Results 321-340 of 548 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the last number of years and, in particular, if he would deal with the correspondence that was sent to him by Ian Bailey and a legal team in 2012 about their concerns relating to the failure of the Garda Commissioner to co-operate fully with, and give documentation to, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is very disappointing that the Taoiseach has not ensured that the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Chair's guidance. I will recap the Ian Bailey case. This State handed over the Garda investigation files to the French authorities. That was deemed to be the thing to do. It was a remarkable decision because An Garda Síochána is not co-operating with requests from the ombudsman's office in the North regarding the killings of Denis Donaldson in Donegal and...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ..., about allegations made which became the subject matter of the Morris tribunal in County Donegal. In particular, he asked whether the Minister would confirm whether there was an allegation that gardaí in County Donegal were bugging conversations between solicitors and their clients. Obviously, he was aware of this practice, or certainly raised concerns about it when he was in...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who sits on the working group established in November by the Garda Commissioner following his consultations with the Attorney General on 11 November? Was the Department of Justice and Equality aware of the working group's remit? Why did the Attorney General not inform the Department and the Minister that a working group had been established by the Commissioner to investigate the recordings?...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister clarify who sits on the working group established by the Garda Commissioner in November last year following his consultations with the Office of the Attorney General on 11 November? Was the Department aware of the working group's remit? Why did the Attorney General not inform the Department of Justice and Equality and the Minister that a working group was being established...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...or in whatever circumstances, and got talking about some of the issues that they had come across? They, maybe, found strength in each other to raise them and then took their concerns to the former Garda confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly. After months and months of getting nowhere - I will deal with the sacking of Mr. Connolly later on and some of the detail of the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apologise to the two Garda whistleblowers.

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...all of this. Many more will be outraged that under a succession of Ministers for Justice from Fianna Fáil, the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael, thousands of telephone calls in and out of Garda stations were recorded, inappropriately and illegally in some instances. Did these include detained persons speaking to their solicitors? This is the latest in a series of debacles around...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He sought to minimise concern about the implementation of the penalty points system by the Garda. He even went onto the plinth to attack the two whistleblowers in a scurrilous effort to undermine their credibility when the O'Mahoney report was published. I remember the exchanges in this Chamber at that time. Later, he wrongly and disgracefully, accused the Garda whistleblowers of not...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Subsequently, the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, who has enjoyed the Minister's unswerving support, gave evidence to the Committee on Public Accounts and went so far as to say the actions of the two Garda whistleblowers were "disgusting". The Minister and the Garda Commissioner tried to prevent Sergeant McCabe giving evidence to the PAC. Then there was the scandal of...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...ask you to resign. That is a mistake. Perhaps the Minister could on this occasion take the right decision and, like his friend Martin Callinan, resign. There is widespread public support for An Garda Síochána. The service has a unique, deep-rooted connection to communities, which the Government is actively dismantling through its policy of closing 140 Garda stations, cutting...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----a "heavy gang" within the Garda who brutalised people in custody; serious miscarriages of justice; wrongful convictions and the abandonment of the principle that all citizens, including suspects, held in Garda custody, must have rights in our justice system. It was also evident in the Kerry babies case; in the behaviour of some gardaí in Donegal that was exposed by the Morris...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...taken by the Minister, supported by the Government and intended to obstruct proper scrutiny of policing, have done untold damage to public confidence in the administration of justice and to An Garda Síochána. The latest twist in the succession of scandals and crises that have emerged on the Minister's watch occurred yesterday. We were told that the Government had only become...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 779. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the intention of senior management in An Garda Síochána to remove the gardaí from escort duties for cash in transit deliveries. [13660/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Career Breaks (25 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 782. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for encouraging current members of An Garda Síochána to take an incentivised career break while at the same time recruiting new members. [13732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 784. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda station closures there have been in County Mayo for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. [13747/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has established with the Garda Commissioner the veracity of the allegations that 40 Traveller families were entered on the Garda PULSE system, including a baby of 16 days old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (11 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Garda personnel serving in every county across the State for the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [12000/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that there is no date for that legislation; it is not going to happen. We arrive now at the most profound failure - policing. If one listens to the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and to his pal the Garda Commissioner, one hears terms such as "modernisation" and claims that we have had tremendous success in combating crime. Everything is hunky-dory now because we have modernisation. We have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (27 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...of the political domain is to have a genuinely independent inquiry under the Commissions of Investigation Act which, I repeat, has the power to compel witnesses and all the documentation from the Garda Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Department of Justice and Equality, Rits, Verrimus, the journalist John Mooney and whoever else, and finally make...