Results 221-240 of 253 for garda speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Missing Persons (4 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... It also usefully draws attention to open or unsolved missing persons cases and creates an opportunity to provide information on available support services. Forensic Science Ireland and An Garda Síochána have worked in partnership over the past number of years to develop a DNA testing facility for families of missing persons at the national Missing Persons Day ceremony....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Missing Persons (4 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., however, engage with her further and I know she is giving this issue her attention. As the Deputy will appreciate, the investigation and prevention of crimes are operational matters for the Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána. The Minister for Justice does not have a direct role in that operational element. I assure the Deputy, however, that she is in ongoing contact...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is not possible to put a date on this action at present but further details of these arrangements will be publicised in due course. The public libraries, rather than essential services such as An Garda Síochána, will be best placed and more appropriate to facilitate persons to access to the report. Since the report was published on-line, our priority has been to make a copy...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (24 Feb 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...The Group, which was established on a statutory basis under the Children First Act, is chaired by my Department and includes members from every Government Department as well as representatives from Tusla, An Garda Síochána and the Health Service Executive. The Group promotes compliance by Government Departments with their obligations under the Children First Act and is a forum...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Garda Vetting (10 Feb 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Garda vetting in Ireland is governed by the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016, which falls under the remit of the Minister for Justice. The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 provide a legislative basis for the mandatory vetting of persons who wish to undertake certain work or activities relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Trafficking (27 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Deputy as soon as the relevant information is forwarded from the HSE Anti-Human Trafficking Unit for checking against the IPAS records. Not all International Protection applicants identified by An Garda Síochána as possible victims of trafficking and who are referred to the HSE team seek accommodation through the IPAS, as some do not need it and some wish to return to their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (21 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...I reiterate, if you are aware of other individuals that have had similar experiences, as children, in St. John Ambulance please encourage them to come forward to the relevant authorities, An Garda Síochána and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... It is essential for that to happen. Senators McGreehan and Seery Kearney also mentioned criminal acts. Full copies of this report are with both the Director of Public Prosecutions and An Garda. Senators also asked about my engagement with the congregations and charities. As already stated, I have written to them and spoken about the need for an apology and a contribution to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (13 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...;details of this correspondence. If you are aware of other individuals that have had similar experiences, as children, in St. John Ambulance please encourage them to come forward to the relevant authorities, An Garda Síochána and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.

Seanad: Combating Sexual, Domestic and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (Resumed) (8 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...domestic violence survivors. That will be an important step. I am aware of the publicity in recent weeks regarding reported increases in the incidence of domestic violence during the pandemic. This is coming through all sources including the Garda, the Courts Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the front-line services in the NGO community. We have discussed here the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (1 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: All deaths and serious incidents that occur within accommodation centres provided by my Department are referred to An Garda Síochána as a matter of course, who in turn refer all deaths to the relevant Coroner’s office. As is the case with all such matters, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is not privy to information pertaining to individual...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting (24 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department has a Child Protection and Welfare Policy and a Garda Vetting Policy, both of which mandate that all staff in accommodation centres are vetted by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) in advance of commencing work in an accommodation centre. This policy is applied to all IPAS accommodation centres as well as all...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Retention (24 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth does not make requests under the Act. The bodies who may make disclosure requests are set out in Section 6 of the Act (Garda Siochana, Defence Forces, Revenue Commissioners).

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...one moment longer than is necessary. What is necessary is that my Department and the Attorney General carefully scrutinise the report and make sure it does not have any consequences for ongoing Garda investigations. It is necessary that there be nothing in it that would warrant its not being published or the redaction of any of it. We want to publish the report in full as soon as...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...were made. If in the course of an engagement between an individual and the members of the confidential committee any allegations came up, at that point they were notified immediately to the Garda. It is a little like what the Senator said in the context of counselling. The engagement with authorities took place at that point. I understand the commission has fulfilled its terms of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...has in the past failed to protect its children, and that failure weighs heavily on all of us. Abuse is not consigned to the past, though, and it is my role, in collaboration with Tusla and An Garda Síochána, to protect children where there is a clear existing threat. Tusla's role in considering historical abuse allegations is to try to establish if the person against whom an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the Senator said but that is the job of Tusla, namely, to deal with current risk.The role of dealing with historic abuse - "past abuse" is probably a better term in many ways - lies with An Garda Síochána through prosecution. We are aware of the concerns that have been raised. As to the degree of significance the Senator outlined, I had not heard that expression regarding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...discussed the move to level 5, the Minister for Justice and Equality and I spent a significant part of the meeting discussing the specific issue of domestic violence and reactivating the various Garda and Tusla programmes that were in place to support the victims across this period. During the original Covid-19 lockdown, it became clear that a significant number of existing refuges did...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...by the COVID-19 public health crisis, and took place in June. Tusla is presently working to progress the transfer of four additional young people from Greece and they are also working with An Garda Síochána on the Greek island to identify unaccompanied minors who wish to come to Ireland. Due to the level of need among refugees since the destruction of the Moria camp, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...will grant them ‘programme refugee’ status immediately upon their arrival in Ireland. My officials are liaising with the European Commission on the detail of this commitment, and along with members of An Garda Síochána will travel to Greece in the coming weeks to make the arrangements for their safe passage to Ireland. The Irish Refugee Protection Programme...