Results 1-20 of 47 for garda speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...is wide, and should be. It is important – this was referenced earlier - that new allegations, complaints and statements of evidence can come forward during the lifetime of the tribunal. It is also important that the Garda has and will be following up specific allegations. It is vital that no member of the Defence Forces should be exempt from the common law of the country. Nobody...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...was just saying. It occurs to me that this issue needs to be examined in respect of the area of health and the cases of nurses as well. Specifically in this context, though, concerning young gardaí and Garda recruits, we should consider purpose-built accommodation. Historically, this existed for the members of An Garda Síochána. We should look at this possibility now in...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the individuals in question - the vulnerable people at risk, as the Minister stated. That is a worthy first objective. She set out that a second objective is to strengthen independent external oversight of An Garda Síochána. Of course, that is very welcome. As the previous speaker stated, it is something that almost all gardaí would welcome. The Bill provides for the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the effect of the legislation. It is covered by the Interpretation Act, in that the ordinary meaning of the word to reasonable people is clear and nobody is in any doubt about what "hate" means. The Garda definition, as such, has no status whatsoever."Hate" is understood in a reasonable sense and we all know what it is. A narrow definition of what is meant by "hate" means that there...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...thing at the end of his address. It was that he will see the projects delivered on time and, indeed, ahead of schedule. This has been quite bizarre. After great lobbying on my part, we secured a new Garda barracks for my village. We got approval in 2015. It is only one year in construction at the moment. That is bizarre. We have to, particularly in health, get this right. I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...bizarre Byzantine processes that go on interminably. I could cite a case in my own town. I was harassing the then Minister, Alan Shatter, for ages on this. We had sanction for the building of a Garda barracks in the town in 2015 and I think they are only now on site for the past eight months or so. It might finish sometime next year. That is quite crazy. If it was sanctioned in 2015,...

Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...for withholding information, and a review of the legislation and its adequacy. That is important and stands to reason. We call for a complete review of the standards and criteria applied by the Garda in investigations where they deemed previous matters to be not prosecutable. That also needs review. There must be an immediate meeting between the Minister and any victim survivors to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Justice for Colombia: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...committee’s agenda. It is a priority for the Chair. I am pleased that delegates from this committee will travel to Colombia. That is important in order to keep the link. I am pleased that our Garda Síochána and Teagasc have a role. There are many forms of co-operation. It is wonderful that since 2016 as a country we have contributed roughly €17 million to...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Without entering the debate, I endorse the eloquent words of Senators Buttimer and Wall in regard to complimenting our excellent Garda force and expressing the confidence of the Upper House in it.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (8 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...I have also received notice from Barry Ward of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to make a statement on plans for the former Garda stations at Kill of the Grange and Dalkey, County Dublin. I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O'Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice to make...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice to make a statement on the increased funding allocated to An Garda Síochána in budget 2022 to tackle antisocial behaviour. I have also received notice from Senator Erin McGreehan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...for many years, and all of us in this assembly know county councillors very well. She was twice elected to the Dáil from the Dublin Fingal constituency where she had a high profile on issues such as Garda reform, repeal the eighth and workers' rights. Ms Daly has been an Independents 4 Change MEP since 2019 and sits in the Left group in the European Parliament. She is a member of a...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Mar 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Irish citizenship through the naturalisation process. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearnof the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the proposed new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. I have also received notice from Senator John McGahonof the following matter: The need for the Minister for Further and Higher...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...that were transferred to it under the Harbours Act 2015. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the proposed new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. I have also received notice from Senator Malcolm Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...'s Hospital in County Waterford. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the proposed new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. I have also received notice from Senator Barry Ward of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Taxi Licences (22 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...nights or weekends which the brothers have done and wish to continue doing. Due to this regulation and cost, most towns and villages now have people operating illegally without proper insurance and garda vetting. Most businesses affected by Covid have been offered financial support ... [and that is not relevant here]. The real issue is that the sons cannot inherit their father's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the Leader to look at a novel idea that has been advanced recently by Councillor Kenneth Egan and supported by Deputy Neale Richmond from the other House. This is the concept that money taken from Garda seizures as proceeds of crime and drugs be ring-fenced for mental health services. This is done right across Europe and in many other countries. To date this year €16 million has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Leader to convey in writing our congratulations and good wishes to the Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner on the successful completion of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe's murder trial and sentencing. It is important and vital that justice is done there. We owe great gratitude to the gardaí, various forces of law and order here and, indeed, the Department of Homeland...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the announcement in the budget of the recruitment of 700 new gardaí. I further welcome the fact that 15 new gardaí were deployed in the Cavan-Monaghan division after March and that at the recent meeting of the Committee on Justice and Equality, the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, announced that an armed support unit would be deployed to Cavan. I am also hoping that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: ...he can come here, but I do not think he could come to the House during the early phases of the investigation. I would like him to come to the House to provide assurance that a sufficient amount of Garda resources are going into the area and that things are being followed up. This demands a Limerick-style solution, as was necessary with the Dundon gang. It demands a similar solution to...