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

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank my former Seanad colleague, Deputy Ross, for his input to the debate. He is essentially proposing a public appointments process for senior Garda officers, including the Garda Commissioner. Given that the Government is committed to the establishment of an independent authority, Deputy Ross must accept on reflection that the proposition is premature. It is likely and reasonable that...

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Reilly: ..., which creates fear in our citizens as they walk the streets of our towns. It creates an awful atmosphere, particularly at night, and requires an organised response. The civilianisation of the Garda Síochána is vital and urgent. Gardaí should be designated to particular streets or wards on a permanent basis. They would become known in the area and would get to know the area....

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: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...of coverage on all national media, including social media. That is reasonable given that it is a huge and important report. One element, however, that received no coverage is very important for Garda morale, well-being and, indeed, for the provision of a Garda service. The Garda station is identified by Mr. Justice O'Higgins as being an old RIC station from 1870, to which a flat roofed...

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: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ——and he or she would report back on that area and get to know intimately the residents of that street, and they would get to know the garda. I advise the Leader that we need dramatic immediate responses. CAB, which was established as a response——

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.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (6 Mar 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an existing contractual commitment to a site at Bailieborough, County Cavan, for a proposed new Garda station; if so, when was it completed; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/13]

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: ...more debate. We certainly should have a more nuanced position. I support Senator Gavan in this regard. I do not think we can take it as simply as that. With regard to Senator Gallagher's remarks on Garda Michael Clerkin, I am personally delighted to congratulate the Clerkin family. I have supported this for some time and have indicated this support in a number of ways in the past. It...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...certain Opposition Members have chosen to distort figures, play on people’s fears and engage in pre-election political posturing about crime. The figures are indisputably accurate. Our new Garda burglary unit will use data analysis to target crime gangs, which are predominantly responsible for the majority of domestic burglaries. Operation Thor also deals with this. In my...

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: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...for our youth is critical. I have been saying that for a long time. I want the Leader to specifically take up the following point, which could be examined as an immediate practical response. Gardaí should be responsible for separate streets and districts in ours towns and cities. In other words, a garda would be responsible for street X——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: ...these gates in any ambivalent fashion or in such a way as to give substance or support for those actions. It was blatant thuggery, which is unacceptable, and the staff of the Houses and the Garda Síochána should be congratulated in their curtailment of it. No words spoken in the House by any Member should be slightly ambiguous about it. What happened was a disgrace.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the Bill and deserves our warmest congratulations. Under the Kenny judgment in the Supreme Court, the exclusionary rule effectively means that a minor mistake or technical error made by a garda in the presentation of a case will end the trial in question and discredit all of the evidence. It is important to state that Senator Regan is attempting to modify the exclusionary rule to allow...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: .... Courts are being closed down in local towns in my constituency and being transferred to central towns. There is no saving from this because witnesses, as well as the free legal aid people, the gardaí etc., still have to be taken by taxis to the central court. In addition we are taking gardaí out of the local towns and causing a security issue during court sittings. This is a very...

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: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...areas, including the 50 km/h speed limits as one enters towns, while there is not enough enforcement of regulations on national motorways and secondary roads in rural areas. The concentration of Garda presence at the entrance to urban areas needs to be addressed. Roads accident figures need to be analysed.

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: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...person referred to in subsection (2)— (a) to reside or remain in particular districts or places in the State, or (b) to report at specified intervals to an immigration officer or member of the Garda Síochána specified in the notice, and the person concerned shall comply with the requirement.".

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: ...people from a dispersed community to get their post from an installation, that is, a post box in a fixed location. The traditional way of life in country areas has been eroded. Post offices and Garda stations have closed and rural Ireland has been denuded of services. As we become more urbanised and removed from country living, the day may come when a commission considers it appropriate...