Results 101-120 of 625 for garda speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...weeks would hardly give people confidence. I read the transcript of the conversation between Oliver Connolly and Maurice McCabe yesterday, and it is extraordinary. This is about a member of the Garda who took his life in his hands and spoke out about what he believes to be widespread, endemic corruption in the Garda, not just about penalty points but about murders not being investigated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...definitive evidence", but what that hid was that there were substantial concerns on the part of the Ombudsman that they were under surveillance and that surveillance may have been conducted by the Garda. That prompted it to undertake an investigation and to bring in experts and when they came they found more threats, further adding to possible concerns that it was under surveillance....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The only person recently who has suggested that the Minister is too close to the Garda Commissioner is Mr. Oliver Connolly in the transcript of his conversation with Maurice McCabe. I am not suggesting that; he suggested it in the transcript. Setting that issue aside, does the Minister not think the fact that a security firm that is expert in this area that investigated possible bugging of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...we understand him to have known last week as against what he said in the Dáil. When addressing the House, the Minister used the phrases "I understand that no connection between any member of An Garda Síochána with any of these matters arose" and "While no information has been furnished to me by GSOC suggesting that An Garda Síochána was involved in any way in what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...what is being said. Will Mr. O'Brien tell the committee very simply in order that the people who are watching can understand if it is his opinion there was a leak at a high level within the Garda ombudsman's office of this report to the media and that the office is now looking for that mole? Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Therefore, we have a leak of secret documents from the Garda ombudsman's office to the media and Mr. O'Brien has indicated more will be leaked, probably in next Sunday's newspapers. How many people would have had access to the secret report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a serious issue. A small number of people, approximately seven, had access to a secret report, yet that report has found its way into the hands of the media and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is investigating the matter. That is a serious revelation. Mr. O'Brien has also said that what prompted GSOC to do the security sweep and enlist the British security experts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...there are two different things which could or might not be connected. We have clearly established that Mr. O'Brien believes there was a leak. Who has access to secret information within the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and is giving it to people in the media? That is a very serious issue. On what initially led GSOC to enlist the security firm, it was in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Jan 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the use of finger-handprints by the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if they are disposed of after citizenship is granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4122/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: .... They want the Refugee Appeals Tribunal to be subject to requests under FOI so that they could get information. They have also proposed areas such as Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Garda National Immigration Bureau, the naturalisation and immigration-----

Other Questions: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...this seriously because there is no evidence and I do not believe any evidence will be brought forward that there was any assessment that this child was at imminent risk of harm. Since when did gardaí act as social workers and make those assessments? The only thing we have in the public domain as evidence of why they acted as they did was the fact that a child had different colour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (12 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...environmental impact assessment and there were major problems because of the negligible public consultation. The company placed one advertisement in one newspaper and a few signs in a number of Garda stations, which was a joke. All that was left at the whim of the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of the seven year old child taken from a Roma family in Tallaght, if the Garda contacted the Health Service Executive child protection social worker prior to acting and removing the child from the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (12 Nov 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the use of racial profiling in the work of the Garda and Irish National Immigration Service and other sections of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47715/13]

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...something even more shocking. He was so outraged by this, because obviously somebody who is disabled is entitled to a free television licence, that in seeking to challenge it he had rung the local Garda station. I have still to confirm what he told me as I only heard it last week, but he informed me that 20 to 30 people in Tallaght in the last couple of weeks have been imprisoned for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (25 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out an inquiry into the reports that Shell gave boxes of alcohol as presents to the Garda station in Rossport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39809/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Kill O'Grange Garda Station; and if he will consider it being used by local community and or sporting groups. [38442/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...will be in court tomorrow. The man told me his daughter is a lone parent, that he is disabled and that his wife is a Magdalen survivor. He also told me that, in the past two weeks at Tallaght Garda station, 24 people who cannot afford to pay a licence fee have been told to pay or go to jail. This is where we have come to. The message that the representatives are bringing in here is so...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (19 Jun 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...occurred with the G8 protests is also evidence that the Government cannot be trusted with draconian powers, as 80 peaceful protestors who travelled in a bus - I was on the bus - were followed by a Garda armed response unit for 30 km or 40 km until the bus reached the Border. At that stage the protestors were faced with a phalanx of police, and I believe the full security bill for the G8...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...Administration on the devastating effect that has had on our citizens? Finally, will the Taoiseach demand in advance of the summit an assurance from the Northern Ireland authorities and from the Garda that peaceful protestors will be left alone, that there will not be phalanxes of robocops intimidating and terrifying peaceful protestors, trade unionists and environmental activists who...