Results 1-20 of 454 for garda speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (9 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...accommodation of BOTPs since 2022, the cancellation was instigated by the service provider or his Department, in tabular form; if any follow-up investigations or audits were carried out by the An Garda Síochána and/or his Department; the details of same, if any; if any monies are still outstanding on any of the cancelled contracts; if so if the Department is actively chasing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... or 11.30 p.m. There is inadequate assistance at mealtimes. There is a lack of staff. There are issues around bedsores. Human rights are being ignored. This report ought to be referred to the Garda in respect of elder abuse and also referred to professional bodies. The directors of homes such as this, which are badly run, must face financial penalties.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ..., in particular, the dismembering of a child. The answer was a Government response, through the Minister, Deputy McEntee, in which €16 million in additional supports and over 30 additional gardaí were given to An Garda Síochána. There has been huge investment in crèches and community facilities. That is the response that Ministers need to make. They need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: To date, 9,278 citizens have died from Covid-19 in this country. Residential institutions have accounted for 28% of those deaths, or 2,642 to date. The Irish Timesreported that the Garda is investigating up to 30 nursing homes for possible gross negligence and manslaughter. The Government has promised since 2021 to have its own separate inquiry into these deaths. I appreciate that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 833. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail how a perception test (details supplied) is applied to An Garda Síochána; and if he will provide details of same. [48187/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Garda recruitment campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44098/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: My question was answered to some degree by the reply the Minister gave in respect of the previous question. I welcome what the Minister said, particularly about the additional €172 million for An Garda Síochána. How many extra gardaí does the Minister expect to have in the college by the end of this year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister’s comments. In particular, I welcome the reassurance for the whole country that we will have more gardaí, that they will be better looked after in terms of better training and that there will be an additional Garda Reserve presence. I would like to ask a question without going into the detail. I appreciate the position as to why people resign as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...reasons in order that we can study and analyse them. One of the impacts of the resignations is that if the numbers in a particular cohort are lower than we need, it will often impact community gardaí. I live in a town that has had a lot of trouble with drugs, crime, etc., and the community gardaí there are a huge advantage. They provide a major support service to the community...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...the structure of the home, or companies outside of the home, which are getting their hands on these funds and using them. It is an appalling and unacceptable abuse. I appreciate that HIQA and An Garda Síochána are well aware of the issue. There is also a serious issue with fire safety in a number of these homes. Since November 2021, there have been serious red-risk rated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...where there are serious concerns about fire safety, financial irregularities and the quality of care, and some concerns about food. For all of those matters, HIQA is hidebound by the law. The Garda needs to be notified.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 429. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the HSE nursing home in which an employee was convicted of raping a resident, to clarify the number of referrals made by the HSE to An Garda Síochána following the public statement by the CEO of the HSE on a radio programme (details supplied) in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31838/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...do not. Care of older people in institutional care is a big issue for me. We recently had a case, and I will not go into the details here, where the rape of an older resident occurred and the Garda is now investigating it. There were at least 20 other cases, and in fact 22 cases of physical and-or sexual abuse. The law deals with that. The regulator deals with the regulation. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (28 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...since 2021 directly through unsolicited concerns and through its inspection work; the breakdown on the source of the allegations; the number of said reports that HIQA subsequently reported to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (28 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...since 2021 directly through unsolicited concerns and through its inspection work; the breakdown on the source of the allegations; the number of said reports that HIQA subsequently reported to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31405/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care of the Elderly (22 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...became infested with maggots. She has received no justice. I asked the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, whether he was aware of the case and if he could confirm it had been referred to the Garda. The reply stated: "I have not been made aware of any referral of the nature referred to by the Deputy." I am deeply unhappy with the Minister for Health and the Government for not doing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I acknowledge the effort and the work of the gardaí in Drogheda and County Louth, as well as the additional gardaí in the county. We have over 70 new gardaí in the whole county and in my own town of Drogheda we have 16 new community gardaí. Whatever about the chief superintendent, and I have no issue with Deputy Smith on that, it is the community garda who is the person...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I absolutely respect the wisdom of the Garda Commissioner and the way gardaí handle protests. They are the people with the professionalism and the experience to deal with it. I am deeply concerned by the pictures I saw on television at the weekend of masked men. Appallingly, they were carrying my flag and your flag. This is unacceptable. It is reported that, allegedly, people went...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... The fact that there are three judges goes some way towards meeting some of the concerns some people might have but at the end of the day, it did put away the murderers of Veronica Guerin and Garda Jerry McCabe and other serious evil criminals. I understand that there may be different views in this House and that there may be a minority and a majority report before the Minister. That...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...circumstances in which it must be used and the continuation of that in our armoury as a democracy to fight those who would challenge and intimidate most jurors. I acknowledge the work of the An Garda Síochána in County Louth, particularly in my own town, in dealing with those who perpetrated the most evil crimes of murder, arson and so on and the success of An Garda...