Results 341-360 of 673 for garda speaker:James Browne

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...I can assure the Deputy that my Department is committed to ensuring that there is strong, visible community policing right across both rural and urban Ireland. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda operations aimed at preventing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...assure the Deputy that my Department is committed to ensuring that there is strong, visible community policing right across both rural and urban Ireland. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda operations aimed at preventing and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...by knife crime and is determined to ensure that similar problems to those which have developed in neighbouring jurisdictions do not develop here in Ireland. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...their murders. As the Deputies will be aware, Martin Conmey received an apology from the then Minister for Justice on behalf of the State in 2016 and I welcome the further written apology the Garda Commissioner has provided to Mr. Conmey with regard to the miscarriage of justice he suffered. The Garda serious crime review team will be carrying out a review of that case this year. I hope...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...different from those in place today. It was following on from the work of the Ó Briain and Martin committees that the Criminal Justice Act 1984, regulating the treatment of persons in custody, the Garda Síochána (Complaints) Act 1986 and the Criminal Procedure Act 1993, providing a new system of appeal based on miscarriage of justice, were introduced. The available...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Feb 2022)

James Browne: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing decisions and direction of priorities for An Garda Síochána. Neither Minister McEntee nor I have a role in these independent functions. Minister McEntee is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (8 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...an Expert Forum on Anti-Social Behaviour. This forum is considering the effectiveness of existing legislation and looking at proposals for new ways forward, including whether new powers for Gardaí and additional interventions to support parenting of offenders are needed. Members of the Forum, which I chair, include An Garda Síochána, Government Departments, community groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Feb 2022)

James Browne: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...to conclude in the coming months. My Department is also currently looking at data sources to improve data quality in this area. Officials are engaging with public health colleagues, as well as An Garda Síochána, to improve our understanding of the level of violent assaults within our society. Crime of any sort is not a phenomenon that exists in isolation. It is inevitably...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (8 Feb 2022)

James Browne: As the Deputy will be aware, part 4 of the Children Act 2001 (as amended) provides the statutory basis for the Garda Diversion Programme. The aim of the programme is to divert children and young people who have engaged in criminal or anti-social behaviour away from the criminal justice system and towards more positive life choices. Children who commit criminal offences are considered for...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...; then a person who has a conviction for such an offence will no longer be subject to the reporting requirements of that Act. The reporting requirements under the Sex Offenders Act are important safeguards to ensure that the Garda Síochána can monitor and manage the risk posed by convicted sex offenders. Caution must be exercised before making changes to this Act as it applies...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2022)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Quinlivan for raising the very important matter of Operation Copóg, which targets the sale and supply of controlled drugs in Limerick. The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, GNDOCB, is having significant success in disrupting drug trafficking and supply of illicit drugs by organised crime groups. The bureau's work is supported by Garda divisional drugs...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2022)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Quinlivan for raising this very important matter around the issue of Garda Operation Copóg, the aim of which is to target the sale and supply of controlled drugs in Limerick. The Government is acutely aware of the sustained and significant damage that drug dealing has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...Safety Bill will provide for a key principle from the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland - that preventing crime and harm and making our communities safer does not rest with An Garda Síochána alone. The Bill will help to achieve this by establishing innovative Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs). The Partnerships will develop local safety plans,...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

James Browne: ...the Minister outlined about our Department's efforts to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, I would also highlight the Covid-19 domestic abuse response plan. Our Department along with An Garda Síochána, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, identified the need for specific actions to protect...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (19 Jan 2022)

James Browne: ...come with an implementation plan and the necessary supports to ensure it can be implemented as quickly as possible. The recent budget for 2022 provides more than €2 billion in funding for An Garda Síochána, including the provision for recruitment of an additional 800 new gardaí and 400 Garda staff this year. There is an additional €41 million for Tusla that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2022)

James Browne: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences, collisions and seizures of vehicles. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. The Garda authorities have provided me with the information in the below...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

James Browne: ...who come into contact with it. The Strategy contains a strategic objective (3.4) to prioritise processing of children and young adult cases to minimise delays, including with regard to the role of Garda Case managers. This will include specific actions on how the Case Manager role and/or other mechanisms can be used to: - reduce delays in bringing cases to Court; - minimise...

Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Dec 2021)

James Browne: ...Dáil and the Seanad going through that entire time. I also want to wish a happy Christmas to our front-line staff. In particular, I want to mention the staff under my own Department including An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Probation Service, the youth justice workers, the board of management unit and immigration staff who all kept going during Covid, who...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Belturbet Bombing (16 Dec 2021)

James Browne: ...of this atrocity have never been held accountable for their crimes can only compound the sense of loss. I extend my deepest sympathies to the bereaved and injured. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda authorities have previously advised that the bombing and the murders were comprehensively investigated by An Garda Síochána at the time. The Defence Forces provided expert...