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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: In most State authorities, statistics play a significant role in resource allocation. In the case of An Garda Síochána, it is personnel. The Commissioner is no doubt aware, as are all Members of both Houses, that information provided to the Garda at a local level is extremely important in terms of the public perception or interpretation of the performance of the Garda in terms of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: Members of all parties and none welcome the increase in the allocation specifically for Garda recruitment. Related to this is the question of diversity within An Garda. There have been efforts to ensure gender diversity in An Garda through recruitment but there is also the question of other forms of diversity, including those related to ethnicity and race. I wonder whether the Minister has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (27 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: 696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR North district and sub-districts broken down by station in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23090/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Farrell: 443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the Dublin metropolitan region north district and sub-districts, broken down by station and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11317/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)

Alan Farrell: I turn to HIQA's interactions with the Garda in the production of various reports and recommendations that it is statutory obligated to produce. I was reminded that I had been a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality for six years as I came in when I saw the white shirts of members of An Garda Síochána on the screen in one of the other committee rooms. Interactions...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Alan Farrell: ...authority is a fundamental part of the Government's justice reform programme and the policing authority will, of course, fulfil a vital role in overseeing the governance and structures of An Garda Síochána and monitoring its performance. The Bill marks a significant reform in the way our justice system works and it is of the utmost importance in ensuring we have a 21st century...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (1 Jul 2014)

Alan Farrell: 394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 27 May 2014, the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR north district and sub-districts from 2008, broken down by station and year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27987/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: The Garda representative bodies and the Garda Commissioner appeared before us concerning morale in An Garda Síochána, recruitment, retention and other matters that are of paramount importance to all members of this committee, so I want to give the Minister an opportunity to touch on them because they are critical issues. Interlaced with all of that is the output of An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Alan Farrell: I have an observation on one of the points in the report, which mentions that at public meetings community leaders reported a noticeable reduction in Garda visibility. Was the measurement of this defined? Last Friday, the Dáil debated a Private Members' Bill on the ramming of Garda vehicles. During the course of the discussion it was stated that approximately 53% of Garda vehicles are...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Alan Farrell: ..., on the arrival of their son, Cillian Harris, who arrived a little earlier today. The House will, no doubt, join me in congratulating them. This Bill facilitates a new operational model for An Garda Síochána. Given its 2015 origin and the Policing Authority's contribution to it, is a good measure. Much has been made in the last two minutes by some of the Members opposite in...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)

Alan Farrell: It must be worth saying one of the main purposes of the Bill, other than bolstering the authority of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, is to alleviate much of the uncertainty and concern in the public domain about An Garda Síochána. Unfortunately, the public perception of the force has been damaged in the past couple of years. We are familiar with the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Pringle. I promise the members I will not do this on any of the other Votes but I have just two follow-up questions. Is there a correlation between the number of Garda staff recruited and the potential for a lessening, if you will, of the workload of individual members of An Garda Síochána? Would that perhaps be a better question for the Commissioner? In regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: Okay. As the former assistant commissioner for change management, does the Garda Commissioner not recognise the forthright breakdown in communication and information to the oversight bodies responsible for the Garda and that we absolutely need frontloaded honesty here at all times? I appreciate the mentality she outlines, and that she has said "We have been brought up as policemen and women...

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

Alan Farrell: ...reminds us of the fact that, despite 25 years of peace on this island, that peace is fragile and requires all our efforts to maintain and preserve it. It also reminds us of the risks members of An Garda Síochána the PSNI take every day in the course of their service to our communities. This Bill will provide for significant changes to the method of policing in Ireland and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Farrell: ..., but I will limit them to three, as requested, and will do my best not to make any statement. I emphasise how important it is for the committee to have an opportunity to liaise with the Garda Commissioner on Garda operational matters, in particular the transformation programme outlined by her. I appreciate the opportunity to go through it with her. I am keen to address three points,...

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

Alan Farrell: I thank the acting Garda Commissioner for coming before us. The only observation I can take from her submission is that the role of investigating misconduct by gardaí should be assigned to GSOC. I do not think that is a particularly shocking statement given the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Should a serving member of the Garda be seconded to GSOC or how else might we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...to a hybrid roster resulted in an increase in the number of policing hours available? That may be a question for the AGSI. Appropriate training was mentioned in the opening statements of both Garda organisations. What sort of appropriate training should be provided? This may be an issue for discussion at a later point. On the point made about on-the-job training, I was of the view...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Farrell: .... Could I have a general comment from her on the GoSafe contract and its performance? According to figures I was reading yesterday, there has been a reduction in the air support budget for An Garda Síochána, namely, the two Garda helicopters. Perhaps I misread the figures. Could the Minister address that and outline whether the replacement of those aircraft will be budgeted...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the discussion on the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014, which has been introduced by Deputy Wallace. The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, of which I am a member, is reviewing the action taken in regard to the reform and oversight of An Garda Síochána. There have been a great many mishandlings in the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Farrell: My final question relates to technology and the improvements that are in train in this regard within both An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality. I note that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has announced the allocation of a large sum of money towards the provision of closed-circuit television funding for rural villages and...