Results 1-20 of 33 for garda speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Kathleen Funchion: ...worrying increase in crime in rural areas in recent years. There is a real sense of fear in communities where people are particularly vulnerable. The reality is that it is a result of cutbacks to Garda services and the closure of Garda stations. Criminals operating in areas where Garda stations have been closed know they have a free run due to the fact that there is little or no Garda...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I am sharing time with Deputy Ellis. It is clear that public confidence in An Garda Síochána will be further eroded by Nóirín O’Sullivan remaining as Garda Commissioner. Her position has become untenable. The Government should now use the power provided to it under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to remove her from office. Commissioner O’Sullivan...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to elaborate on his plans to discontinue the long-standing and well-established pay/pension parity link which retired members of An Garda Síochána share with their serving colleagues in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting Applications Data (2 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of extra funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) to shorten the backlog of Garda vetting; when that extra funding was allocated; and the number of early years practitioners that have been cleared of their Garda vetting to date as a result of that extra funding. [20638/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: ...State, both in the past and present. Deputy Rabbitte touched on some of the questions I wanted to ask about section 12. Where there is repeated removal of a child, what recourse is there for a garda who comes across such situations on a regular basis? Is there anything he or she can do? Lack of accountability is an issue. Social workers can say the Garda is dealing with an issue...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: .... Then, when somebody does take the very brave step to go in and report, it is important that they are met with the correct attitude. This is where I want to pay tribute to the protective services units in the Garda Síochána. We are very lucky to have an excellent protective services unit in Kilkenny, which works really well, often in collaboration with Amber Women's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (2 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on a list in 2017 to be cleared of Garda vetting for the purpose of working in early years services. [20639/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Garda Síochána (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to streamline the Garda vetting process for substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order offences reported to gardaí within Kilkenny and Carlow Garda division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (29 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next stage. [59021/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose for which the old Garda station in Stoneyford will be used (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay. I am more interested in someone removing the information knowing they are going to get in trouble. There is an obligation on the company to disclose that information to the Garda if it comes to them with a request.

Messages from Select Committees (29 Jun 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...Science has completed its consideration of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020 and has made no amendment thereto. The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 and has made no amendment thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if engagement has occurred between her Department and the Garda Commissioner in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, in particular the need to protect and support women who may experience increased violence as a direct result of the forthcoming Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: ...tools being stolen and oil being taken. Many people live in that reality every single day and are targeted time and again because the criminals can go after the same people. We do not have enough gardaí on the ground. Years ago there was a visible presence but now a lot of Garda stations have been closed and when they are open it may be for limited hours. Many stations have...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: .... It states: "In page 35, line 8, after 'violent' to insert 'accidental, homicide, undetermined or suspicious deaths'.” The amendment seeks to expand the criteria in the section under which An Garda Síochána is alerted to evidence of human remains. We believe there is a genuine possibility that some deaths would not be adequately examined if they were to occur now. The...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I am aware of the good work of the national protective services unit. My question is more from the domestic violence point of view. Where there are services and specialist training in local Garda stations, it makes a big difference. People always say they might have walked away from their case but they got talking to someone who understood where they were coming from. It is very...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (31 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 779. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent announcement in budget 2017, that Garda vetted, first aid trained and tax compliant child minders are unregistered and thereby excluded from budget 2017, could be a breach of EU competition laws for the Government by funding one mode of child care business, which is centre based, to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the length of time it takes early years services to get Garda clearance for hiring new staff; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it often has little to do with the actual process and is in fact more to do with a backlog; and if her Department is researching any new options that will relieve this...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...in to say that they were still waiting to be contacted. I want to give Mr. O'Dwyer the opportunity to clarify that some of those delays were due to issues that just could not be avoided, such as Garda vetting and so on. For those people who have pledged and still want to follow through, it is important that the message goes out through this public meeting today that they will get the...