Results 301-320 of 1,067 for garda speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda protective services unit in the DMR east, DMR south and Tipperary divisions in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51682/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (10 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the work will commence on the refurbishment of the Garda immigration facility at Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (10 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to the Clare Garda division as of 31 December 2018 and 4 December 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/19]

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...1,500 tickets. Many of the bingo games in this country fall within that range. If the prize is between €1,000 and €5,000, organisers will need to get a lottery permit. They will have to approach a Garda superintendent, who will issue a permit if the requirements are fulfilled. It is important to point out that lottery permits for games with prizes of between...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...what we are debating. The purpose is to add an extra provision into subsection (5) of the new section 9A. It states, "In considering an application under this section, the superintendent of the Garda Síochána shall have regard to the following". The Minister of State is proposing to insert a provision that the superintendent of the Garda Síochána should be required...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and his officials. The purpose of the first part of today's meeting is to consider a Supplementary Estimate for 2019 in respect of Vote 20 on the Garda Síochána and Vote 22 on the Department of Justice and Equality. Before beginning I remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...in respect of the Supplementary Estimates. I welcome the fact that the additional policing costs arising from the visits of President Trump and Vice President Pence are not to come out of existing Garda resources but the Minister will agree that they represent a significant amount. Additional policing for the two visits cost €15 million. We want to be hospitable and welcoming but...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (4 Dec 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...Dáil: The Select Committee on Justice and Equality has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2019: Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána; and Vote 22 - Department of Justice and Equality. Under Standing Order 89(2), the message is deemed to be the report of the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles available in each Garda division in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48580/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to record my disappointment and surprise that two of my questions have been ruled out of order. The questions relate to the number of Garda vehicles and the staffing level of the Garda drugs unit. Obviously, the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is not responsible for ruling questions out of order. The question I wish to raise with the Minister-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not wish to get into a debate with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but the Garda Síochána Act also provides in section 26(3) that the Commissioner is accountable to the Minister. The Minister has expressed his desire to be politically responsible for the Garda. That should be taken into account.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda attached to the Garda Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47238/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time digital forensic specialist posts in the Garda computer crime unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47539/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2020 if the training and development budget for An Garda Síochána increased by 17%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47540/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda by rank attached to each community policing unit in each Garda District in Dublin as of 8 November 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47541/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...a burglary. I know it is difficult to accumulate accurate statistics in this respect, but the One in Four organisation has estimated that only 15% of victims of sexual abuse make complaints to An Garda Síochána. Irrespective of the true figures in that respect, we as legislators have a responsibility to take legislative steps to improve those statistics and make it more...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...;in amendment but, to judge from what Deputy Adams stated, the issue Sinn Féin seems to want to have included is whether or not the Lithuanian man was in any way involved in working as an informer for An Garda Síochána. I had never heard that before, I am not aware of it and I do not think it has been suggested before. Nonetheless I will give consideration to the amendment...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...place into the circumstances of the death of Mr. O’Farrell, namely: (a) The criminal prosecution of Mr. Zigimantas Gridziuska in respect of the fatality on the 2 August 2011 and the subsequent trial in the Circuit Criminal Court in February 2013; (b) The previous prosecutions of Mr. Zigimantas Gridzuska and the interactions of members of An Garda Síochána with Mr....

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...There is significant co-operation between Ireland and the UK in the operation of the European arrest warrant, particularly in respect of the matter we talked about earlier. I refer to the PSNI and An Garda Síochána co-operating in the extradition of people on either side of the Border for the purpose of facing criminal charges. We have seen that if it is the case that there...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Accommodation (5 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available without delay to ensure that remedial works can be carried out at Emyvale Garda station; the timeline for the expected completion of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/19]