Results 1-20 of 434 for garda speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The allocation of resources, including personnel, in An Garda Síochana is a matter for the Garda Commissioner and senior Garda management. I have however, been informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of Tallaght Garda Station and Tallaght Garda District, which cover the area referred to by the Deputy, on the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 199...

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Smith: I had the opportunity to meet the Minister and discuss the difficulties in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division. I highlighted through parliamentary questions in this House and in other debates that, since 2010, our division suffered one of the most severe reductions in Garda numbers. There was a reduction of 28% in Garda numbers in County Monaghan and 20% in County Cavan. I appeal to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Station Closures (12 Jul 2018)

Brendan Smith: ...my interest in this subject as Bawnboy is my home village. I do not live there any more but that was where I was born and reared and I still have strong family connections there. In 2013 Bawnboy Garda station was one of a number of small rural stations closed in Cavan-Monaghan and throughout the country. Over the years, the members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Bawnboy...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (25 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: While the total Garda budget in 2011 of €1.412 billion represents an increase on the outturn for the Garda Vote in 2010, certain allocations within the Garda budget have to be reduced, as a result of the very difficult situation with the public finances and in common with other areas of public expenditure. The Garda Commissioner, who is the Accounting Officer with responsibility for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: The acting Garda Commissioner in November 2017, in a report to the Department of Justice and Equality, outlined that An Garda Síochána had decided to reopen six Garda stations that had been closed some years previously. He outlined to the Department that he had been in touch with the OPW with regard to the necessary modernisation or upgrading of any of the Garda stations so chosen....

Crime Levels. (17 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...the public, with regard to raids and break-ins carried out in rural areas in County Galway in the recent past. Engagement with the rural community and rural policing is one of the priorities of the Garda Síochána. Senior Garda management continually monitors resources and policing initiatives to ensure the service being provided is continuously improving. The Garda inspectorate, which...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Brendan Smith: There was a horrific and despicable assault on a young member of An Garda Síochána, Padraig Scott, early last Monday morning near Blacklion which has shocked the local community. This was a serious and concerning attack involving the use of an accelerant and possibly a gun. Physical injuries were inflicted on this young garda. Sadly, there has been an increase in the number of...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (27 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Garda authorities that as of the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána was 14,364. The strength of the Garda Reserve was 703. The National Recovery Plan 2011- 2014 outlines a reduction in the strength of An Garda Síochána to 13,000 by the end of 2014. This reduction, and the rate at which it is achieved...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (1 Feb 2011)

Brendan Smith: ...to give effect to the relevant sections are being prepared. An implementation group, involving representatives from the Department of Transport, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and An Garda Síochána, has been set up to prepare for the implementation of the programme and training will be provided in every Garda Division as part of that process. Some 80 Garda Instructors from all Garda...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jan 2013)

Brendan Smith: I wish to convey my deepest sympathies to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. I offer my sincere condolences to Adrian's wife and children, to his parents, Hugh and Peggy, and to his brothers, sisters and extended family. Adrian is from a highly respected and much admired family in Kilnaleck in my county of Cavan. The callous and deplorable murder of a garda on duty has shocked...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Smith: I would like the Minister of State to insist with the OPW that it stick to the timeframe this time, which I would greatly appreciate. It was only last week that the Garda Commissioner joined us at a meeting of the Cavan joint policing committee, where we spoke about the difficulties in policing a long land border with a different jurisdiction. Bawnboy is a small village in west County Cavan...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...era of peace, thanks to the Good Friday Agreement and the good work that brought about that agreement. One thing which always struck me was the huge and committed work of our Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána and other emergency services during a time when our State was under attack. The configuration of An Garda Síochána in the region throughout that era, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional Garda Síochána personnel will be assigned to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division, given the substantial reduction in Garda numbers in that division over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to provide additional Garda Síochána personnel to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in view of the substantial fall in Garda numbers in that division over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27470/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (24 Jan 2018)

Brendan Smith: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and marked Garda vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division as of 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (26 Sep 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have no Garda patrol cars; the proposals, if any there are to increase the number of vehicles available in the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40773/12]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (25 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Garda authorities, that as of the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána was 14,364. The National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014 outlines a reduction in the strength of An Garda Síochána to 13,000 by the end of 2014.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (25 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is in the Raheny Garda District. Local Garda management is aware of difficulties relating to parking at the location. The area is the subject of regular patrols by uniform and plain clothes personnel, including the Community Policing Unit and Mountain Bike Unit, supplemented as required by Traffic Corps personnel. A member...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (1 Feb 2011)

Brendan Smith: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting to organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. The employment vetting service provided by the Gardaí has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if particular consideration will be given to the policing needs of the Cavan Monaghan garda division in the allocation of garda resources in view of the long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction and the reduction in garda personnel since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44265/17]