Results 21-40 of 126 for garda speaker:Joan Collins

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...and the aspirations of Government under the climate action plan, to encourage citizens to switch from cars to public transport, if he will liaise with the Minster for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner with a view to funding and establishing a dedicated Garda transport unit to ensure the safety of bus, train and tram workers and passengers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...Bus and Bus Éireann networks and the continuous mayhem on parts of the railway network cannot continue, and that as part of a public transport undertaking, there should automatically be a funded Garda transport police. This has been an ongoing issue, as the Minister said, on which he has been contacted numerous times by the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU. The figures the NBRU...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The NBRU asked me to put this question to the Minister. There is a basis for reassessing this situation. Was there a report back from the 13 September action involving An Garda Síochána travelling on the DART, commuter rail and the Luas? A Deputy previously said we could also look at community police linking in and jumping on Luas trams and getting onto DARTs and buses as part of...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (17 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: The Garda cannot get the extra resources for that work.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (17 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I received an email from the Dublin South-Central Forum, which was concerned not about the fact that the Commissioner has control over overtime funding but that there would not be enough gardaí on the streets in the next week or so over the Hallowe'en period. It is crucial to residents and Dublin City Council officials and staff, including those in the parks, to have the support of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (9 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to Crumlin, Ballyfermot and Sundrive Road Garda stations as of 31 December 2018 and 30 June 2019, in tabular form. [29313/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: ...not only trade unions but the State, is it time for a different model of industrial relations? I ask that the Minister of State, in amending the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to provide for An Garda Síochána access to workplace relations, introduce amendments to deal with some of these issues.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Legislation (9 May 2019)

Joan Collins: ...O'Sullivan raised this matter. The Minister's reply to Deputy O'Sullivan stated that he would ensure the matter would be given due consideration. This would include further engagement with An Garda Síochána, Dublin City Council and others mentioned by the Deputy, including the carriage drivers and My Lovely Horse Rescue, a group involved with the carriage drivers. They are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 200 new Garda recruits allocated to the Kilmainham, Sundrive, Kevin Street, Ballyfermot and Crumlin Garda stations. [17368/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: ...be tackled without the voices, knowledge and expertise of the communities identifying and responding to needs, and shaping and funding those responses to link in to State agencies, local authorities, the Garda, the health services and so on. There was a bottom-up and top-down integrated response to the issues. Although it was innovative, that model is now under threat. I do not know if...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: ...2015 and drug-related deaths are 3.5 times higher than road deaths; and — insidious, ongoing day-to-day related intimidation is being experienced in our communities, and in 2015 less than ten per cent of people experiencing intimidation reported it to An Garda Síochána for fear of reprisal;calls on the Taoiseach’s department to appoint a senior official to the...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: ...to local communities. It was the local communities who detected that this type of intimidation was taking place. There is an urgent need to bring together a high-level group that includes senior justice and Garda personnel, community representatives and relevant stakeholders to establish an action plan to address this problem. I believe this action is worth examining and developing....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: .... In that case, people who wanted emergency beds did not get them. The group were out again last night and were in contact with 98 people sleeping rough. Six of these people were in Store Street Garda station, four of whom got beds, although the others did not want to go in. We know there are many reasons people do not want to go in, given the conditions they face. The All Together...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: .... A worker could be assaulted but it is not recorded if he or she comes back within two days. Each assault should be recorded so that there is a proper account of it. There is a call for a dedicated Garda transport division that has the ability to arrest anybody who causes criminal damage on a bus or attacks a bus worker. That is what the bus workers are looking for and that is what...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: ...workers. As a stakeholder in these public bodies, it is the least the Minister can do to ensure that workers are safe. I would appreciate it if the Minister could come back to me regarding the Garda transport division. The Minister responded to the NBRU on 26 June. Six months later we still do not have any clarity on that except for what the Minister has stated, namely, that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: ...Sport if the immediate installation of assault screens on all Bus Éireann services will be ensured; if his initial positive response to a union (details supplied) will be followed up; and when a Garda transport division will be established. [52299/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: ...with the CEOs of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to seek their views... Once I have received their responses, I will, in conjunction with stakeholders, including my colleague, the Minister for Justice and An Garda Síochána, review the measures in place to ensure the safety of all passengers. What is the current position in this regard?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Collins: Did the landlady employ the private security firm in question to enact the court order? Was she not supposed to get an enforcement order? The Minister says this is solely a matter for An Garda Síochána. Why did the Garda believe it necessary to send out a Garda riot squad, a public order unit, a Garda Transit Connect van and masked gardaí without identification numbers? The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Collins: On 11 September, a group of men from a private security firm carried out an eviction at 34 Frederick Street North. These men were masked along with three members of An Garda Síochána. Also attending was a Garda riot squad, a public order unit, a Garda Transit van and a Garda Jeep with dogs. Some of these gardaí were also wearing masks and not displaying ID numbers. What...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Collins: ...Justice and Equality if the private security company that cleared a premises (details supplied) in Dublin on 11 September 2018 has health and safety clearance; if its employees have been vetted by An Garda Síochána; the name, address and identification of the employees who cleared the premises; if the vehicle used by the security company was compliant for tax and insurance; if...