Results 61-80 of 121 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

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

Patrick Costello: Yes, there has been yet another attack on gardaí doing what they could to protect the good people of Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard. There is disgust and revulsion in the community because of the attack. The words of the Garda Representative Association come to mind. It has stated gardaí feel vulnerable on the streets. We have seen a 25% decline in the number of gardaí in...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: There are many positive things in the Bill. The use of body cameras will be a very important improvement for An Garda Síochána in terms of its members' safety and the safety of the community. These represent a technological advance that we should welcome. I spend a lot of time talking about parking in bus lanes. Automatic number plate recognition is essential to combating...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...and said it does not think facial recognition technology is appropriate, to try to introduce it in a Committee Stage amendment would sidestep the debate that is much needed whenever we give the Garda more powers. I also question why the rush. The EU is working on an artificial intelligence, AI, act which would regulate things such as facial recognition technology, AI and algorithmic...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...Citizen and increased policing on transport, if short of a dedicated transport police, but without extra recruitment we are simply moving around inadequate resources. If we are putting extra gardaí on O'Connell Street, where are they coming from? If those posts are not being backfilled, then what are the gaps? That is a headache for the Commissioner and it will be a bigger headache...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Promises were made in the budget of 1,000 extra gardaí. We need a clear timeline of when these will be delivered, partly so that communities know when they will get the resources they need but also to ensure that they are actually delivered. At one end of my constituency, in Dublin 8, four community Garda sergeants and 25 Garda officers has become one sergeant and four Garda officers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ..., will be an issue throughout the justice system. Prisoners find themselves in this position struggling against issues of translation, but their experience of the justice system began in the Garda station and moved through the courts. What was their experience through that? We have had sessions here with people talking about the difficulty of translation in the courts. It is a much...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (12 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will gift vacant unused Garda stations to the relevant local authorities for the purpose of public housing given the unprecedented housing crisis that exists. [50399/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: I have one last point. The point on domestic violence speaks to the need for something I have advocated for a long time, that is, the secondment of duty social workers to the Garda district protective services unit. We can go down the route of discussing Barnahus another time. A direct link to a duty social worker sitting in the Garda office at least once per week will help with these...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on measures the Office of Public Works has made in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to enforce the 30 km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [48290/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ..., so we will start there. The online portal in many ways dovetails with stuff those from Dublin Bus have talked about, such as automatic number plate recognition, ANPR, and some of the stuff the Garda representatives mentioned in their submission about section 81 of the Road Traffic Act. We have lots of cameras. We have 14 cameras on Dublin Bus. I will admit, given my constant talking...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fixed charge notices which have been issued by An Garda Síochána using the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since the law was introduced in November 2019, in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...funding is constantly on a knife edge. We need to be looking at how we can work with the community, which wants to see an end to this kind of behaviour. As my colleague has said, we need to see more gardaí on the beat and to see a higher level of community policing. Based on replies to parliamentary questions, only approximately 6% of the local Garda station's complement is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...issues - in the same situation where this and even the next legislation will be thrown out, possibly in the context of a horrendous case, invalidating a swathe of criminal investigations. Good work by An Garda Síochána could be thrown out because of these procedural failings. By way of another general observation, much reference is made about senior Garda officers being able to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (31 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the commitment that An Garda Síochána has provided to the OPW regarding enforcement of the new 30km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [17138/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...? What can we do to improve that? Policing is one part of the solution, but it is also one part of the problem, particularly as regards kids on the street who have entrenched views of the Garda that are not very positive and entrenched views within the Garda of the same kids that are also not very positive. Both groups will happily call each other "scumbags". Essentially, there is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...On the first day of deliberations there was a great deal of discussion around the prosecutorial powers. The ICCL, for example, made the recommendation that prosecutorial powers be removed from An Garda Síochána. Structures have evolved over time. Many new front-line gardaí and managers are spending a day in court when they could be doing effective work in the station or...

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

Patrick Costello: 558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will open a public consultation for the extension of Garda youth diversion projects to cover 18-24 year olds; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6007/22]

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...their experiences. We must support and make it easier for them to do that. My Bill introduces an early identification system that is much broader than the current system, which only allows for the Garda. It includes social workers, support workers, NGOs and trade unions. These are people who will be dealing more directly with the victims of trafficking and who can contribute to their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...; it should be put in consultation on the code of practice. I am deeply concerned about search warrant in urgent circumstances. I am very conscious of the logic of the Demache case that a garda issuing their own search warrant for their own investigation was not good enough and it had to be a garda of a certain rank independent of the investigation. To achieve true independence, it...