Results 1-20 of 49 for garda speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: I express my support and solidarity with An Garda Síochána in light of the appalling incidents in recent days. We are fortunate in this country that we have a community police force. The Garda depends on the support of the community and it invariably has the support of 90% of decent people. When this country was in difficulty during the Troubles, An Garda Síochána and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Following on from the remarks by Senator Ó Ríordáin, this has been a very bad year publicity-wise for An Garda Síochána with the whistleblower saga, the tribunals, the penalty points, etc. It is important at the end of the year that we, as legislators, declare again our full support and admiration for the work being done by An Garda Síochána to keep us and...

Seanad: Pension Provisions (18 Apr 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the Government to review the Garda superannuation scheme in order to provide justice and fairness to a number of former members, 81 in total, who have been deprived of their preserved retirement benefits due to the fact that they were dismissed or left the service prior to 1 October 1976. The Garda Síochána superannuation scheme was introduced by way of statutory instrument, SI...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Ireland. Perhaps we might also get the Minister for Justice and Equality to reappraise the kind of holiday break or weekend arrangement that I mentioned. It is exacerbated by the huge cutbacks in Garda overtime. It does not make sense to me that if a garda is working on a serious crime, he has to take four days off while the criminals are hot-footing it out of the country.

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...zeal for human rights displayed by the ICTU and other trade unions? He should comment on this issue. In common with Senator Leyden and the Leader of the House, I was nominated by a group in which gardaí were involved. It is important that the Garda representative associations should be, as part of their human rights, associated with the ICTU. This morning on the Order of Business I...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...to prove the Seanad should continue. Finally, I wish to refer to a matter in which the Leader, Senator Cummins, as well as Senator Leyden and others have an interest, namely, voting rights for Garda personnel who are on duty abroad. The Cathaoirleach is aware that Defence Forces personnel can get a postal vote in national elections when serving abroad but gardaí cannot. It is unlikely...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Dublin are at risk from criminals. Perhaps this was covered by a Member previously on the Order of Business but it is quite startling. It is noticeable that more and more of the resources of the Garda Síochána in the city go towards preventing killings due to the internecine feuding going on between the infamous Kinahan and Hutch people. There are other minor feuds as well. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Traffic Offences: An Garda Síochána (16 Apr 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Is the function of GoSafe staff to detect and report speeding offences and present themselves in court when a prosecution is made with the process of prosecuting remaining a matter entirely for the Garda ensuring total separation? The judge did not seem to appreciate that. I stand corrected if I am wrong but if it is true, the judge did not seem to know that and I am surprised. Has he...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...I support Senator Michael D'Arcy's comments on the enslavement of women. The horrible Cleveland story reminds us of similar stories from Austria and Belgium. Ireland has many cold cases, as the Garda calls them, of missing persons. Some cases date back 20 years. Most involve teenage girls. It must be stressful for their parents to imagine for even a moment that their daughters might...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... I look forward to studying the report, which has been welcomed in principle by my party's justice spokesman, Deputy O'Callaghan. I echo what Senator Feighan stated in respect of supporting the Garda. It is incumbent on us as elected representatives, especially in the Oireachtas, to stand by and support the Garda. It is easy for groups out there to attack the force. No organisation is...

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (31 Oct 2007)

Ned O'Sullivan: The story in the newspapers about a garda has been laid to rest. There is no dispute about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The unfortunate man was intercepted by an on-duty Garda.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are all tremendously proud of the Garda Síochána for the service its members have given since the foundation of the State and the bravery shown by individual gardaí over the years.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...through that, I encounter many people recovering from drug addiction.The stories I heard in group sessions or therapy opened my eyes. One reads in the paper about people being apprehended by the Garda with large amounts of class A drugs while travelling, who are then put away for ten years, and one thinks they are the worst type of criminal. I have learned that those people come from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator behaves like Mr. Angry most of the time. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the treatment of individuals on the front line, including bank clerks, gardaí and even Members of the House. I have been personally abused on the issue of the banks by people in County Kerry, many of whom did not pay their way even when times were good. We need to get some perspective on the matter.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...away from having supported murder and mayhem in this country, North and South. Some of these parties are only decades away from having supported the murder of my friend Jerry McCabe and many other Garda and Defence Forces personnel. Some of these parties are still commemorating the perpetrators of those crimes as heroes. It is time those parties stood up, got real and stopped speaking...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to come before the House to discuss the rampaging crime we are witnessing day in, day out. I seek assurance from the Minister that the presence of the Garda in rural places will be protected. It is not all about drink. The emphasis so far has been on drink and, certainly, it is a significant factor, but drug abuse is ten times worse and more at...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Sep 2011)

Ned O'Sullivan: I raised this matter on Second Stage. The Bill allows for a garda to enter a hospital without a search warrant in order to take a sample from somebody admitted to hospital. I understand this can only be taken if the medical authorities allow it and judge that it would not be injurious to an individual's health. What implications will that have for medical practitioners such as junior...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...a more reasoned debate, with a better proliferation of information on both sides of it, in order to allow us to come to our own conclusions, as we undoubtedly will in due course. I congratulate the Garda nationally and particularly in the Limerick area on its outstanding success in recent days in bringing about the incarceration of some very serious criminals arising from a drugs bust of...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...great work. No-one is talking about the crackdown on organised crime in this country or about the huge reduction in the level of violent deaths and assassinations, just to name one aspect. Our gardaí are doing a great job. There are people in the street and at home who depend on the Garda for reassurance. When things get fraught like this people - and especially elderly people -...