Results 221-234 of 234 for garda speaker:Thomas Pringle

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Sep 2012)

Thomas Pringle: ...or have an impact on valid vetting. In respect of the organisations listed in Schedule 2 as being required to provide this information to the bureau, the Courts Service should also be listed. The Garda will be involved in pursuing convictions but the courts should be required to notify the bureau when somebody has been convicted of an offence. That should form part of the reporting...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2012)

Thomas Pringle: ...Bill which was introduced as a reaction to the striking down by the Supreme Court of section 29 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939. The Minister has described it as a necessary weapon for gardaí in their armoury in fighting serious crime. This language in itself indicates that the intention is that these provisions will be used, and probably used frequently. The principle on...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 286 of 6 December 2011 and No. 511 of 21 February 2012, the number of gardaí in the Donegal division serving in Gaeltacht areas who are available and able to conduct business through Irish with members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/12]

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: ...to have a person extradited to France to face trial on that issue. A high profile case fed into the reasons the legislation is being amended, where the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Garda decided not to proceed with a case against a person and that prevented his or her extradition under a European arrest warrant to face trial in another jurisdiction. I am concerned about the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Donegal division serving in Gaeltacht areas who can conduct business with members of the public through Irish; the stations to which they are assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in County Donegal earmarked for closure; the criteria used to decide on the closure; the security arrangements in place for the rural communities that will be left without a Garda presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38891/11]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost to the State for the Garda presence for the Corrib gas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/11]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in north Mayo used to police the Corrib gas project and protest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34553/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the new speed cameras being operated on behalf of the Garda and its own speed camera vans are not located in certain areas only to generate revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/11]

Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Jul 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...by prevention, education and awareness-raising measures among communities where female genital mutilation is likely to be practised and among relevant service providers, such as medical personnel, gardaí, social workers and teachers. In 2006, the report on Ireland of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern that some immigrant communities in Ireland continued to...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...we had to be forced to do so by the courts. Such a section should not have been allowed into the legislation at all. This very broad provision meant that any non-Irish national, or anyone whom a Garda or immigration officer believed to be a non-Irish national, had to produce appropriate identification on demand, without any explanation, or face possible prosecution. The number of...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...have taken place in the relevant period. This is an example of the potential for the abuse of the rights of citizens under the operation of the Act with the wide-ranging right of arrest for the Garda under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. There is no doubt many people have been arrested for offences and that the right of arrest under the Act has been used as a convenient...

Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 May 2011)

Thomas Pringle: The Bill aims to make it easier for the Garda to investigate white collar crime and complex crime cases. It deals with a range of offences relating to banking, investment funds and financial services activities and its provisions will also have benefits in wider criminal investigations. There is a great deal of frustration and anger in the country about the lack of movement on the...

Road Traffic Bill 2011: Second Stage (23 Mar 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...struck me as odd that under subsection (6) a designated doctor or nurse can enter a hospital to take a sample from somebody who has been involved in a collision. Would it not be possible for the gardaí to designate a doctor in the hospital as required to take the sample? Would that not lead to the measures in the Bill operating more smoothly in the future? There would probably be a...