Results 1-8 of 8 for garda reserve speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... We met Ms Rose Hynes, chairman; Mr. Neil Pakey, CEO; Mr. Niall Maloney, head of operations; and Ms Mary Considine, company secretary at the Shannon Group. The delegation met members of An Garda Síochána, including Chief Superintendent John Kerin, Superintendent Derek Smart and Inspector Tom Kennedy. Finally, the delegation met with the petitioner, Dr. Edward Horgan, in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 219. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Derry to ensure that the Garda Síochána vetting certificate issued in February 2015 and sent to the Defence Forces for use in the application process for the reserves is given to the appropriate persons within the Defence Forces to ensure that the person concerned is...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to ask about costings in the relevant subhead. The Minister will deal with the Garda Reserve later. Why was the original Estimate out by €65 million?

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome Deputy Collins's Bill and its aim of making the Garda Commissioner responsible to the Garda Ombudsman Commission and to allow the Garda Ombudsman Commission to investigate complaints concerning any conduct of a member of the Garda Síochána made by another member of the force, among other proposals. Sinn Féin will support the passage of this Bill to Committee Stage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Extradition Arrangements (30 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...publicly that he would consult the Attorney General on the matter. On three subsequent occasions, the legal representatives of Mr. Ian Bailey corresponded with the Minister on the failure of An Garda Síochána to fully co-operate with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in respect of documentation. As the Minister is aware, a similar issue arose the following year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to waive the age limit of 35 years old for recruitment to An Garda Síochána for reserve members of An Garda Síochána who entered the reserve before the age of 35. [45013/13]

Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the Bill will have on the functioning and management of Civil Defence. The Civil Defence board, as constituted, represents a broad balance of interests, from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Garda, the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and the emergency services. There should be no doubt about the value of their input into how Civil Defence functions and, whatever...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (7 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...due to the conflict in the North of Ireland. It was a great tragedy. I am very proud of our Defence Forces and I am proud of the role they have played in our communities and of the role of the Reserve Defence Force. I want to be very clear on this. Fine Gael, the law and order party, which absolutely berated the previous Government on these issues is now telling us that PDFORRA, which...