Results 1-20 of 21 for garda reserve speaker:Leo Varadkar

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...to join with Deputy McAuliffe in welcoming the seizure of scramblers. The new laws were a long time coming but I was delighted to see them being used now that they are on the books. I agree that we need more gardaí, Garda staff and Garda reserves. I have to say that I am very encouraged by the fact that 6,000 people applied to join the Garda in the most recent recruitment campaign....

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Leo Varadkar: .... The Minister, Deputy Harris, has met with the family about it. We would very much like to see it published as soon as possible. When it is published, I would ask people to read it and to reserve judgment on any further steps until they have had a chance to read it. I do not believe this is an unreasonable request, with respect to all of the people involved. Deputy Dillon raised...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...with the cost of going to college, by cutting fees, raising the student grant and making it available to more people. We are building safer and stronger communities by providing more resources to the Garda and the Defence Forces, who protect us. We are ensuring the best start for every child with major investment in childcare and early education. We are putting €2 billion aside...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...may designate the venue where he or she is satisfied that the application satisfies the conditions for designation or may refuse to designate where he or she is not so satisfied. The Minister will also have a reserve power to designate venues, including those with a capacity of fewer than 1,000, subject to certain criteria. Section 8 provides that the Minister may revoke a venue...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...remain open. Further information can be found on . Under the current temporary restrictions click and collect of non-essential retail items is no longer permitted. Click and collect or click and reserve services are only available for essential retail items. Click or phone and deliver will continue. Retailers can and have made arrangements, on compassionate grounds, for individual...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (26 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: In respect of Garda numbers, An Garda Síochána is once again a growing organisation. There are more than 14,200 gardaí now, aided by 2,900 Garda staff nationwide. These numbers continue to increase. The Government's aim is to reach a total workforce of 21,000 by 2020, and we are confident that target will be met. An additional 200 new gardaí will be sworn on Friday in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The answer to the Deputy's question is "No". As is often the case, the Deputy is out of date and misinformed. The number of gardaí has increased by 600. There are 600 more gardaí in the force since the start of 2017, since this Government came to office. We are on target to meet our objective of increasing the size of the Garda force to its highest ever, 21,000, including...

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The policing model is principally a matter for the acting Garda Commissioner and his team. They are best placed to know what type of policing works in the different communities throughout the country. I point out that, over the past couple of years, we have made considerable progress in increasing the size of our force of gardaí. We will meet our target of increasing the number of...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...that the Government's response to crime is solely related to putting in place CCTV systems. It is about much more than that. The Deputy will acknowledge that a few years ago we reopened the Garda College in Templemore and resumed recruitment to the Garda. Increasing the number of gardaí on our streets and in our communities is one of the best ways to tackle crime. Since the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...to study them or review them at this stage, because we have had less than an hour to do so, but in the first instance I welcome the fact the CSO is once again producing crime statistics, albeit under reservation, because statistics are important. What we do not measure we cannot improve, so it is important that we have good statistics that are accurate, that are comparable and that appear...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...them for several quarters because it did not feel it could do so, given the quality of those statistics. The CSO is now in a position to produce statistics under a new category called "under reservation". This is a classification that is in keeping with other jurisdictions and statistical domains. It serves to indicate to users that the quality of these statistics does not meet...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I understand that he means civilianisation, and it is absolutely the Government's commitment to increase Garda personnel to 21,000 by 2021, which will comprise 15,000 gardaí, 2,000 Garda Reserve members and 4,000 civilians. In budget 2018, we have allocated-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The important thing is to assure the public that the State will be policed throughout December. The number of gardaí is increasing. We will have 200 more gardaí next month. Since 2014 we have seen the number of gardaí continuously increase. We will also have a recruitment campaign for the Garda Reserve next year. We are seeing an increased number of gardaí. With more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Leo Varadkar: There are now 13,500 members of the Garda and the number will increase to 15,000 as part of the current programme. We will also increase the size of the Garda Reserve and double the number of civilians in the force. That is what we are doing to improve the Garda. We also have a €300 million plan for investment in information technology, buildings and vehicles in the Garda. The...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Lowry for his acknowledgement of the reinvestment in the Garda that is occurring under the leadership of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald. I will give some examples of that investment. We provided for 457 new vehicles in 2014 and 486 new vehicles in 2015. More than 500 new vehicles will come on stream this year, compared to just 50...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety Statistics (19 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: ...users. It is difficult to see any clear trend in the numbers. The question relates to the resources of the Road Safety Authority. It has extensive resources. It also has significant capital reserves that it can dip into if it needs to do so. I do not necessarily believe there is a direct correlation between the level of Garda resources and road safety. For example, Garda traffic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Leo Varadkar: ...Act, 2002, the function of allocating road kerb space to taxi ranks is a reserved function of the elected members of the relevant local authorities in consultation with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. Dublin City Council is responsible for the making of bye-laws in respect of the area comprising of the city of Dublin, including bye-laws regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Regulations (5 Dec 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The making of pay-parking bye-laws by road authorities, under section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1994, is a reserved function of each authority. Guidelines issued by the Minister under that section, provide assistance to authorities when making pay-parking bye-laws, including examples of the structure and content of such bye-laws. Where changes are being made to existing bye-laws, other than...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Jun 2012)

Leo Varadkar: ..., including children, is given when providing for road traffic legislation. In that context, road authorities are empowered by Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, in consultation with the Garda Commissioner and in the interest of the safety and convenience of road users, to provide traffic calming measures or low speed zones on public roads. In the case of national roads, such...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: ...capital and wealth than a property tax. As I stated earlier, we need to restore growth. That is why Fine Gael has a fully costed stimulus plan to use €11 billion that is in the National Pensions Reserve Fund to invest commercially in infrastructure projects here in Ireland and also to sell off some non-essential semi-State assets and invest that in the economy too. We can increase...