Results 321-340 of 375 for garda speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (1 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Garda Siochána has primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State. The potential threats to the State arising from international terrorism are continuously monitored by them in co-operation with the Defence Forces. The advice available to me is that, while the Garda authorities recognise that while the terrorist threat to Europe...

National Emergency Plan. (1 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...planning, which I chair, was established in October 2001. The membership of the task force includes Ministers, senior officials of Departments, senior officers of the Defence Forces and the Garda Síochána and officials of other key public authorities that have a lead or support role in Government emergency planning. I can provide a list of the people to the Deputy. The work of the task...

National Emergency Plan. (1 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...know what is happening. This can be achieved by disseminating information in various ways and publicising the simulated exercises in which many of these bodies engage. For example, last year the Garda Síochána and the Army engaged in a number of simulated exercises, as did the Department of Health and Children. In the United Kingdom, when the army, police or any government department...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (1 Feb 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...to the civil defence board, a body under the aegis of my Department. Chief Superintendent John T. Farrelly was appointed to the board in October 2004, on the nomination of the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána. Commandant Kevin Houston was appointed in November 2004 on the nomination of the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ..., which I chair, was established in October 2001. The membership of the task force includes Ministers, senior officials of Government Departments, senior officers of the Defence Forces and the Garda Síochána and officials of other key public authorities that have a lead or support role in Government emergency planning. The work of the task force continues and there have been 35 meetings...

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The most important defence against any terrorist attack is early detection and prevention by the security forces. The Garda Síochána has primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State. The potential threats to the State arising from international terrorism are continuously monitored by them in co-operation with the Defence Forces....

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ..., which I chair, was established in October 2001. The membership of the task force includes Ministers, senior officials of Government Departments, senior officers of the Defence Forces and the Garda Síochána and officials of other key public authorities that have a lead or support role in Government emergency planning. The work of the task force continues and there have been 35 meetings...

Written Answers — Security Threats: Security Threats (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Both the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces perform complementary roles in relation to the protection of the security of the State. There is ongoing and close liaison between the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces regarding internal security matters including in the intelligence field. Both agencies gather and share information and assessments in relation to perceived and-or...

Written Answers — Emergency Response Procedures: Emergency Response Procedures (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Defence Forces have contingency plans in place in relation to the provision of aid to the civil power (meaning in practice to assist, when requested, the Garda Síochána), and the provision of assistance to the civil authorities for a range of emergency situations. A detailed review of capacities and procedures to deal with a range of emergency situations was undertaken by the military...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Retirement Scheme: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...that date. The higher minimum pension age of 65 was provided for in the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. In certain other areas of the public service, such as the Garda Síochána and the fire service, maximum pension benefits accrue over a shorter period of 30 years and lower minimum pension ages are in place. For example, the minimum pension age for...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...to the Civil Defence Board, which is a body under the aegis of my Department. Chief Supt. John T. Farrelly was appointed to the board in October 2004, on the nomination of the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána. Commandant Kevin Houston was appointed in November 2004 on the nomination of the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: ...representatives of various Departments, such as the Departments of Health and Children and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and members of certain organisations, such as the Garda Síochána and the Army, all of whom have a role to play in the event of an emergency. I have asked the various organisations to outline their plans, to state what would happen in the event of...

Army Intelligence Operations. (26 Jan 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 1276 together. Both the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces perform complementary roles in the protection of the security of the State. There is ongoing and close liaison between the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces regarding internal security matters, including in the intelligence field. Both agencies gather and share information and...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Nov 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...is the Minister for Defence. However, the Defence Forces want the Minister to be replaced by an ombudsman to hear complaints as the final court of appeal, with which the Government agreed. The Garda ombudsman legislation pioneered through the other House by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform created an official with a two-fold function as a final adjudicator of complaints...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (19 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...the proposal of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, noted by Government in November 2002, to authorise the introduction of a limited range of less-lethal weapons for use by the Garda emergency response unit, ERU, where this is necessary to avoid the use of firearms. The less-lethal weapons for use by the Garda ERU are the bean bag shot, a pepper spray device and a ferret...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (13 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...are in place, a formal and informal system will exist where anybody with a legitimate complaint need have no fear of intimidation in coming forward. Comparison has been made with the Independent Garda Ombudsman Bill 2001. I was involved in the preparation of that Bill. Deliberately and as a matter of policy, the Garda ombudsman is a dual function office. It is an office where complaints...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (12 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...those disposals. An area comprising circa 0.545 of an acre has been set aside on foot of a request from the Office of Public Works, OPW, for a plot of ground to facilitate extension of the existing Garda station located on Main Street, Ballincollig. My Department is in correspondence with the OPW on arrangements for transfer of the lands concerned, including the matter of a consideration...

Written Answers — International Terror Attacks: International Terror Attacks (12 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...ensure that Ireland is not seen as a soft target for international terrorists. The most important defence against any terrorist attacks is detection and prevention by the security forces. While the Garda Síochána has the primary responsibility for law and order, one of the roles assigned to the Defence Forces is the provision of aid to the civil power, meaning in practice to assist, when...

Written Answers — Overflight Approval: Overflight Approval (12 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...no role in the inspection of US weaponry being transported through Shannon. Defence Forces personnel are deployed at Shannon Airport in an aid to the civil power role, providing assistance to the Garda at its request to ensure the security of the facility.

Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (12 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: The Garda Síochána has the primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces is the provision of aid to the civil power, meaning in practice to assist the Garda Síochána, when requested, which duties include the protection and guarding of vital installations, the provision of certain...