Results 321-340 of 464 for garda speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (12 Jun 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting and clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (12 Jun 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new superintendent will be appointed to Bruff Garda station, County Limerick. [25066/18]

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...an issue with looking back on public private partnerships and not naming the ones in which we should not have participated. Should we not have done Grangegorman, the refurbishment of the courthouses, the Garda stations or the Limerick to Galway road, all of which needed to be done? All of the other things were done at a time when we were very close to not being able to keep the country's...

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...should not go ahead? Some €150 million is set aside for building community nursing homes. Are they saying those should not go ahead? There are Department of Justice and Equality PPP projects for Garda stations and courthouses. If that is what some people believe, let them outline the ones that should not go ahead. They cannot have their cake and eat it. They cannot have fiscal...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the final review of closed Garda stations will be completed; and the plans for Moyvane Garda station, County Kerry. [9822/18]

Other Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Works placed advertisements in both local and national media seeking submissions from property owners, 17 responses were received. As with all major public contracts, the construction of the new Garda station will be tendered openly and all builders and contractors, including locally based firms, will have the opportunity to tender for the works. I appreciate the Deputy's frustration but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... In addition, last week the Government chief information officer held a joint sectoral meeting with the ICT and business transformation leaders’ group from the Department of Health, the HSE, An Garda Síochána, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to look at opportunities for joint working across the broader...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (28 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next round of recruitment from the Garda panels that have been created will take place; the number of persons that will be taken from the panel at a time; the timeframe on the frequency with which persons will be drawn from the panel (details supplied). [50524/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...would like to offer his sympathies to the two teenagers who were attacked on the road leading to Gormanston railway station on Sunday evening. He asks anyone who can be of assistance to An Garda Síochána in regard to this deplorable attack to contact gardaí immediately, and I am sure the House joins him in that request. The Minister has been informed that gardaí...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am sure the Deputy would acknowledge that the resumption of recruitment and the increased numbers in An Garda Síochána predated the confidence and supply agreement and was part of the work of the last Government, which took on board that the Garda was deprived of the resources that are needed to provide an effective police force across the country. While there are historic...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will wait, a Cheann Comhairle, until Opposition Members quieten down. The motion of no confidence was tabled by a party on two issues related to An Garda Síochána. One relates to the Garda, while the other relates to whistleblowers. In his opening remarks Deputy Gerry Adams had an anecdote about someone saying, "Give me another pint ... or go to Achill island." As he knows,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: Absolutely, a Cheann Comhairle. If it helps the House, I will do so, but I want to continue. The organisation Deputy Gerry Adams has said he was never a member of was responsible for six gardaí being put in early graves. When Sinn Féin Deputies are on their high moral ground tonight, especially the younger Sinn Féin Deputies, they should ask themselves about the darkened...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: The true republicans in this House are the one swho stand by the Constitution, the Defence Forces and the Garda. The Deputy may well laugh at the memory of dead gardaí, prison officers and members of the Defence Forces, but Sinn Féin's hypocrisy does not wash with the people of Ireland. Sinn Féin has a belated and new found interest in the Garda, but, then again, it always...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who have applied and who have been accepted to An Garda Síochána since the inception of the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9532/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who passed the aptitude test for recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to interview during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to the physical examination during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to the medical examination during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants who failed at the interview stage on motivation to become a Garda in the recent recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the establishment of a representative association for Garda Síochána reservists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/16]