Results 161-180 of 388 for garda speaker:David Stanton

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

David Stanton: ...vulnerable and who may go on to commit other crimes. In the first instance, it is important to understand that the issues in question relate to youth crime cases deemed unsuitable for the Garda Diversion Programme. There are therefore no negative implications for the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme itself, which has operated successfully for many years, helping generations of...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Investigations (28 Jun 2017)

David Stanton: I was asked to come to the House to discuss assaults on the public in the Rathfarnham Garda district, which I have done. I was not asked to provide any specific information. If I had been I would have done my best to supply it. We were not asked those questions initially. However, I thank the Deputy for providing the opportunity to have this important debate. The fact that the issue is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (5 Mar 2020)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 to 397, inclusive, together. The Garda Youth Diversion Programme is supported by a network of Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs). The projects are community-based, multi-agency crime prevention initiatives which seek to divert young people who have become involved in crime or anti-social behaviour and to support wider preventative work within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: The statistics sought by the Deputy are contained in the annual reports of the Committee set up under section 44 of the Children Act 2001 to monitor the effectiveness of the Garda Diversion Programme.These reports are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and available to members in the Library. They are also published online at . All youth crime cases are required to be sent to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (3 Oct 2017)

David Stanton: I was addressing the Chair. I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. As I mentioned, the provision of a new Garda facility in Sligo is a key component of the Garda station building and refurbishment programme 2016-2021, which is an ambitious five-year programme that will benefit more than 30 locations around the country. In the context of the proposed new station in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (22 Mar 2018)

David Stanton: ...Questions Nos. 93, 99, 101, 102, 104 and 105 together. As Deputies may be aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a Call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

David Stanton: ...to. I notice that going back to last February, the response to almost every question asked regarding the number of guns that have been stolen is that the Deputy will be written to. However, the Garda Síochána's annual review of the operation of the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009 that came out in 2013 states, "A total of 1,134 firearms were reported stolen from their owners in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Commissioner on what was reported this morning in the media. Obviously, the Garda has had significant success with the grow houses, which are a relatively new phenomenon. He might like to comment on that as well. The Commissioner mentioned repeatedly in his presentation that gangland crime seems to be driven by the drugs issue and many colleagues have commented on that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response. I know the Garda Commissioner, having engaged with him in a previous role, and he is very reasonable. I am sure that when the Minister and Garda Commissioner have a conversation, they will be able to find a way of resolving this issue. Other cruise liners and shipping companies across Europe also have these demands and they work with other...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

David Stanton: ...and debate. At present, training has been provided to all State solicitors. Both administrative and legal staff of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions have received training. An Garda Síochána and prosecutors nationwide have received training. The Irish Prison Service and the Courts Service have also undergone training to enable greater support for victims of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (12 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy may be aware, there are currently two Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) operating in County Wicklow - the New Directions Project, in Bray and the Way Project, in Wicklow town. At present, there are some 105 GYDPs operating around the country, catering for approximately 4000 young people every year. In general, the location of projects is linked to local needs and the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Investigations (3 May 2017)

David Stanton: ...for the relevant authorities to investigate and seek the truth of these allegations. It serves nobody, least of all the victims and their families, to seek to short-circuit these processes. The Garda authorities are pursuing their investigation into these events and the Tánaiste has been assured that every effort has been made to conclude these ongoing processes without delay....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (18 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020. To ensure State-wide coverage of GYDP services...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

David Stanton: ...to move this motion in the House today. It gives me an opportunity to describe the service provided by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, CEPOL, and highlight the benefit it brings to An Garda Síochana. The motion, if passed, will allow Ireland to exercise its right under Protocol No. 21 of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

David Stanton: They forget that and they wipe it out. I assure the Deputies that Garda management keeps the distribution of the resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities and that the needs of all divisions are taken into account. They have made significant progress in tackling the threat of organised crime, particularly in Dublin's north inner city....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (15 Jul 2015)

David Stanton: ...its consideration of the following motion:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann, noting that, in order to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Simon O’Brien as the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Government on 30th June, 2015 nominated Judge Mary Ellen Ring for appointment by the President to be a member of the Ombudsman...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

David Stanton: ...some types of service but not others. This might be ill advised. The term "services providing support for victims" is well enough understood in practice in the criminal justice system and among gardaí in particular not to require further elaboration. It also has the benefit of being broad enough to encompass new types of service that may emerge in future. To define in law what is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (19 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020. To ensure State-wide coverage of GYDP services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

David Stanton: ...Nos. 508, 509, 520, 521, 522 and 559 together. As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is obliged to carry out a call for proposals process during 2018 in relation to the provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services, to fully comply with requirements related to the co-funding of projects by the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (11 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: ...the purposes of crime prevention and as aids to policing in areas to which the general public routinely have access, such as town centres, fall into two distinct but complementary categories, namely, Garda CCTV systems and community-based CCTV systems. Neither type of CCTV system may be established without authorisation by the Garda Commissioner under section 38 of the Garda...