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GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: On 6 April last year, Simon Harris, then the Taoiseach in waiting, made a clear commitment to convene a Dublin city centre task force bringing together the council, retailers, business, community groups and An Garda Síochána to chart a path towards a safer and more vibrant Dublin. He delivered on that commitment. The city task force was established, chaired by David McRedmond, and...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Commissioner and the other witnesses for attending. My first question will deal with issues that were asserted in the other House on 24 June and relate to issues we discussed earlier in response to other questioning. It was asserted in the Seanad on 24 June that "I just want to put on the record that this was a case of entrapment." Will the Commissioner explain the difference...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: The Commissioner stated at the justice committee that controlled delivery is very sensitive and important policing methodology. When a controlled delivery is undertaken and when there is a bail application that might arise flowing from matters that took place where there is a controlled delivery, is there a standard, procedure or instruction for how An Garda Síochána deals with...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: In the experience of the Commissioner or deputy commissioner, when a controlled delivery has taken place, can those matters be disclosed to the court in the context of a bail application? Have controlled deliveries been disclosed to courts in the context of bail applications?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: It would be safe to say that if it was germane to the application or if there was an obligation on An Garda Síochána in respect of its obligations to the courts to disclose matters relating to controlled delivery in the context of the bail application, it would either be put before the court if it was germane or if there was an obligation that the Garda would inform the court about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the deputy commissioner. I had not intended for this to be as long as it is. I have one other question that I will put to the Commissioner, which relates to Garda juvenile diversion programmes. No Minister has ever issued regulations under the Act to say that certain offences are exempted from being considered for inclusion in Garda juvenile diversion programmes, for example,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: The deputy commissioner might be answering my final question. Do we need more CCTV in Dublin? It seems to me, based on the figures supplied by the witnesses’ office, that the numbers of CCTV cameras in Dublin are exceptionally low compared with other cities across Europe.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Commissioner and everyone for all the time they have given today and the clarity they have given us in terms of their answers. Returning to the €40 million in cash, the Commissioner mentioned that the management of evidence and assets is something the organisation is already under scrutiny about from the Policing Authority. There are presumably security risks associated...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I have only one other question. It is on Operation Encompass, an operation that exists in the UK in relation to gender-based violence. It is set out in the national strategy for gender-based violence that there should be an arrangement whereby when members of An Garda Síochána carry out a house visit and are aware there is a child in that house and perhaps domestic violence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to increase the ease with which someone can receive a road opening licence to excavate a pavement for the purpose of installing safe electric vehicle charging points in high density areas where the cable for the charger needs to be routed under a pavement to reach the vehicle; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland to consider, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, how a scheme for safe electric vehicle charging points might work where the charging cable needs to be routed under a pavement in high density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 309. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, when in July the individual data per 93 CDNTs will be made available; the reason it will take a further month to furnish this information; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 310. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if the Minister will direct the HSE to explain how it can possibly be the case that, for example, the HSE itself or Enable Ireland have no record of the average tenure of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: 311. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if she will direct the HSE referable to Table 4 provided in the letter to answer the specificity of the original parliamentary question which sought for the HSE to identify the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank all the witnesses. I hope we see the returning witnesses, including Professor Smeaton, again. I will start with some of the questions I posed at the previous meeting. The AI summit seemed to be a big moment in Europe for how we will respond regulatorily to the developments in AI. A lot of the talk at a political level was that Europe was very much about regulation while America...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: Ireland will have the EU Presidency fairly soon. Will that be a good opportunity? Is there anything wrong with Ireland having its own AI summit? Would it be a good idea, given the location that we are in and all the companies that are here, for the Taoiseach to essentially do what President Macron did and use the EU Presidency as an opportunity to host an AI summit here? Could that assist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I have only one minute left. I asked previous witnesses what kept them awake at night in terms of how AI was developing. I suppose the more we get into this, what comes up - I am sure it comes up outside of these walls all the time - is the whole question of sovereignty. It was mentioned that it was not about the fact that Ireland did not have its own LLM like ChatGPT, but all of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank all the witnesses for their testimonies. It has been enlightening. Is the AI council neutral on whether we should have more data centres in Ireland?