigration in the airport. My initial reaction is that this is a good move. I ask that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (12 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: In December 2019 a scoping exercise on Kilmainham and Inchicore was carried out by Retired Assistant Garda Commissioner Dr Jack Nolan. This report was commissioned by my Department with respect to the broader needs of the Inchicore-Kilmainham area from a strategic social and community perspective. The final report issued to all relevant line Departments who engaged in the scoping exercise....