Results 41-60 of 121 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to amend or update the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Patrick Costello: .... I am sketching out issues I had wanted to speak about and I hope we will have a second round so that I can raise them. These include increasing referrals, workforce planning, links with the Garda and the structures of these and in-house therapeutic supports. If every child is getting an assessment will there be enough resources to provide therapy afterwards or will they get an...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...that says about us, is very clear. Ms Gallagher mentioned the gaps in the structures and the overreliance on the security and police structures. In 2015, in the case of P v.Chief Superintendent Garda National Immigration Bureau & Ors., Ms Justice O'Malley essentially tore apart the system as denying the basic rights of victims. Nothing has changed since then. We now have a...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrant Oversight) Bill 2023: First Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the various acts to remove the ability for members of An Garda Síochána to issue authority to search premises without sworn information being required. I thank the Ceann Comhairle. This is a Bill about ensuring justice and fair procedures and protecting the rights of individual citizens. A search...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...he or she is present for the purposes of the performance of his or her functions as such a member,”. Section 9(1)(a) refers to instances where cameras can only be used in a place where, essentially, a garda is entitled to be. Section 9(1)(b) allows for the camera to be placed on an animal and then to be used in a place where a garda is entitled to be. Section 9 (1)(c)...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...potential for an illegal search. From what the Minister is saying, if something is used remotely, we cannot necessarily apply the legality of its entry into places. I appreciate the member of the Garda and the drone are at a remove. That is why I seek to apply controls and limits to the drone as much as to the Garda operator. The drone is essentially an extension of the operator in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...cause a public consultation and public information campaign to be carried out,". We talk a lot about policing by consent and that fundamental principle. I brought similar amendments to previous Garda Bills we have dealt with here. It is incredibly important to include public consultation from the beginning and make it a requirement. This serves several purposes. It first ensures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (29 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will carry out improvement works to the processing area of Crumlin Garda station. [31770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (28 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on measures the Government, including all relevant Departments, in collaboration with appropriate agencies including An Garda Síochána and the RSA, is taking to eradicate the use of mobile phone use while driving, in line with targets laid out in the Vision Zero strategy. [31558/23]

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...back to the marriage equality referendum as a moment of hope and optimism when the people of Ireland came together in the name of equality. Things are very different nowadays, unfortunately. Garda statistics on hate crimes show they are on the rise, including those that target the LGBT+ community. We know for a fact that many hate crimes are not reported or are not reported as hate...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...but the applicants are not customers. They are applicants and service users. The International Protection Office is not a business. It is a Government Department. We see this language. An Garda Síochána talks about its customers. Customers implies that people engaging with the service have a level of choice. I am not sure any of the people who find themselves on the...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...the victims are children. Behind the women are families and we need to remember them. I implore the Minister for Justice to remember that, while the divisional protective services within An Garda Síochána are doing an excellent job, they could be much improved by the secondment of duty social workers from Tusla into them. I recently said the exact same thing in a Topical Issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection (4 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...support victims need. I will be honest. There have been some improvements. We saw liaison management teams put in place in many areas inside Tusla. The divisional protective service units in An Garda Síochána constitute an excellent innovation that provides an excellent service and should be continued and supported. They are really improving how the State responds to these...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection (4 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...Women's Council of Ireland report, which is the most recent report that looks at DSGBV, inter-agency issues come into emotional abuse, child sexual abuse and neglect. We must remember that gardaí often see a lot more of the community than many others and are a vital source of support for the work of social workers and referrals, so it involves that broader piece. While there are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Patrick Costello: Ms Finlay mentioned that CAS workers have received appropriate training. How many people have completed the specialist joint interview training with An Garda Síochána? Does the training work? My experience is that many of the people I know who did that, and they were excellent social workers, never did a single interview and have since left Tusla. So a lot of money has been...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...say we are not doing enough. While I welcome that we are trying to upgrade and improve the EU anti-trafficking directive, I point out the judgment in the case of P v. Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Immigration Bureau & Ors. Ms Justice O'Malley was very clear in 2015 that the State had failed at that point to properly enact the directive as it stood at the time and that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each Garda station in the Dublin south west regional division as of 1 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Garda Operation Préachán; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...not impacting or filtering through and the community is not necessarily seeing the benefit of that. Part of that is about community confidence in the process and community confidence in the Garda. In the short term, we need to accelerate the work of the implementation board and accelerate the provision of resources available to the Garda. In the medium term, we need to think about the...