Results 281-300 of 589 for garda speaker:Paul Kehoe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Garda Vetting of Personnel (11 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that manages Garda vetting checks for bus transportation companies that are contracted by the HSE to provide transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fisheries Protection (9 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...control targets each year. The Naval Service is empowered to board and inspect vessels and their cargos and, when necessary, to formally detain vessels and direct them to port for arrest by An Garda Síochána. The role of the Naval Service and the Air Corps in support of the SFPA is coordinated by the Fisheries Monitoring Centre which is located at the Naval Base in Haulbowline...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...from PDFORRA seeking to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court made available to them in the event of any future legislative changes being made to provide An Garda Síochána with access to same. I am advised that the proposals in relation to An Garda Síochána being granted such access will require detailed legislative changes and the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...from PDFORRA seeking to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court made available to them in the event of any future legislative changes being made to provide An Garda Síochána with access to same. I am advised that the proposals in relation to An Garda Síochána being granted such access will require detailed legislative changes and the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (13 Apr 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ..., the Emergency Aero - medical Service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the Ministerial Air Transport Service, inter-hospital transfers and Aid to the Civil Power duties including the Garda Air Support Unit and cash escorts. The level of availability of Air Corps aircraft for such tasks has reduced. This reduction is not due to cuts in personnel but largely because the Air Corps...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...in senior management and supervisory positions such as Unit and Squadron Commanders; some are in administrative and staff positions. Others are flying in other operational and training units such as the Garda Air Support Unit or the Flying Training School in order to maintain the Air Corps training and operational output.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Operations (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I am aware of that fact and that the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) helicopters can undertake operations on a 24 hour basis. For operational and security reasons, it would not be appropriate to disclose precise details of GASU missions. As outlined in previous replies to parliamentary questions there are ongoing restrictions in the provision of Air Traffic Control services in Casement...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Taoiseach has stressed on numerous occasions that he does not want to go back to the days when members of the Defence forces or the Garda Síochána were on the Border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. I am not going to get into that space either.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...satisfied that it is working in the way that was originally intended. While there are similar policies in place in the Department of Justice and Equality and Department of Defence in respect of An Garda Síochána and members of the Defence Forces, that does not indicate that one case follows the other. When the working group starts its deliberations, I will await the outcome of...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy is comparing the Defence Forces to An Garda Síochána. A case was brought on behalf of An Garda Síochána to the European Committee on Social Rights about restrictions on access to pay negotiations. The committee, as part of its findings, decided that the right to strike prohibition was in breach of the charter. That situation is not directly comparable to our...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...acknowledged to the representative associations on foot of representations made to me that I will keep the matter under ongoing review in the light of the recent Government decision to provide the Garda Representative Association, GRA, with access to the State industrial relations institutions. I am advised that a working group has been established by the Department of Justice and Equality...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...from PDFORRA seeking to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court made available to it in the event of any future legislative changes being made to provide An Garda Síochána with access to same. I am advised that the proposals regarding An Garda Síochána being granted such access will require detailed legislative changes, and the Department...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court made available to it. I understand the reasons it would want such services available to it. The Deputy mentioned An Garda Síochána. Legislative changes are required for the Garda to have access to both the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission. A working group has been set up in this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: In a non-binding ruling, the European Committee on Social Rights, ECSR, found in 2014 that current arrangements for industrial relations in An Garda Síochána are not in compliance with aspects of the European Social Charter. This was on the grounds of a prohibition on An Garda Síochána joining national employee organisations and on representative associations levels of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...support, the emergency aero-medical service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the ministerial air transport service, inter-hospital transfers and aid to the civil power duties including the Garda air support unit and security escorts. The reduction in experienced personnel in the Air Corps has not arisen due to cuts in personnel numbers. As with other areas of the public service,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: .... These roles are varied, but include providing for the military defence of the State from armed aggression, provision of aid to the civil power - meaning in practice to assist, when requested, An Garda Síochána, who have primary responsibility for the internal security of the State, and also to contribute to national resilience through the provision of specified ‘aid to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...support, the Emergency Aeromedical Service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the Ministerial Air Transport Service, inter-hospital transfers and Aid to the Civil Power duties including the Garda Air Support Unit and cash escorts. The Irish Coast Guard, which operates under the aegis of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, has overall responsibility for the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...basis for a diverse range of tasks such as Army and Naval Service support, the Emergency Aero-medical Service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the Ministerial Air Transport Service, inter-hospital transfers and Aid to the Civil Power duties including the Garda Air Support Unit and security escorts.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...’s stated goal to ensure that the current on-island border arrangements are maintained to the greatest extent possible. Responsibility for the security aspect of border control rests with An Garda Síochána , while the Revenue Commissioners have responsibilities relating to Customs matters. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...Service support, the Emergency Aeromedical Service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the Ministerial Air Transport Service, inter-hospital transfers and Aid to the Civil Power duties including the Garda Air Support Unit and security escorts.