Results 281-300 of 388 for garda speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Blackrock Garda station, County Cork; and the number that have been allocated for each of the past eight years. [9433/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Anglesea Street sub district Garda station, County Cork; and the number that have been allocated for each of the past eight years. [9434/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Crosshaven Garda station, County Cork; and the number that have been allocated for each of the past eight years. [9435/18]

Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...that providers tackle that in the first instance. However, its own harmful material can be of itself a criminal offence and where criminal offences are committed online, that is a matter for the Garda. On the last occasion representatives of the Garda were before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, I commended them on their considerable success in tackling the problem of...

Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...will be supporting the Bill. To a large extent, this is a relatively minor technical Bill. It is intended to address the unintended effect of the retirement provision applying to members of the Garda Síochána who entered the service on or after 1 April 2004 and external candidates for appointment to the rank of Garda Commissioner or that of deputy Garda commissioner. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Like Deputy O'Callaghan and the Chair, I extend my sympathies to the Garda. I also congratulate the Garda on the quite considerable recent success in tackling the distribution of child abuse material. It was a considerable success in combatting a heinous crime. That is worth noting. I have a number of questions, some of which arise from Deputy O'Callaghan's questions and the first of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Garda Síochána opening statement states "that in July 2016, the Garda National Protective Services Bureau asked the Garda analysis service to conduct a comprehensive analysis of homicides with a domestic motive in the Republic of Ireland over a ten-year period". How did this issue first arise? How did it come to the attention of An Garda Síochána that there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Dr. Singh. My next question concerns the review. I do not refer to the independent peer review that has been announced, but the review of the initial group of cases. My understanding is that the Garda data analysts checked how deaths were classified in the crime records but did not have sight of the full case files. It was therefore not possible to check if homicide investigations were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...almost impossible to comprehend. Would the assistant commissioner agree that this is comparable to a discussion taking place at the Policing Authority involving significant drugs issues and the Garda national drugs and serious crime unit not having sight of the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that. I want to come back to Dr. Singh on the matter. The delegates have articulated all of the issues with the investigations, but it is clearly the case that senior Garda management was aware of the fact that there were data issues and that this document had not been run past Dr. Singh. Was Dr. Singh frustrated by this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...significance and the inevitable considerable public commentary at the Policing Authority meeting and in the aftermath thereof. I find that difficult to credit. My question relates to the fact the Garda Inspectorate report on changing policing in Ireland recommended putting in place the position of a director of data quality. Am I correct in stating this has not yet been done?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (13 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of reopening the six Garda stations recommended for same by Garda management; and the estimated full year cost of running same. [7056/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (13 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full year running cost of Garda youth diversion projects and other youth justice services funded by his Department. [7048/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (13 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the last occasion, prior to meeting An Garda Síochána on 7 February 2018, on which he was updated by An Garda Síochána in relation to the review into misclassification of homicides; and the previous meeting prior to 7 February 2018 at which it was discussed. [7121/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...for that. The Minister's response did not address what is obviously a very dramatic fall which is what I want the Minister to address. While, on an individual basis, it is a decision for the Garda Commissioner, it is the Government which makes the policies. If the Government wants community policing to be a priority, it will be a priority for An Garda Síochána and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...comment on how he will address that specific issue. I have put down variations on this question, in written or oral questions, and have received three different answers for the number of community gardaí in 2017. The Minister might explain that to me. At the heart of the community policing model is the dedicated community garda. That is somebody who is in a position to build-up...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the drop-off in the number of community gardaí from 1,182 in 2010 to 744 by the end of 2017; and if his Department and An Garda Síochána are committed to implementing the community model of policing. [5751/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The national model of community policing was launched in 2009 amid some optimism and a belief that it would represent a significant part of Garda strategy from then on. However, it has been marked since then by a lack of commitment by successive Governments, most visibly seen in the dramatic reductions in the number of community gardaí, which has fallen every year for the past eight...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...they were not investigated. The answer the Minister provided in a reply to a written parliamentary question I put down last week sets out his belief that each death was fully investigated by An Garda Síochána. Clearly, however, according to media reports there are those who were close to these investigations and who do not appear to believe that to be the case. Is the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome that the Minister is meeting Garda representatives tomorrow. In his response, he said that as far as he was concerned, he wanted the review completed as soon as possible. On an issue of such public concern, potential weight and seriousness, we need a little more detail than that. We have no real sense or indication from the Minister as to when the review will be completed. That...