Results 81-100 of 721 for garda speaker:Eamon Ryan

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the role of TII with regard to maintenance. I am proposing to replace the words "maintenance works" with “maintenance (including maintenance works)” as well as providing for TII to consult the Garda Commissioner, as required, with regard to traffic signs. The change from "maintenance works" to “maintenance (including maintenance works)” is based on legal...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...1961 Act to allow for TII to provide signage on national management roads in the same way that a road authority does on roads within its ambit. Section 95 provides for the removal of signage where the Garda Commissioner has requested the removal on the grounds of the safety of road users, and in the Bill we are replicating this provision in respect of TII removing signage. Amendment No....

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...The first relates to State-owned vehicles. State-owned vehicles are exempt from motor tax, and almost 6,000 vehicles are exempt in this way by virtue of being State-owned. Over half of these are Garda vehicles. There are also a significant number of vehicles owned by the Defence Forces, Civil Defence, the Office of Public Works, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the National...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...that a licence should have no monetary value or be traded on the open market and should simply indicate a person’s suitability to carry out the role of taxi operator, as decided by Revenue, An Garda Síochána and the National Transport Authority (NTA). In line with its functions under the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013, the NTA requested the Advisory Committee on Small...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: .... There has been a major expansion in public transport. We want it to be used and it has to be safe. In any discussion on that, those arguments would make the case for the type of unit within An Garda Síochána to which the Deputy refers. We could go into virtuous circle. The more people who are on the public transport system, the safer it will feel. That is where we want to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: .... Local representatives have a critical role because they have knowledge and experience of what is happening and represent the local community best. For them to work with the operators and An Garda Síochána directly is the best approach. What is happening in west Tallaght is totally unacceptable but the resolution to that provides a model that would apply elsewhere. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I am slightly nervous because, as the Deputy said, it is an issue for the Minister for Justice and An Garda Síochána. The Deputy is right. I said to Deputy O’Rourke earlier that there is an argument in favour of establishing a unit outside An Garda Síochána, but I do not think that would be appropriate or correct. I recently visited the new control centre in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...with the Tallaght stakeholder forum meeting this week. That is very important. This best way for us to counter this is for local representatives, trade union representatives, Dublin Bus and An Garda Síochána to work together. There have been additional patrols by gardaí in the area. We have arranged undercover gardaí on a number of the different services. Dublin...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: If I understand Deputy O'Rourke correctly, it is a matter for An Garda Síochána rather than for a separate policing service. I agree with him on that. I know there are different views. Some people are arguing that we should have another completely separate police service for the transport system. I do not agree with that. I think it is best managed within An Garda...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...impacted by any associated incidents. Safety and security on public transport are matters that, first and foremost, must be managed by every public transport company, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána, where appropriate. Nonetheless, both my Department and the National Transport Authority, NTA, engage regularly with operators on the issue, and the NTA has established a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...utmost importance, arrangements to deal with anti-social behaviour on public transport are matters which first and foremost must be managed by each public transport company, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána where appropriate. Decisions regarding a transport police unit and the allocation of Garda resources are matters for the Minister of Justice and the Garda Commissioner....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...cycle track early last year, the enforcement of these penalties, along with the monitoring of the operational effectiveness of that enforcement, falls to local authority parking wardens and to An Garda Síochána. The Deputy may wish to bring his query to the direct attention of those bodies.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...operation of public transport. Issues regarding the policing of public transport, including the collation of crime-related statistics on assaults, are a matter for the Minister of Justice and An Garda Síochána. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operation and provision of public transport. I understand that Dublin Bus are engaging with trade union representatives and An Garda Síochána concerning the ongoing issues with regard to service provision in West Tallaght. However, the issue of the ongoing operation of specific bus services in Dublin is first...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (6 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...by participating schools as a helpful tool to promote awareness of cyber risks among pupils; and the participation in the annual European Cyber Security Month campaign, the joint efforts of the NCSC and the Garda Cyber Crime Bureau has delivered successful public awareness campaigns as part of the European Cyber Security Month in October of this year.   At its publication in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There are no Ministerial drivers appointed to my Department and therefore no civilian drivers have been replaced by official Garda drivers.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...driver. Minister of State Naughton has availed of two Ministerial Civilian drivers since July 2020. These Civilian Drivers remain in their roles and have not been replaced by an official Garda driver.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that the safety and security of public transport passengers and staff are critical matters that first and foremost must be managed by every transport company, working with An Garda Síochána, where appropriate. There are currently no plans to develop an overarching public transport security strategy. My Department and the National Transport Authority engage regularly with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...is key, one way or the other. I recently visited a new control centre being built by Iarnród Éireann. It is an amazing facility behind Heuston Station. There we are seeing co-location of An Garda Síochána services with the Irish Rail management system. That this points in the right direction. We should have a continuing close connection between Irish Rail and An...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...that a licence should have no monetary value or be traded on the open market and should simply indicate a person’s suitability to carry out the role of taxi operator, as decided by Revenue, An Garda Síochána and the National Transport Authority (NTA). In line with its functions under the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013, the NTA has requested the Advisory Committee on Small...