Results 1-20 of 264 for garda speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...debate in this House on the abuse of the planning process and I want the Government to bring forward a plan fairly quickly to address these legacy issues. I suggest that a special unit be established within An Garda Síochána to look into what will, undoubtedly, be numerous bits of information coming forward. It should not be for us to investigate. That is the principal job of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...dissipates, it is our responsibility as politicians to look back analytically to establish the facts as to how control was lost last Thursday evening and why that control was lost. I speak to gardaí all the time in my role as a public representative and I spoke to gardaí at the weekend. Quite frankly, many gardaí are afraid to use their judgment call on the use of force....

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...she has done in the preparation of this Bill and her willingness to engage directly with us as Senators on this important issue. It comes at a time when the importance of significant reform of An Garda Síochána is widely recognised. We know about the necessity of that due to issues that arose in our recent history, during the past eight to ten years. It was a very dark period...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The MIBI has no access to those data. Perhaps this committee could try to capture them based on Garda surveillance or other data from the Garda.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...not want to stray into what is happening in the courts at the moment as a very significant case is ongoing.If we are learning anything from that as it progresses, we are learning that just having gardaí on the street is not the solution to the problem. Good intelligence gathering is an important feature of it, but we need more specialist services. We need more covert operations in...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Motion (1 Jun 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...in this House says. They are not under our influence or direction. They will separate all of that out and go through the process on the basis of facts, no different from the way in which the Garda might follow an investigation or how the Special Criminal Court operates. I have no problem with the House making a political judgment based not on what we have been told but on what we know...

Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...contract allows the Coast Guard meet its obligations as prescribed in the National SAR Plan, the National Oil/ HNS Contingency Plan and its capacity to support other State agencies, in particular inland SAR support to An Garda Síochána and provision of Air Ambulance services to HSE, including day and night support to the island communities; - the current aviation service is due...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...on what should, and needs to, happen. That is a wake-up call to us in the Legislature to call on the Minister for Justice to come to the House to outline the plans her Department and, hopefully, An Garda Síochána, have. The way forward is a dedicated public transport unit within An Garda Síochána. It works well in other countries and would be the appropriate method...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...the amendment but I hope she can. The truth is that it sets out a desire to work with those concerned rather than dictate what the result should be. Of course issues will arise in respect of the Garda wanting to work with the various transport companies, but the problem should not be insurmountable. The amendment recognises that we need to do something to resolve the problem. It is not...

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...the State through this contract is significant and has been utilised to supplement a wide range of aviation needs beyond purely maritime SAR, including assisting the Health Service Executive/National Ambulance Service, the island communities, An Garda Síochána for land SAR incidents and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage/Fire Services in context of major...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...effectively given up on that population mass or village setting. In many cases, the post office, with the harp over the door, is the one remaining State entity in an area. We have seen significant change to the delivery of policing. We have seen Garda stations close and, time without number, we have been told that it is a better model of policing to centralise police officers and then...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...mistakes. There is a context to this and in my humble opinion, a relatively minor mistake was made. They have apologised and they are being held to account. While I do not want to comment on any Garda investigation, and the Garda has to respond to reports and complaints when they are made, anyone who thinks it is good use of Garda time to be hanging around Montrose wondering who sent...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Sep 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...that at this stage a full explanation is given of what these measures are expected to achieve. The great success to date in containing the virus has not been necessarily due to the actions of An Garda Síochána or the authorities but due to the willingness of the Irish people to follow the public health guidelines, as set out. We have to be very careful in introducing these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Oct 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42411/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: ...deployed in that area? Mr. Neely also said that some of his council staff encounter intimidation, which is a serious issue. How many incidents of this type of intimidation have been reported to the Garda? How many prosecutions have taken place as a result of that or what follow-up activity has taken place by the Garda? Have the incidents been treated in a manner that Mr. Neely is...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Transport Services Provision (5 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: ...service delivery in this country is changing, to provide adequate and appropriate investment in services in rural areas. There is much talk in this House about rural decline - the closure of Garda stations, small schools and post offices - and the necessity to try to put in place infrastructure to ensure that people will continue to live in rural areas. Line Ministers often say the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (25 Apr 2018)

Timmy Dooley: ...to viability. The Minister spoke of viability in his response, but what about the viability of the communities that will be left without perhaps the only service they have had for some time? Garda stations have closed and small schools have closed. I refer to the only facility with the harp over the door and that gives some inclination that the Government still cares about those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Clare in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Clare in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16560/18]