Results 1-20 of 576 for garda speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Ballymun Garda station, by grade, at the end of February 2024, or the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Santry Garda station, by grade, at the end of February 2024, or the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Dublin Airport Garda station, by grade, at the end of February 2024, or the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 883. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Ballymun Garda station, by grade, at the end of each year since December 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12285/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Santry Garda station, by grade, at the end of each year since December 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12286/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Dublin Airport Garda station, by grade, at the end of each year since December 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12287/24]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...parents should not be able to proceed. Medical professionals have no way of establishing that. On what basis do they say they are satisfied? A lot of the groups would have no difficulty with Garda vetting, for example. An Garda Síochána has access to PULSE and can conduct background checks and so on, whereas medical professionals are not in a position to do that. However, by...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...other public services, including public transport. I thank them for all of the work they are doing on behalf of the Irish people. It also raises the question that the Government and, indeed, the Garda authorities, need to be much stronger in tackling the threats to migrant workers in this country, the emergence and growth of right-wing politics in the country and the need to get to grips...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the current number of Garda officers, in tabular form and by rank, attached to Finglas Garda station, Ballymun Garda station and Santry Garda station. [50457/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...a report on the operation of this specific aspect of the legislation. It does not have to be a lengthy report or review. It is specifically on this aspect as to whether this works and whether the Garda has a system in place that is workable. This is all I am looking for. We all want to see this legislation being effective and put in place in a workable manner as quickly as possible.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...within one year of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the relevant committee, evaluating the effectiveness of the system for recording warnings issued by the Garda Síochána pursuant to subsection (1).”. We discussed this issue at considerable length during a number of sessions of pre-legislative scrutiny. We also discussed...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...No. 1 merely states that the legislation should provide for systems other than a written record. It is about keeping options open. Amendment No. 3 will allow the Minister, having consulted the Garda on its proposals for a system other than a written one, to provide for that, although it is not saying he will have to come up with the system, which would not be appropriate. That is my...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I support the amendment. We talked about this issue at length during a few meetings, we put a lot of time into the pre-legislative scrutiny and we had two sessions with gardaí and a number with departmental officials. Many of us struggled with the idea that if somebody was protesting in Cork one week and breached the regulations, and then a few weeks later was protesting in Dublin,...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...within one year of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the relevant committee, evaluating the effectiveness of the system for recording warnings issued by the Garda Síochána pursuant to subsection (1).”. What we have just been discussing is also at the heart of my amendment. We all want this legislation introduced as quickly...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...the difficulties in legislating for this area. A lot of premises are involved, particularly in a city. I understand the challenges there. To return to the key point, if there is no way a garda in Dublin can know that Mr. X protested in Cork, how can a prosecution be brought against him when he is protesting for the second time?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I still have a difficulty seeing how any person male or female who is protesting can be prosecuted. They may stop when they are told to stop by a garda. It is necessary that a prior warning be given for their activity to constitute an offence on the second occasion but who knows whether it is the second occasion? That is the point. The Minister has spoken about a review. Could he...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...entail the law not being in operation for a two-year period at least. Many of us have doubts about the workability of this legislation. Nobody has been able to answer the question regarding how gardaí know whether this is a first, second or tenth warning. If there is no means of knowing that within An Garda Síochána, this is a serious matter and we need to know about it...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...and coming back to us with those figures with the data on the operation of the legislation. Hopefully there will be figures. We can then review the issue. I also think keeping a focus on the Garda getting a system in place is an important aspect of having that 12-month timescale. The Minister might consider those points. I will withdraw the amendment on the basis that he has given an...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ..., thereby limiting the effectiveness of the proposed legislation. The main issue identified during pre-legislative scrutiny related to recordings of warnings. The draft Bill did not place a requirement on the Garda to record warnings, nor did it detail the system that would be used to record them. A number of us still find it difficult to get our head around how this will operate in...