Results 181-200 of 263 for garda speaker:Martin Kenny

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Has the Minister for Justice and Equality contacted the Garda Commissioner about the burning out of a car that was held as evidence by An Garda Síochána as part of an investigation into the abduction of a person in order to ascertain why this occurred? Will she make a statement on the matter? This is a serious incident. For many years, Garda evidence used to go missing. I had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will be made available to An Garda Síochána to set up regional cybercrime units that have been planned since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23204/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Will the Minister for Justice tell us when funding will be made available to the Garda Síochána to set up the regional cybercrime units that have been planned since 2016? Will she make a statement on the matter and bring clarity to this issue?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue here is that the gardaí and the Commissioner have made it clear they need these units now. There has been criticism for many years through the Courts Service and indeed many judges have criticised the huge delays and shortage of resources and staff in regard to this. This is really at the core of this. The main issue at stake here is child sex abuse imagery and how that can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: We are on the same page. However, I do not understand, and what the public does not understand when it looks on, is that when An Garda Síochána or any other body needs money for something vital and applies for it, that can take years to be processed. The Minister said, of course, that all kinds of systems must be gone through and there must be due diligence. We know that. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the promised phased implementation of a mobility project (details supplied); if gardaí on duty now have mobile telephones and handheld devices to enable them to access data while not in Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22991/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...in and at what time, their names and phone numbers and so on, ensuring the usage of PPE and social distancing and doing all of that properly, every pub in the country should be able to open. The Garda should be able to go in and check that all the regulations are being adhered to. If somebody is acting the maggot and not doing things as they are supposed to be done, that person is...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...a scheme that will work for everyone rather than the situation that exists now. This type of legislation is required for the very small minority of situations. I have spoken to members of An Garda Síochána who told me they are in a very difficult position as they are unable to act in an appropriate way when they move into these situations. We recognise that it is difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures being taken to provide adequate psychological support to them; the consequences for staff that failed to report the abuse to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20314/20]

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: ..., made it very clear to them that while they claimed that 20% of insurance claims were fraudulent, when they were asked whether they had reported those 20% of insurance claims to be fraudulent to An Garda Síochána, they had reported practically none of them. There is therefore a certain amount of exaggeration on the part of the insurance industry in that respect. Another...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (28 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of refurbishing Fitzgibbon Street Garda station. [18445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (28 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of refurbishing Sligo Garda station [18446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (28 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional cost to the Departmental baseline funding to commence and sustain a five-year Garda recruitment drive commencing in 2021 and concluding in 2025 with an intake of 800 Garda recruits per annum and their subsequent retention, that is, the amount by which the baseline must be increased in 2025 in comparison to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (28 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting and employing an additional 1,000 civilian staff for An Garda Síochána. [18441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (28 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 786. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the establishment of ten new Garda youth diversion programmes. [18448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (14 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 959. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of new Garda divisional headquarters in Kevin Street and Galway; the estimated cost of their delivery; when they will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (14 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: 961. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda ICT programme; the estimated cost of its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15984/20]

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

Martin Kenny: ..., out of Covid and into a more normal arrangement. The Estimates this year are governed by what happened in previous months with regard to Covid and the crisis that we have come through. The Garda numbers are interesting. The Minister says there are 14,700, with just over 3,000 civilian personnel. I know there was a target of having 4,000 civilian personnel working in the Garda by...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...it and introduced those provisions. However, it is remarkable to think there has been no training for anybody in any of the services around that. There has been no training for members of the Garda on how to identify or deal with a problem. There has been no training for nurses or people in Tusla. It was a case of passing the legislation here and that seems to be it. It is a...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (24 Jun 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...get into the real world and recognise that legislation is certainly required but it is not the overall solution to all of that. We need to have effective resources in place and we need to have the Garda properly resourced to allow it do deal with these situations. We must also recognise that in the 21st century, much of what is happening now is controlled internationally; it is not...