Results 1-20 of 631 for garda speaker:John McGuinness

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

John McGuinness: Is Bennettsbridge Garda station on the OPW list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...whole issue of drugs is out of control. I would like some sort of response in that regard. My second question relates to a memorandum of the Government in 2016. I understood at that time that Garda numbers were to be increased to 21,000, with the reserve to stand at 2,000 and civilian numbers to rise to 4,000. Community wardens were mentioned at that time, taking from the UK model....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...south Kilkenny with the Commissioner was in Kilkenny some time ago. I want to know what is happening in relation to the bigger towns of Kilmoganny, Windgap, Bennetsbridge and so on where they had Garda stations and now do not. They have policing by appointment. What is the public support in relation to that? What is the arrangement around that in terms of allowing the public to access...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...threat. Where is all the money gone? Why is a group, which is literally doing the work of the HSE, not being funded to allow it activate itself to its full potential? The Government talks about employing extra gardaí and extra members of the Defence Forces, which is all very welcome. However, I ask about the current employees of the State in An Garda Síochána and the...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: .... That is far from the truth and it is far away from what he was asked to do. The man who killed Shane O'Farrell had 42 convictions but Shane had no light on his bike. The man was known to the gardaí and known to be involved in drugs, but Shane had no light on his bike. 6 o’clock The car had no national car test, NCT, which was known to the Garda one hour beforehand,...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...operation or procedure or for supports to be paid. It is not efficient and does not provide value for money. Morale within those services is at an all-time low and I would say the same about the Garda and the Defence Forces. While it is true we need more gardaí and more people in the Defence Forces, we need to create jobs within those entities that pay well. We need to acknowledge...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

John McGuinness: ...the role of governance. We need to have governance as a rules-based approach. Until we make these changes, we are going to have these crises and not just in RTÉ. We have already had a crisis in An Garda Síochána, in Horse Sport Ireland and local government and nothing has been learned. I ask that all of the paperwork, including the contract with Renault, be made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: ...the minutes of our meeting of Wednesday, 24 May 2023 were agreed earlier in private session. Apologies have been received from Senator Higgins. Today the committee is meeting with the assistant Garda Commissioner and officials from the Department of Justice on the topic of authorised push payment fraud. We are joined from An Garda Síochána by Assistant Garda Commissioner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: ...send it on to the clerk later on. It would help us as we put together the information we are trying to gather in our role as legislators and in ensuring the resources are made available to An Garda Síochána. I thank the witnesses for coming in.

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: ...to train. It recovered from that 2016 tragedy and rebuilt the organisation. Katherine Peacock, who spent four years there, did an excellent job in that. Engagement with the local authority, the Garda and the Defence Forces is key. The volunteers bring great experience to the task in hand. Some 70% of the Civil Defence's funding comes from the Department of Defence and 30% comes from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: ...will be expedited and approved given the fact that the person has sufficient contributions from his or her employment with an organisation since 2001 and that his or her first registration with the Garda National Immigration Bureau for a stamp 1 that is only issued when a valid work permit exists was on 5 April 2001. [29184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (31 May 2022)

John McGuinness: ...the status of an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if the protected disclosure made by a health professional relative to this case has been fully investigated; if An Garda Síochána was informed by the HSE of the allegations made by the whistleblower; if the health professionals at St. Patrick's Hospital, Waterford and the whistleblower were ever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: ...some form of mediation to bring the matter to a conclusion? If I were to report an alleged fraud to the Central Bank, what action would it take? Would it investigate that allegation or refer it to the Garda? I reiterate that credit unions are not being allowed to perform as they could because of the regulation being imposed on them. They are not being given a fair chance. They offer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford over the past five years; the number of Garda stations closed in each of the past five years in each county; and the number of personnel attached to each special unit such as serious crime, drugs and others [16463/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: ...refusing to move on them for reasons not known to anyone. The best trick in the book is to say to anyone inquiring about a whistleblower and the outcome of the case that it is being referred to the Garda. There are cases in respect of which that statement was made in defence of the status of the case but the response of the Garda was that no case had been referred to it. I do not think...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

John McGuinness: ...State and the Prison Service. He and his family ended up broken and no effort is being made to reach out to him. John Barrett blew the whistle in the Committee of Public Accounts in terms of the Garda, the numbers and what was happening there. He lost his job. He is gone. The same is true of Julie Grace in Galway. She is another lady who came forward but the Minister will not deal...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

John McGuinness: ...and Liz Jevens today. Cadet David Jevens died as a member of the Air Corps. His parents are seeking the truth in respect of that accident. I ask the Minister to respond to them, given that the Garda and the Commissioner are now involved. They would welcome a more open and transparent way of dealing with their case. As I said, the Commissioner is involved. I urge the Minister to take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Commissioner Designate (9 Dec 2021)

John McGuinness: ...Service and public service. Quite frankly, it shocks me. It is a culture in which the person or individual is easily disposed of in the most awful of ways. I will give the examples of former garda sergeant, Maurice McCabe; Julie Grace, who worked in local government; the Grace case in the HSE; Sean O'Brien and Noel McGree in the Prison Service; the former garda, John Wilson; Jonathan...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

John McGuinness: ...because of climate change and for other reasons. All legislation is informed by our interaction with constituents and by our own experiences. Some of those experiences relate to the courts, An Garda, insurance companies generally and so on. The Second Stage debate is an ideal time to discuss some of the issues and the legislation, and to ask for some joined-up thinking on it. A...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

John McGuinness: ...and that sexual abuse was reported by a HSE worker because he was concerned that she had objects put into her that would cause her a bowel problem in her future, as it did. It was reported to the Garda and nothing happened. The HSE called to the house and inspected it and found that she lived there with three male residents. There were people found locked under the stairs. There were...