Results 261-280 of 875 for garda speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Progress on the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language: Statements (26 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...a bhí iontu a bhí ag triail a dteanga a chosaint agus molaimid go mór iad. Tá céimeanna siar tógtha ag an Stát le déanaí cionn is nach ábhar éigeantach an Ghaeilge chun dul isteach sna gardaí, sa Státseirbhís agus i roinnt de na hollscoileanna. Bhí seasamh ar leith ag an Ghaeilge nuair a bhí sin ann. B'fhéidir nach raibh sé go huile is go hiomlán curtha i réim i...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (Resumed) (18 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...them. There have also been those within this State who have colluded or facilitated the British war machine in Ireland, particularly since 1969. Some have been agents of the Crown, including some gardaí; some have been dupes; others were cheerleaders for the British war in Ireland. Most were ignorant or did not want to know the truth or care to find out the truth, even it they could in...

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The first question is very important. On promised legislation, and this in order, are there plans to introduce a Supplementary Estimate for the Garda Síochána to cover the huge costs of the security operation surrounding the visit of the British Queen, which involves a huge level of overtime and the implementing of a curfew or the-----

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is in order. Supplementary Estimates are dealt with here every year. This concerns the Supplementary Estimates for An Garda Síochána, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the OPW, and also concerns all of those businesses that are being told they have to close for part of the duration of the visit of the British Queen. Is there any Supplementary...

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Secondary legislation might be required. In the case of the OPW, like all other bodies, it publishes a plan of action to spend its money a year in advance. If that money or the money for An Garda Síochána is being diverted to spend on something else it must be updated.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., amach anseo, agus cén feidhm a mbeidh ag an údarás sin. My second question is on other legislation, No. 77 on the legislative programme. This is a very important Bill for those looking for Garda vetting clearance, namely, the national vetting bureau Bill. It programme says that at this stage it is not possible to indicate when it will be published. Many people are looking for Garda...

Road Traffic Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (13 Apr 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...along I hope we will have the changes to legislation to deal with the point about the unconscious and drunk drivers in a more formal way than is happening now. I also welcome the fact that the Garda Síochána is in training to ensure it can capture some of the people who cause mayhem on our roads. The tragedy associated with this is not limited to the number of people who die on our...

Road Traffic Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (13 Apr 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., but various types of drugs. We need to find some mechanism in a case where somebody is definitely intoxicated. The breath test involved here can only show alcohol and we need to proved that the Garda can carry out the other steps allowed by section 3, that is, the obligation to provide a blood or urine sample, given that otherwise the person involved would evade the justice system or...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Apr 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to expedite the waiting times for Garda vetting for community and voluntary services which currently stands at approximately 16 weeks which is detrimental to all those who have been offered but are prevented from taking up a position of employment and to the wider community who suffer because their services are...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...will be fully rolled out in 2011. Hopefully, despite these stricken times, the Minister will ensure that whatever finance is required to ensure there is enough equipment is made available to the Garda Síochána. We must ensure the message goes out from this House that such driving will not be tolerated. I welcome the fact that mandatory alcohol testing will not only take place at...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...will not be used to harass those who are down on their luck and who are begging in the streets because they are in genuine dire straits, or to harass buskers, but that it will be used by the gardaí to target those who intimidate people going about their daily business, particularly those who are abusing children. That is a key element; many of those ferried into towns and cities are...

Handling of Criminal Matter in Longford: Statements (10 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...is no repeat of such an incident. The report published this week is a damning indictment of the communication systems between the Courts Service, the Prison Service, the probation service and An Garda Síochána. The report also found failures in the process and procedures in the issuing of warrants, as well as failures in the process and procedures in the notification of the temporary...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (8 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that the moratorium on Garda recruitment has been lifted; when the proposed recruitment drive for garda trainees is likely to commence, if he still stands by his commitment that the campaign would begin in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46569/10]

Corporation Tax Rate: Motion (23 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the Dublin brigade of the IRA, did he ever conceive that one day a so-called republican party would indenture the Irish people in the interests of those economic traitors, as my good friends, the Garda, has called them? It was the anti-national refusal of those banks to invest in Irish development that persuaded Lemass to seek overseas investment. That is why we have the current taxation...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (17 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he is aware of allegations of Garda brutality arising from the Union of Students in Ireland demonstration on 3 November 2010 especially in the context of the shocking pictures shown on RTE news on 9 November and if he has discussed the matter with the Garda Commissioner; and the steps he is taking to ensure that the Garda...

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and this is a charge against the then Minister that she should be in this House to answer. Even though Members have been told that no one seemed to know and that there was no plan, I encourage the Garda Síochána fraud squad to examine the records and the meetings that Greencore held at that point to ascertain what it was planning, because it is fraud. In December 2005, the then...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (27 Oct 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...such communication; if he has considered changing the regime to make it similar to the Private Security Services Authority where personal details are only available to the Revenue Commissioners, An Garda Síochána and the authority to protect against threats, attacks or otherwise an invasion of the private life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39434/10]

Written Answers — Vetting of Personnel: Vetting of Personnel (7 Oct 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average and longest waiting times for the completion of Garda clearance requests. [35491/10]

Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Second Stage (7 Oct 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...transfers of goods from companies that may be highlighted by the UN or whatever and that may be involved in the production of such weapons. As Deputy Higgins indicated, we had a debate with An Garda Síochána around Shannon Airport. It was not satisfactory and the political policy was effectively not to interfere in case Shannon Airport ended up closing because of the enormous wealth...

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... Summary deportation will be performed quickly and without the usual attention to details or formalities. The section allows for a foreign national to be removed from the State on the basis of a garda's opinion - his or her perception that the foreign national is unlawfully present. It is clear that there is potential for significant mistakes in that opinion. There cannot even be a...