Results 1-20 of 82 for garda speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1007. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána and the PSNI co-operate on joint training exercises and systems; if both police services are considering any alignment on training practices and courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56471/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...a new public service pay agreement. The talks have yet to commence, but this would allow for a cumulative increase of in the region of 5% next year for nurses, healthcare assistants, teachers, SNAs, gardaí, council workers and civil servants. Looking at the documents, there does not seem to be any Government allocation for Government sector pay rises at all. Where is that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: 419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the number of members of An Garda Síochána in place at the station in Drogheda, County Louth in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32142/23]

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...and what he said has been covered in the national media today. He is concerned, as are many, which I know from the experience of others in the LGBTQI+ community. They are fearful of going to An Garda Síochána, even though I assure them that they will be supported, accommodated and embraced, because of potential retaliation. The kindness of many people who experience these...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...knows him best describes as "uncontrollable behaviours". He is an autistic person who has multiple other conditions and mental health problems too. He has been hospitalised on a number of occasions, with the Garda and other authorities often involved. He injured himself in school. He is, at the moment, a danger not just to himself but also, sadly, to family members and others. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if engagement has occurred between his Department and the Garda Commissioner in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, in particular the need for increased Garda resources resulting from the extension to the hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18652/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2023)

Gerald Nash: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of recruits who have joined An Garda Síochána since recruitment opened in 2013 to date; the number of recruits who did not complete training during that period as well as the number of serving gardaí who have retired during the same period; and if he will...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...we care about have a criminal record for consuming something that is readily available on the streets of every town and village in the land? We have a problem but it is not one that can be fixed with more gardaí, more prison cells, more prosecutions, or more convictions. Addiction to drugs is a health problem. For us to admit that the so-called war on drugs has manifestly been a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...put the Minister of State in a situation where he might be asked to answer a question about a specific case as that would be unfair and unwise. I have dealt with cases in recent months where the Garda Síochána has sent the book of evidence to the DPP, the DPP goes through the process and decides not to prosecute, and individuals who are affected by the decision have then made...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (29 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW and An Garda Síochána have identified a site for the development of a new Garda station at Laytown, County Meath; if he will confirm when construction work on the site will commence under the relevant capital programme; the year in which the building will be completed; the estimated total cost of the project; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a proposed Garda Station in Laytown is included in the current An Garda Síochána capital programme. [58082/22]

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...of alleged conflicts of interest. I note that, as the Minister put on the record in August and now in the House, the report has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. That suggests the report was provided to An Garda Síochána in the first instance. It is advisable, of course, that we do not comment any further on the substance of that but, rather, allow the...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...; he is from that area and he has represented a section of it in the past. We have had many problems, like Deputies in my own party and others, in regard to the verification process at part-time Garda stations. The Minister of State knows there is a part-time Garda station at the southern end of my constituency at Laytown, a station he is very familiar with. We know there is a very high...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...to develop facilities such as this but this is something that should be looked at. The Minister of State is very much committed to addressing the phenomenon of wildlife crime. It is an insidious matter and the NPWS and the Garda work closely together on those matters. More work needs to be done. WRI is dealing with the manifestation of wildlife crime and injuries to animals and we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); his views on whether a central logging system is urgently needed to expedite the witnessing process, including by An Garda Síochána of passport applications; his plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); her plans for a central logging system for the witnessing process of passport applications; her plans to raise this matter with the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by his officials in the Passport Office who have difficulty making contact with gardaí in part-time stations in order to verify consent forms for first-time passport applications for minors (details supplied); if he plans to engage with the Minister for Justice and the Garda...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: I met today with local Garda management and with Tania O'Neill, the mother of James. She speaks for all local parents and citizens, who are deeply frustrated with the situation, notwithstanding the good efforts of local gardaí and Garda management. This is not just an emotional argument. All the evidence is there, including the Central Statistics Office data showing a huge increase of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: It is scandalous the electoral district with the second-largest population in County Meath does not have a full-time Garda station. That is indefensible. I cannot put it any more simply than to say Laytown and the wider east Meath area demands and needs a 24-7 Garda station. As all present are aware, three weeks ago, Jamie O'Neill, a young leaving certificate student from Bettystown, was...