Results 1-20 of 545 for garda speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and thank him for taking this debate. My colleague has covered a number of items in detail. Nearly 12 months ago, I took part in an Adjournment debate with the Minister relating to Malahide Garda station. This was in the first round of closure and downgrading. The Minister stated at the time that the move was not taken for financial reasons. He said the savings from downgrading and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...this side of the House are increasingly concerned and dismayed, as I am sure are many Members on the Deputy Leader's side, by the Minister for Justice and Equality's handling and management of An Garda Síochána. Unprecedented steps have been taken by Garda representative associations in the Dublin north metropolitan area, north County Cork and Cork city, in which members voted no...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and have a proper, open debate on child benefit. I said that we would play a constructive part in that. Last week, I raised the situation pertaining to the Dublin north metropolitan region of An Garda Síochána in the House. There were no operational Garda vehicles available for 4.5 hours on the morning of 10 February 2013. The Garda press office denied it but it is a fact that this...

Seanad: Garda Stations (14 Dec 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for taking this Adjournment matter which relates specifically to a well-manned Garda station. Obviously he has had to make decisions about Garda resources, the restriction in opening hours at Garda stations and the closure of other stations. I ask specifically about Malahide Garda station which serves 25,000 in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: ...is either a feast or a famine but we are more than happy to have them here to discuss the legislation introduced by my group. I have a question for the Leader on the closure and restricted hours of Garda stations. As of 30 April, 31 Garda stations closed and another ten have restricted hours. I raised the issue in the House on numerous occasions, as did many of my colleagues. The...

Seanad: Garda Stations (16 Nov 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: ...very much appreciated. There is grave concern in Malahide, Kinsealy and Portmarnock about the review being carried out in the Dublin metropolitan policing area. It has been reported that Malahide Garda Station is part of the review list. It is a significant station with 33 gardaí. It has been there since the foundation of the State and was an RIC barracks before that. The population...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...gave me information that, to put it mildly, was not correct. It is outrageous that he cannot be bothered to be present today. This shows the disregard and arrogance that he displays towards the Garda Síochána, the Prison Service and the Defence Forces. The situation with the Garda is unprecedented, in that practically every branch of the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (28 Sep 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review Garda stations in the DMR Northern, specifically in regard to the reopening of Rush Garda station; the hours at which Garda stations in the area are open to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27383/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 Jan 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that Pobal currently applies for Garda vetting for its employees and Pobal administers funding to early years services' Garda vetting, if the Pobal Garda vetting facility can be opened up to early years services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2059/17]

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I have learned that prisoners will not be allowed to stay in the downgraded stations and that Garda resources will have to be used to transfer any prisoners detained after 9 p.m. to the nearest full-time Garda station. Furthermore, the Minister should come to this House to confirm whether he has received a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers recommending that 400 Garda stations throughout the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...published in great haste during the Meath East by-election? Will the Deputy Leader inform the House when she will introduce the Bill in her name? I request a full debate next week on policing and Garda recruitment. Yesterday the Minister for Justice and Equality who is not happy that he is the most unpopular justice Minister who has ever served the country and has lost the confidence of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 Jan 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that Tusla currently applies for Garda vetting for its employees, that is, for the preschool inspectorate and that Tusla is the inspector of early years services' Garda vetting, if the Tusla Garda vetting facility can be opened up to early years services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2058/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (2 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...all statutory codes including the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Fire Services Acts and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016. In respect of Garda Vetting, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 sets out the legal requirements for Garda vetting and the parameters for same. While many of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of Business to the effect that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, come into the House to make a statement on the basis that he had lost the confidence of rank and file gardaí, the GRA and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors. This is a very serious issue. It is unprecedented that the Garda representative associations would pass motions of no...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I very much appreciate the fact that the Minister has given me the figures. I wish to set out some examples. Let us consider the Malahide district which includes the Garda stations in Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy. The population is 27,000 as per the last census. There are no community gardaí in the district. The Swords Garda district covers the size of a city, an area larger...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...all statutory codes including the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Fire Services Acts and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016. In respect of Garda Vetting, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 sets out the legal requirements for Garda vetting and the parameters for same. While many of the...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons) Order 2014: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...outlined. However, in regard to terms of reference (n) and (o), the Taoiseach could clarify the information, the timeline and his involvement in respect of the forced resignation of the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callanan. That does not require a commission of investigation. This is a €2 million cloak around one issue in which the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Antisocial Behaviour (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and maintaining their housing stock and managing their estates, including taking appropriate measures to counter anti-social behaviour. Accordingly, collaborative working arrangements with An Garda Síochána on matters relating to anti-social behaviour by social housing tenants, including Memoranda of Understanding, are generally a matter for local authorities and my Department...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a happy new year, the best of luck in terms of their work over the next few weeks and varying degrees of success in that regard. I raise with the Leader the issue of the rate of pay for new Garda recruits, which issue the Leader has also raised in the past. According to a recently published report, the starting salary for a garda is €23,171 per annum. The comparable rate of pay...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the review of the capital programme. I ask the Leader to provide sufficient time early next week - I would suggest Tuesday - to debate the elements within the comprehensive spending review. On the Garda Commissioner's draft policing plan for 2012, I raised a matter on the Adjournment yesterday about the closure of Garda stations in my area of Dublin. However, such closures will affect...