Results 1-20 of 207 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name of the investigating garda; the Garda PULSE number; the outcome of the Garda investigation and the name of the garda that made the final decision in respect of a Garda statement given by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/14]

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Taoiseach will be aware, there is much concern in rural areas about cutbacks in the Garda Síochána. Members of rural communities have protested outside the Dáil and the Garda Representative Association has spoken out about these cuts and expressed concerns in recent times. I bring to the Taoiseach's attention an incident which occurred in my constituency in recent days as I am...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This links with subhead A2 on administration, which includes the maintenance of Garda premises. There was an underspend on capital building and Garda premises. The saving is approximately €4,000 per Garda station. Is the Minister considering reviewing the closure of Garda stations? While she might not open every one of the 139 Garda stations that have been closed, might she...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...x2019; includes any act or omission and a reference to the occurrence of any conduct includes the doing of an act or the making of an omission; ‘disciplinary proceeding’ means a proceeding conducted in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations; ‘Garda Commissioner’ includes a Deputy Garda Commissioner or an Assistant Garda Commissioner acting in place of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome Deputy Collins's Bill and its aim of making the Garda Commissioner responsible to the Garda Ombudsman Commission and to allow the Garda Ombudsman Commission to investigate complaints concerning any conduct of a member of the Garda Síochána made by another member of the force, among other proposals. Sinn Féin will support the passage of this Bill to Committee Stage...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive and 15 to 21, inclusive. These amendments are in line with the need for the authority to be truly independent. The Minister should not be permitted to appoint the Garda Commissioner. The role of the authority under this Bill in recommending the appointment is not strong enough and there should be an amendment to allow for the authority to appoint the Garda...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I support the amendment. I was also alarmed to learn from the Garda Inspectorate report that even though a code of ethics was signposted in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is still not in place ten years later. I am sure the Minister will agree that report was a damning indictment of the repeated failure of the management of An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister would be familiar with the Kieran Boylan affair. GSOC submitted a detailed report on the case and the significant lack of co-operation it received from the then Garda Commissioner on matters of the utmost seriousness. It submitted a 500-page report to the previous Minister and published a seven or eight page summary of its concerns. One of the key issues was the lack of...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...political control of policing and particularly the appointment of senior police officers by a Minister and, in turn, backed by the Government. We have seen various examples of this. The former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, announced the closure of 140 Garda stations and a 10% cut in Garda numbers. In some Garda districts the cutbacks ran to a level of almost 30%, while hundreds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It might be useful if the Garda Inspectorate, and possibly GSOC, could make a submission to this process around the international practice. Why should the two organisations continue to exist? How can they complement each other's work? In fairness, Mr. Olson goes some way in that direction in his submission but with the contribution of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Olson is the chief inspector of the Garda Inspectorate. In its earlier presentation, the ICCL said it does not see a future role for the Garda Inspectorate. It also acknowledged the outstanding CVs of the chief inspector and his two assistant chief inspectors in terms of policing. The jury is out on this matter. The case of the ICCL is that because there will be a new policing...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Taoiseach for his offer. I will send him the relevant details. Referring to the closure of Garda stations, the outgoing president of the Garda Representative Association, Damien McCarthy, made the following prophetic statement at the GRA conference in April: It's going to become perhaps a safe breeding ground for criminal activity. It's going to contribute significantly to the...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will share time with Deputy Michael Colreavy. Fianna Fáil has a hard neck to speak about cutbacks to Garda stations. In November 2008, my party colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, who was then a Senator, published a document entitled Awakening the West, which documented how rural communities were being hammered by the Government. The Government at that time was a Fianna Fáil and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to probe how the Minister will implement the recommendations in the Garda Inspectorate report. Has the Minister established the criminal justice working group as this is a previous recommendation of the Garda Inspectorate? It appears the Garda Inspectorate asked the Minister to establish this entity and the Minister stated in the Dáil that she has done so. Is this correct? The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the closure of Garda stations and the failure of his Department to allocate proper resources for the upgrading of the Garda motor vehicle pool has led to a significant increase in criminal activity in the midlands; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Garda stations that have closed in County Westmeath from...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will provide the evidence to the appropriate body but I am asking the Minister to request that the Garda Inspectorate immediately review all terminations of penalty points in 2015. In January, the GPSU completed its audit, which examined the issue of statutory exemptions of emergency vehicles that allowed members of the Garda Síochána to avoid penalty points. It considered both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a few other questions for the acting Garda Commissioner. In regard to all of the recent debacles and, in some cases, scandals that have emerged, what are the learning curves for senior management in An Garda Síochána in terms of dealing with whistleblowers and serious allegations? I am sure the acting Garda Commissioner has had an opportunity to read the Guerin report, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (14 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Garda Representative Association and the Irish Farmers Association regarding the closure of Garda stations; and if he has brought these concerns to the Garda Commissioner. [50449/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about the Garda leaks in the media to attack the Garda Ombudsman? It is a despicable use by senior gardaí of well known journalists to attack the GSOC, Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet with the Garda Representative Association to discuss the pay of the new members of An Garda Síochána who are currently training in Templemore Garda College. [6985/15]