Results 1-20 of 48 for garda speaker:Chris Andrews

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

Chris Andrews: ...Office will become a flashpoint; the steps he is taking to ensure this does not occur; the engagement he has had with other Ministers and service providers, such as Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/24]

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

Chris Andrews: ...International Protection Office; the steps he is taking to support local community services; the engagement he has had with other Ministers and service providers, such as Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/24]

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: ..., and the Minister for coming in and listening to the debate. This Government claims it is committed to stronger and safer communities and that it is committed to a strengthened and well-resourced Garda force. Yet, after decades of Fine Gael at the helm of the Department of Justice I see little or no evidence to back up that claim. In my constituency of Dublin Bay South, we have lost...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: Yesterday, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, made a decisive move in its ongoing dispute with the Garda Commissioner. Earlier this week, I extended an invitation to the GRA to come to Leinster House to give a cross-party briefing on the realities facing front-line gardaí and to ensure that their voices were heard. Community policing is vital in the inner city, but as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Pearse Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Kevin Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Irishtown Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42017/23]

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...people who face socioeconomic disadvantage daily. It is important to acknowledge that we will not police our way out of the challenges that face communities in the inner city. We have a great local Garda force. Pearse Street and Kevin Street Garda stations are really helpful and very professional, and they are very patient in the face of much provocation. Resources really are lacking...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...the mercy of thugs. Many of the families living in these communities feel like they are living under siege. Not only have these communities been failed, but also the rank and file members of the Garda have been failed by 12 years of Fine Gael in government. They have seen Garda numbers and resources reducing year-on-year in Dublin. The Government, like its predecessor, is failing...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...and abandoned by this Government. Fine Gael has held responsibility for the Department of Justice for more than a decade and in this time, policing and community safety have hit rock bottom. Gardaí do an incredible job, working hard day in and day out to protect our communities. I commend their bravery and hard work as they serve on the front line day and night in often...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...City Council. I was struck by another example reported to me in recent years where students entering university through an access programme for disadvantaged students were required to complete a Garda vetting form to ensure they did not have a criminal record, whereas students entering the university through the general stream were not required to do so. It is clear there are...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...many stakeholders in the committee. That being said, there are many positive steps in this Bill that will bring about long overdue reform and create effective oversight and accountability for An Garda Síochána, which both gardaí and the public will welcome. This Bill sets out to abolish local policing partnerships and introduce local community safety partnerships....

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: I welcome the Bill. We have seen wide levels of engagement on this matter from stakeholders on the front line from rank and file gardaí, right up to the Garda Commissioner. I understand that all of them have welcomed the support for the use of body cameras. Deputy Costello referred to public consultation. Perhaps the Minister, Deputy Harris, will clarify whether that will be an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Chris Andrews: Increase Garda resources.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...and call the inner city their home. These communities are being forgotten and abandoned. O'Connell Street, Pearse Street and City Quay need protection from increasing street violence. The local Garda has engaged comprehensively. In the past, we had the Mulvey report for the north inner city but the footprint for that report is very small. I ask the Government to commit to extending...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Chris Andrews: .... The same is true of the sentencing options. When one reads the accounts of the terror and horror these women endured, it is unimaginable. Una Ring's stalker was eventually caught by the Garda in a surveillance operation while he was breaking into her home with a crowbar and duct tape. His sentence started at nine years but he ended up getting just five years. That is shockingly...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...an ideal way to process legislation but it is important that we are dealing with it as the alternative would be chaos. Sinn Féin supports the Bill. We have tabled an amendment to ensure that Garda court presenters are not below the rank of sergeant. This allows prosecuting gardaí to focus on serious crime in higher courts. Gardaí need to be utilised in an efficient...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...guns are being shot, Government must intervene, not in how its personnel are trained or where they are deployed but to ensure it has enough resources. If it does not have enough resources, the gardaí cannot do their jobs properly and protect the communities they have been requested to protect. The competition process for the Dublin region of the armed support unit was launched in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Chris Andrews: Last week, news broke that the next round of training for the Garda armed support unit, ASU, had been cancelled. I raised the matter in the House during questions on promised legislation. The competition to fill places on this course was completed back in 2019. Those selected gardaí have been waiting since 2019 to take part in this armed support unit training. These gardaí...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Chris Andrews: News broke yesterday that the next round of training for the Garda armed support unit, ASU, has been halted. I have been informed, however, that gardaí who had been selected for that training were told that it has been cancelled outright. The selected gardaí have been waiting since 2019 to take part in this armed support unit training. Armed support units across Dublin barely...