Results 201-220 of 548 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has read the full GSOC Special Report from May 2013 to the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence issued pursuant to Section 80(5) of the Garda Síochána Act, 2005; and her plans to publish the report with the appropriate redactions. [1932/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the promotion of any member of An Garda Síochána under investigation over matters of serious public importance in the GSOC Special Report from May 2013 issued pursuant to Section 80(5) of the Garda Síochána Act, 2005; and her views on the promotion of such a member of An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and the inspectorate used the term "watershed." The report is a comprehensive three-year assessment which could not have come at a more important time when more powers are about to be given to the Garda ombudsman and a new policing authority is being established. This committee welcome these developments. We have the report and recommendations but the recommendations need to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Of course our committee will have a role in ensuring that the recommendations are implemented in following years. In its report, the Garda inspectorate refers to the reality that in a number of areas its concerns apply not only to the Garda Síochána but to other elements of the criminal justice system. Our committee has recommended a criminal justice inspectorate based on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Particular focus as been put on the issue of rosters in the report. The concern is that due to the crisis in recent years, An Garda Síochána has faced cutbacks, as have other elements of the public service. In terms of any criticism of those cutbacks the Garda Commissioner would often have said it was being done for operational or efficiency reasons. Rosters was one of the...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The point made is that all semi-automatic shotguns are designed with a five-shot magazine capacity. The Garda submission rules out such weaponry.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...submission. I am trying to find a medium. We have all watched the horrific scenes over the years caused by a deranged gunman. Everyone likes to believe they are of good character. However, the Garda has to make an assessment for a gun licence application. One day it goes wrong and the Garda ends up before a committee like this explaining why a licence was granted in the first place....

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... There is a lot of conflict with the representative organisations which have been taking legal cases. I think they have won approximately 650 case in the courts and from the perspective of An Garda Síochána, that points to the need for legislation to deal with the various concerns involved. I wish to go through some of the issues that have been raised by one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the educational requirements for joining An Garda Síochána were changed to now not accept the leaving certificate applied programme; and if her attention has been drawn to applicants who were accepted to train for recruitment only to find out towards the end of the programme after passing their physical that they would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The final petition is No. 34 of 2014, the Public Appointments Service panel for a position in the office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The petitioner is Mr. Paul Hanna. The petitioner had an issue with the Public Appointments Service and the closing of panels without informing the applicants. The matter has been resolved in so far as it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol of An Garda Síochána for notifying the coroner at the weekend and out of office hours of a suspicious death. [47398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if is it the responsibility of An Garda Síochána or the coroner to notify the Office of the State Pathologist. [47399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána or the coroner to direct the removal of a body from a scene where the cause of death is unknown but appears suspicious. [47400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way complaints regarding a member of An Garda Síochána made to a senior member of An Garda Síochána are dealt with, that is, if the internal procedure is invoked or are all complaints directly referred to GSOC. [47410/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the information the complainant to GSOC is entitled to following the submission of recommendations to the Garda Commissioner. [47412/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time period a Garda Commissioner has to implement recommendations made by GSOC. [47413/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a complainant to GSOC receives a copy of the recommendations made to the Garda Commissioner. [47414/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics relating to the implementation of recommendations made by GSOC by the Garda Commissioner. [47415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the recommendations made to the Garda Commissioner by GSOC that are not implemented that is figures since the inception of GSOC. [47416/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (9 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the current practice whereby names of the Minister’s appointees are forwarded by the Garda Commissioner for appointment by her is a breach of regulation 12 (2) of the Garda Síochána (Promotion) Regulations 2006. [46841/14]