Results 81-100 of 115 for garda speaker:Cathal Crowe

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is somebody else who is involved in protecting our nation and that is the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris. His term of appointment was lengthened yesterday. We need to have a bit more scrutiny as a State and there are two major outstanding issues we need to look at. One is the suspension of the trial of the hooded men. That has been brushed aside and we have not focused on it. The...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...the Defence Forces for many decades and the organisation, culture and human resources. The point that sticks out in my memory is from 2018, when Pope Francis visited Phoenix Park. Members of the Garda were brought in from all over the country and were billeted in hotels and guest houses in and around Phoenix Park and in north County Dublin. On the other hand, members of our Defence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...dates back to 2007. The award was approved by the Government and subsequently sanctioned by the Department of Finance, but it was withheld from this group when all others in local government, An Garda Síochána and across the board received this pay grade. How can the witnesses stand over this injustice when the very same report specifically said that neither the pay of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition of the former Inagh Garda station by an organisation (details supplied) [4989/22]

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...is something wrong with the caps, and on and on it goes. They are fleecing people. There is an example that is very much in my mind, but I will not disclose it here in the Dáil today because the Garda has a handle on it. That needs to happen more often. I hope that by putting forward this regulatory framework, that practice, which has somehow become more widespread in rural...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...experiences over the past week. These cannot just be words in the Dáil. We have heard many strong statements this evening but they have to be backed up with actions and resources. I hope the new intake of An Garda Síochána in the coming weeks can play its part. The message, "Not all men but all women", must be front and centre of this debate and our guiding light as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...of those receiving methadone treatment had been receiving that treatment across a ten-year period. Merchant's Quay Ireland does fantastic work and I do not want to take from that but there is a need for a Garda presence. There has to be the hard law presence outside the building and the soft, caring presence inside. It bothers me that the people going through that door for treatment,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána by rank in each of the local electoral areas of County Clare in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1449/22]

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: .... Now the person working in the supermarket is seen very much in an heroic aspect. Prior to the pandemic perhaps we would have considered their role quite apart from someone in the fire service or the Garda. They have been very much on the front line throughout the pandemic. It is the same for teachers and those in the early childcare sector. Many people have been cogs in a massive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...? Has this increased or decreased? Is it elaborate? Are there ways of detecting it? What sanctions are there? Is the individual pulled, there and then, from the airport and sent home or to a Garda station?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Garda training college in Templemore to intake its next group of recruits. [57699/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...other forms of transport. One of them is sulky cart racing, which drives me bonkers. I am sure it happens in every constituency. It is regulated under section 74 of the Roads Act 1993. It allows for people to seek a permit from the Garda Síochána to stage a road race of sulky carts. I have spoken to members of the Garda about this. I do not know when anyone ever sought a...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I fully support the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021. Most people will support it. I hope it will deliver more front-line policing, which everyone wants. I wish to make a number of points. The Limerick Garda division covers the county and city of Limerick, but a considerable part of it stretches into County Clare and many of the gardaí that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...the HSE, the Houses of Parliament and all the Departments based here in Dublin, there are schools dotted right throughout the country, local healthcare centres managed by the HSE and small rural Garda stations. Eighteen months ago, I worked in a classroom in one of those schools. There was a computer with Windows XP installed on it. That computer would sit in a classroom. The teacher...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...principle has been abandoned by the sector and the big companies in the past number of years. If you go into an urban centre, there is a concentration of mobile phone masts on around the local Garda station, the cathedral, the school roof and the church roof. The triangulation is huge and there is a strong signal. The companies do not want to share space because it is more lucrative to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...area that needs definite tightening up between now and the autumn. It is an issue of animal cruelty but also one of road safety. It desperately needs to be tightened up, as does enforcement by An Garda Síochána. Has the Minister any update on the appointment of a chairperson to the Shannon Group board? We are very anxious on this. Is the Minister progressing rapid antigen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...happen. As a former primary schoolteacher, I fear for the sensitive data of many schools on Windows XP and Windows 7. Tusla files could potentially get out there. Worst of all would be if the Garda PULSE system was hacked in some way. Imagine how atrocious it would be, were sensitive files from the local Garda station to be circulating online. Will the Minister of State take on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...’s laptop at any time, there would be everything from tests to assessment data. There could also be very sensitive information. That is just in education. It is probably replicated in the small two or three garda Garda stations in rural Ireland or in the local health centre run by the HSE. We probably have fairly robust systems in the central vertical axis of organisations, but...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...have undertaken certain exposé stories on some of these private security firms and the backgrounds of some of these individuals. There needs to be a lot of time devoted to ensuring they are fully Garda-vetted and that appropriate and upstanding people are taking on these roles. We do not want thugs or gurriers donning uniforms and masks and arriving at someone's door. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...schools or housing estates that are located in areas which, for one reason or another, have become unsafe and they want the speed limit lowered but that has to be agreed by council engineers and An Garda Síochána. The window relating to carrying out review in that regard is every five years. We were informed recently that Fáilte Ireland has a hugely impressive plan for...