Results 1-20 of 145 for garda speaker:Frank Feighan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (17 Sep 2020)

Frank Feighan: ..., I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I will bring his comments on establishing a commission to look into these very difficult areas to the Minister. The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is, by law, responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and the deployment of resources. As such, the Minister has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, and thank him for taking this very important issue. I remind the House that making Sligo Garda station a divisional headquarters was an issue before I became a Deputy for Sligo-Leitrim in February 2020. My predecessor, Tony McLoughlin, pressed this issue very hard during his time in the House. In fact, the Office for Public Works, OPW,...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2014)

Frank Feighan: More than 90 years ago a young man named James Feely was one of the first recruits to the Garda Síochána, which defended the institutions of this State. This young man was a Sinn Féin councillor and commander of the IRA in Roscommon who went on hunger strike. He was also my mother's father. I come from a family that have had huge confidence in the Garda Síochána....

Seanad: Garda Recruitment: Motion. (20 Oct 2004)

Frank Feighan: The Irish Times is a very reputable newspaper, not a work of fiction. I accept the Minister is doing his best to ensure the extra gardaí will be delivered. In the meantime, in the area where I grew up and in other towns, villages and cities, the numbers of young people experimenting with drugs is growing at an alarming rate. While I do not believe 2,000 extra gardaí will solve the problem,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 661 and 760 together. As the Deputy will be aware, tackling drug dealing and organised criminal activity is a key priority for the Government and for An Garda Síochána. Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Frank Feighan: With Operation Freeflow one sees gardaí on every street and corner, which is welcome. However, there is no reserve police force or barracks full of extra gardaí so where are these gardaí coming from? Does relieving the traffic in Dublin mean that the heat will be taken off the drug and criminal gangs? These gardaí must have come from somewhere.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. As he will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. This includes responsibility for the deployment of Garda members throughout the State. The Minister for Justice has no role in the matter. The...

Death of Garda Colm Horkan: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: I knew Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Like every other Garda, I was respected him and was thankful to him and at all times believed, as Deputy O’Callaghan stated earlier, that they are of the community. We have a relationship with An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State about which we must ask ourselves. Over the past number of years, I saw in both the Seanad and...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister. I thank him for publishing the heads of the Bill and giving everyone time to consider its provisions. That is good practice. I have a high regard for the Garda Síochána. On the foundation of the State, all administrative, business and security structures had to be built from scratch and my family and I take great pleasure in the fact that my late grandfather was one...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)

Frank Feighan: I also seek a debate on crime. Recently I warned against the downsizing of the number of armed gardaí from 1,600, which I feel is a fairly modest complement. When the paramilitaries were active in this State — one hopes they are now almost gone — it was unusual for anyone to fire at gardaí. Now we seem to have armed gangs, obviously connected with drugs, which seem to think they can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (17 Sep 2020)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the Minister, I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for raising this matter. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. Works in respect of Garda accommodation are progressed by the Garda authorities working in close co-operation with the OPW. The current Garda building and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue in the House. The Deputy will appreciate, of course, that Garda training is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. Under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including the training of Garda members and staff. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the Minister for Justice, I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. As he will appreciate, An Garda Síochána and the OPW have responsibility for the Garda estate and the Minister has no role in management decisions related to the pool at Templemore Garda college. It is my understanding the pool is used primarily for Garda training but has been made to available to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2004)

Frank Feighan: Yes. I ask that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform be invited to the House, and for once I would like to congratulate him on the fact that the gardaí exercised their powers in an excellent manner during the march. Many protesters were very peaceful but an anarchist group — I would say it was the WOMBLES — came to this country and tried to cause trouble. However, the...

Seanad: Garda Recruitment: Motion. (20 Oct 2004)

Frank Feighan: ...and relatively low crime. I grew up in Boyle, where at all times there was a civic duty to volunteer. I once ran a pub and was certainly concerned at some stages about the high visibility of gardaí. They seemed to be able to have resources to clear pubs at night and to be involved in football clubs and teams and in all aspects of the community. During the Troubles most of the gardaí and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...Minister for Justice, I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am very familiar with the disturbing news that has come from Longford in recent months. As he acknowledged, the allocation of Garda resources is an operational policing matter for the Garda Commissioner. Section 33 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, provides for the Commissioner to determine the manner...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Frank Feighan: ...an iconic moment which opened up a very liberal Ireland. She is one of many women who have been inspirational and came from Crossmolina. I heard with interest what the two civilian members of An Garda Síochána had to say. It pains me sometimes to see what is happening in An Garda Síochána. My grandfather who fought for the freedom of this country was the first...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: In December 2015, the former Minister for Justice and Equality, former Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, stated that funding for a new Garda station for Sligo would be identified in the 2017 to 2021 capital plan. In January 2017, the Office of Public Works, OPW, issued an advertisement for a site for the new station, along with Macroom and Clonmel, as part of a public-private partnership project,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...of the armed support unit in Tubbercurry or Ballymote, or elsewhere around Sligo, is very important. I come from a family and tradition that are very proud of the men and women of An Garda Síochána. My grandfather was one of the first gardaí. We have always had great respect for the Garda. The Garda saw very difficult times and held the line for democracy in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Frank Feighan: I join with Senator Brian Hayes in calling for calm next weekend. The Garda Representative Association information indicates that up to 5,000 gardaí will be on duty on 1 May. In that context, I call for calm on both sides. I am disappointed by the abrasive manner in which the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has behaved in the past few days. I ask the Minister to come before...