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Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...of older people in nursing homes and who are cocooning, the isolation of single people, the unsafe conditions for people in crowded and substandard accommodation like, for example, direct provision, and gardaí not being clear on - although this was much more at the beginning - what was guidance and what was law. I saw some of that myself. A fundamental principle of a law is that it...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...is a popular idea. The concept of tracking sex offenders electronically aims to provide a level of comfort or reassurance to victims and the community at large while also making it easier for the Garda to monitor offenders effectively. At present, some 1,708 people are subject to a reporting requirement under the 2001 Act. A total of 319 of these are supervised by the Probation Service...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Will the corporate enforcement agency and the ODCE pay the salary of the gardaí during the time they are seconded there or will they continue to be paid by An Garda Síochána? If Dr. Quinn does not know the answer to that, she can come back to us on it.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is there an intention of providing guidance for the Garda? That is important.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...way towards protecting victims. A reduction in the notification period from seven days to three days, as others have mentioned, allowing for risk assessments of sex offenders by probation officers, gardaí and expert groups and providing a power for a court to prohibit a sex offender from working with children are all welcome measures. While this Bill deals with how we treat convicted...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...forward amendments on some aspects. Our road traffic legislation was incomprehensible even before this Bill. This Bill makes it worse. How exactly does the Minister of State expect members of the Garda to do their job and enforce road traffic laws when the Department appears to be determined to make them more difficult to understand? We have a responsibility to ensure that the laws that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...the concern about answering questions. A question of mine was disallowed on 9 November? I asked the Minister for Justice had she directed the ombudsman commission in the context of examination of Garda practice, policy and procedure, to examine the memorandum of understanding that exists between GSOC and An Garda Síochána in relation to information sharing and if she was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It may not just be members of the Garda, it may also be members of the public.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-charge notices issued to drivers for speeding, by Garda division, in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who paid a fixed-charge notice for speeding, by Garda division, within the statutory payment timeframe, in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who availed of the third payment option and paid a fixed-charge notice for speeding, by Garda division, in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54963/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...deal with when they come before us in the new year. We will want an update at that stage, if the matter has not already been concluded. It has gone on for far too long. In the context of the Garda stations, I had a look at those before. Some of the stations were disposed of for very little money - a number in quite rural areas - and some looked as if they could be repurposed. Are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his engagements with his Department, the Garda Commissioner and the NTA in respect of a dedicated transport police service. [53952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of works undertaken by the OPW at each Garda station in the past three years to date in respect of telecoms and dispatch services; and the amount expended by the OPW in respect of the upgrade of Garda station communications nationally in the past five years to date. [53781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue generated by each Garda telecoms mast nationally in the past three years to date in 2021, in respect of leasing space to private companies to fix a receiver and or broadcast piece of hardware by location, amount and year. [53782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued to drivers for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone per Garda division in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers that paid a fixed charge notice for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone per Garda division within the statutory payment timeframe in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers that failed to pay a fixed charge notice for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone per Garda division within the statutory payment timeframe in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53717/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...;naiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers that availed of the third payment option and paid a fixed charge notice for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone per Garda division in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she has provided to An Garda Síochána to upgrade and modernise its dispatch systems centrally and in each Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [53780/21]