Results 1-20 of 177 for garda speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: ...23 to 39, to delete all words from and including “(1) A” in line 23 down to and including line 39 and in page 17, to delete lines 1 to 15 and substitute the following: “(1) A member of Garda personnel shall make an application to a member of the Garda Síochána— (a) of a rank of superintendent or above that may be specified in the applicable code of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. I would be grateful if we could have a discussion with the Minister - as this not just a matter for the Garda ombudsman - about what the Department is doing to ensure that gardaí are acting properly. If there is any kind of nexus, on a financial or other basis, between gardaí or any kind of vendetta mentality towards certain politicians because of certain other things they have done,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...their own country in terms of proper policing in their community. I realise, as does every other Member, the pressure there is on the Exchequer, but effective policing in terms of the role of the Garda Síochána operating effectively is something we cannot do without and we must not tolerate any failure on the Government's part to ensure we have a proper police service in our country. ...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Rónán Mullen: Any report that makes 200 recommendations on the operation of the Garda Síochána, and describes some of the recommendations as more urgent because they have been made previously but not fully implemented, requires a full debate in the House. I call for that debate. I caution against two extremes in the response to the Olson report. One is the extreme tended towards by the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Victim Support Services (23 Oct 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...to get information on the status of the criminal investigation relevant to them. I believe this Government should introduce a similar online system for victims of crime to follow the progress of Garda investigations. Victims of crime often feel left out in the cold when it comes to the Garda investigation of their cases. They have legitimate questions, such as whether someone been...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Rónán Mullen: ...89 homicides were not included in official statistics for a 14-year period due to what was called a process issue. The IT professionals investigating the matter felt intimidated and stonewalled by Garda officials when the red flag was raised on that matter. Another strange feature of the more recent figures was that there was no breakdown available on the gender and age of those...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...towns because not everybody is in a position to operate a credit card system or whatever it is. The banks need to buck up and play their part in the revival of rural economies in particular. The Garda Síochána has earned the respect of the people of Ireland by being a fair and impartial keeper of the peace since the foundation of the forces in 1922. That is why I am...

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "(b) an official of the Standards in Public Office Commission, (c) an official of the An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, (d) an official of the An Garda Síochána Inspectorate, (e) an official of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, (f) an official of the Central Bank and Financial...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...chance to get greater clarity than has been achieved to date regarding what precisely has been going on. Everyone agrees the reports from whistleblowers and indeed about whistleblowing within the Garda Síochána are extremely concerning. I wish to raise a parallel issue and welcome Senator Bacik's call for a debate on policing and the work of An Garda Síochána in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...titter from time to time on something that happens and the abuse of people in politics that veers into coarseness. I disagree with Senator Fitzgerald in that it is far from inappropriate of the Garda to investigate what might be an offence. If we start trying to second guess when the Garda can investigate, we will end up in very unhealthy circumstances in which people will be bullied...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...is being rushed. The Minister is right to clarify that there may have been people who mistakenly understood this section to provide that what would be admissible was the opinion of a member of the Garda Síochána as to whether a person was a member of a certain criminal organisation. We are all clear that is not what is being proposed. It is simply and solely about the word of a Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...but now I am perfect. The issue remains what happened to Deputy Wallace. I continue to find it very troubling that a casual caution, so to speak, found its way up through the ranks of the Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner sought to make that comment - whether it be tittle-tattle or otherwise - to the Minister for Justice and Equality and that the Minister for Justice...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...next two years. Perhaps the Leader would agree with me that the question with regard to the Minister, Deputy Shatter, would appear to be as follows. Who waved whom on - who did the waving? Did the garda wave him on or did he wave the garda on?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Rónán Mullen: We need to understand the criticisms made as constructive and we must support the work of the Garda Síochána but also help it to do its work better. The criticisms must be understood in the context of major cuts in Garda numbers and resources over the past number of years. Systematic failures and poor management practices have been identified. One of the deficiencies involved a...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Rónán Mullen: No matter how bad the national finances are, the fact that the funding for Operation Anvil, the Garda Siocháná's biggest ongoing operation to tackle organised crime, has been cut by more than 50% should not be let go unchallenged or without criticism. When I raised the matter a number of weeks ago, I said that no matter how bad things got, it would still be necessary to prioritise in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Rónán Mullen: ...to be in hock to the abortion industry and only interested in depicting opposition to abortion, publicly expressed, as something that is somehow hostile or denigratory when what is clear from the Garda Commissioner's letter is that it is very much the opposite. It is peaceful and it is not a threat to public order. I would be grateful if we could have a debate on the matter in order to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Rónán Mullen: ...glad to tell the Seanad today that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, met a bunch of members and staff, mainly from the Joint Committee on Health, and he advised us of correspondence from the Garda Commissioner. I am happy to say this confirms "the Garda Commissioner's satisfaction with existing public order legislation to adequately deal with any reasonable public order incident...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Rónán Mullen: ...;5,000 or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. However, the Jacobins behind this legislation were not happy with that. There must be more offences in the Bill and we find them in section 5, whereby gardaí have power to give a direction. They can give those directions where they suspect with reasonable cause that a person intends to breach any of the provisions of sections 3...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...visited her boyfriend or fiance in Basel, Switzerland before beginning her journey to Ireland to visit the family in County Galway for whom she had worked. Despite the fact that, according to the Garda, a Brazilian national may visit this country without a visa for up to 90 days, she was detained by the Garda. A habeas corpusapplication made on her behalf seems to have failed. She was...

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...in the eye of the beholder as to who ought to be the receiver of the information. I can think of many situations where a whistleblower might wish to report to a third party prior to going to the Garda Síochána or would like to be assisted in some way by a third party in going to the Garda. A whistleblower may also wish to put the matter in the hands of a responsible body as he or she...