Results 1-20 of 146 for garda speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...dangerous driving. The number of road traffic policing units has fallen by more than 100 in less than two years. It is welcome that there is an allocation for the recruitment of 800 to 1,000 new gardaí in budget 2004. Also welcome is the announcement last week by the Garda Commissioner directing all uniformed gardaí to dedicate 30 minutes of each shift to road safety...

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...brought consumers increased choice, like speedy technology and lower costs. Their advance has been accompanied by growing complaints, as users are hit by everyday mishaps and by financial fraudsters. Garda figures show a 560% jump in the number of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters since the pandemic, with phishing frauds up 417% in the past three years. The fraudsters try to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...gave me a commitment that this would be sorted out. We are losing good people from the Defence Forces and a 50-year-old man is a young person. Over the last number of months the age limit for joining the Garda has been raised to over 50.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Transport, Tourism and Sport given the level of fatalities on the public road network, with an especially high number in January 2024 already, if road safety enforcement is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána, the motor insurance industry or the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2113/24]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and ensure police have the numbers and resources necessary. In September, I and my colleagues in the Regional Group published a motion expressing severe concerns about the ongoing challenges faced by An Garda Síochána. It would therefore be remiss of me to bypass the fact that there is a chronic shortage of resources, which directly impacts the force's ability to carry out its...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Some 152 people have been killed in crashes on Irish roads so far this year, an increase of 30% on this time last year. In addition, gardaí say they have recorded more than 900 serious injury traffic collisions up to the end of September. Every death is one too many. Although road fatalities are more likely to make headlines, the authority needs to highlight to motorists, and all road...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...for the public. There needs to be negotiation and resolution immediately. The issue for members is that they are not being listened to and there are no negotiations. In November 2022, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris advised that there were insufficient resources to revert to the Westmanstown roster. A year later, issues around Garda visibility and the cost of the current roster...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Garda is in the grip of a staff retention crisis due to poor pay, poor pensions and poor working conditions. To make matters worse, the Minister for Justice and Commissioner Harris intend to impose roster changes that will result in the depletion of existing units such as the community policing units, task force units, drug units and district detective units in an attempt to fill a new...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...negative light. This is undemocratic. Of course, if there were to be any cases of harassment or the blocking of entryways, these are already crimes and should be prosecuted. This was why the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, advised the then Minister, Deputy Harris, in 2019 that exclusion zones legislation was unnecessary due to Garda powers under existing public order laws. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and Reform if he is planning any new measures in budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector; specifically healthcare, home care, the Garda, the military and firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31361/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the Minister if he is planning any new measures in budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector, specifically healthcare, home care, the Garda, the military and firefighters, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and up to five years on indictment. The child concerned does not have to be successful in carrying out the offence for the law to apply. While there has been a concerted effort on the part of An Garda Síochána to bring those engaged in violence to justice, the Garda will be given additional powers under this legislation to make such grooming activities a separate prosecutable...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this crucial Bill and I unreservedly support its progress on Second Stage. Regrettably, already this year, we have seen a number of serious assaults on gardaí. An officer was assaulted at an anti-asylum seeker protest in County Cork on 19 January. A traffic garda had part of his finger bitten off in a vicious attack in Ballymun on Friday, 20...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jan 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether the Government will take action in relation to Garda pensions, specifically those who have joined post-2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60621/22]

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...be aware that the passage of the Bill is required to ensure it is possible to make payments in 2023 in respect of services that were funded from voted expenditure this year, including the jobseeker's allowance, disability allowance, the non-contributory State pension, nurses' pay, Garda pay, teachers' pay, all other pay and pensions funded from voted money, and payments to suppliers of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The problem is there is no specific timeframe. There is no prioritisation of these. I believe they were supposed to be implemented in the next two years. The Garda members have asked me when gardaí can expect to wear these cameras. I am sure the Minister is fully of the benefits to gardaí of wearing these cameras. No training has been provided or scheduled. As the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Recent comments by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar, suggest more gardaí may be armed. That sounded a warning, especially for family members. Gardaí do not wear guns. If an intruder was coming to meet them, as it were, and all of a sudden a garda has a gun, it would change the whole situation. Will the Minister give us an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when bodycams will be introduced, and training provided to members in using these body cams in view of the recent assault on members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60623/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This question is to ask the Minister when bodycams will be introduced and training provided to members of An Garda Síochána in respect of using them in view of the recent assaults on members of the force, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in County Louth who are CBD2 trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60625/22]