Results 741-760 of 8,318 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I am sticking to the Bill in terms of-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I am saying that gardaí are being portrayed as not doing their jobs and that is because things like organised crime with regard to retail are not being prioritised. There are things that are not being prioritised. We have all sorts of other issues on which gardaí are saying resources are not being put into because the priorities are not there. A person from the retail authority...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: Section 61(8) states: "The Authority shall, from time to time as it thinks appropriate, review the policing priorities and make such revisions thereto as it thinks fit". I ask that the Minister consider an amendment to or the setting out of a timeline on that. If something is not being measured, it is not being done. If we do not have a timeline, it might be enacted-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: It states "from time to time". We would normally have something every five or two years or an annual report. However, we are not having, at this moment in time-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: We are debating an entire section on setting priorities by the authority for police services. All we are told is that there will be a report, but that the authority will only, from time to time, as it thinks appropriate, review the policing priorities and make such revisions thereto as it thinks fit. I am discussing the section.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: Regarding having a timeline for publishing something every year or five years, the Bill leaves it up to the Garda Commissioner, the national office and other groups, as the authority believes appropriate, to do that at a time of its choosing rather than at an appropriate time, as done by the Oireachtas. It would be appropriate for the Department to outline and make clear when the authority...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: Section 63(1) states: “the Garda Commissioner shall, at the request of the Board and in accordance with this section, within 6 months after the coming into operation of section 11 and not later than the expiration of each subsequent 3 year period following that coming into operation, prepare and submit to the Minister a strategic plan for An Garda Síochána in respect of the...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: As all politics-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I will repeat what Senator Ardagh said, because all politics is local and Garda John O'Sullivan is from Kenmare, so I thank him for all his work.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I accept it is not relevant to the section. My colleague, Senator Chambers, raised the issue of the evaluation of the performance by An Garda Síochána. It is not clear how the evaluation would be done, what the strategic benchmarks would be or who would do it. Independence is needed for the evaluation but also in putting together the strategic plan and main objectives. I suggest...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: May I follow on from Senator Ardagh's appropriate proposal to make the plan available in a Garda station? The plan should also be made available in libraries throughout the State because people could study it there. While we are living in a digital age, the number of people who could access the plan on a website, in the knowledge it is available, is relatively limited. People will need to...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: Yes. That is why I am asking about the libraries and supporting my colleague, Senator Ardagh, on her proposal on Garda stations.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I take the Minister's point. That is why I suggested that libraries also be made available.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I take the Minister's point on not putting into primary legislation where a report should be placed, but the point I was making was that there is no provision for making printed copies available to the public. Senator Chambers made a point on section 64(4), which states the board, in consultation with the Garda Commissioner, shall provide the Minister with reports on the implementation of...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I refer to the annual service plan. Section 65(3)(d) sets out “the performance targets to be achieved in relation to each of the objectives referred to in paragraph (c)”. It again goes back to the point I made earlier in respect of other evaluations of different parts of the strategic plan but also the security policy. As outlined in a previous section, a strategic plan...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I seek clarification. Section 67(1) reads: The Garda Commissioner shall manage the services set out in an annual service plan as laid under section 65(12)or section 66(10), so as to ensure that those services are delivered, in so far as practicable, in accordance with the plan and in a manner that does not exceed the resources available to An Garda Síochána for the period to...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. The amendment refers to "the period to which an annual service plan relates".
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: I am speaking down to the microphone so maybe there is an issue with the microphone. No one has ever said they could not hear me. This is a first.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: The amendment refers to "the period to which an annual service plan relates, so inform the Board, the Authority and the Minister." I seek clarification on not exceeding the resources available to the Garda Síochána and how that is determined. What are the consequences if the resources are exceeded in terms of the plan itself? Perhaps my question relates to the section.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mark Daly: That is because I was sitting down closer to the microphone. Maybe I should sit next time.