Results 1-20 of 364 for garda speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times she has met with the Garda Commissioner since she took office. [17651/24]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The number of gardaí has fallen every year since the Minster for Justice, Deputy McEntee, has been in office. Gardaí have been retiring and resigning in bigger numbers than ever before. They are being attacked every day. Recruitment is on the floor. Rape, sexual assault, violent crime and domestic violence are all increasing significantly. The number of gardaí in the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Why is the Minister not engaging with senior Garda management and Garda representatives, either formally or informally?

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Road deaths are rising because the Government is failing to employ gardaí. That is a stark fact and it must be addressed. The reply to an Aontú parliamentary question indicated there were 1,046 road traffic gardaí in 2009, compared with just over 600 today. That is a collapse of 40%. Drink driving is no longer a source of stigma in many parts of the country because people...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., Integration and Youth to provide a copy of the Tusla report which found that a company providing special emergency accommodation to children in State care had fabricated pre-employment checks and Garda vetting of staff, which has been heavily referenced in the media in recent times. [13417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, for each year from 2010 to 2023, for the following offences/offence categories, in tabular form. [12477/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 923. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, which were not accepted by the programme in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, for offence categories (details supplied), in tabular form. [12478/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (29 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: .... We now know from an article in The Irish Times yesterday that one company was providing falsified vetting documents to Tusla and that an internal Tusla report in July found that staff did not have up-to-date Garda clearances. The name of that company is Ideal Care Services. I understand that there is a Garda investigation into the matter. Has the Minister ever met the owner of that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., SEA, accommodation provider that supplied fabricated staff checks and vetting. Additionally, internal Tusla reports in July found that staff were allowed to work with children without up-to-date Garda clearance. This is an absolute scandal. What is the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth doing about it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 May 2023, when a response will issue from the Garda to this Deputy. [8484/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to make a final point on that. At a time when crime and antisocial behaviour are significant issues in so many communities, it is striking that so many Garda stations are being sold off by the State as a result of them being closed in the past ten years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Dillon proved my point in thanking the Government for giving refurbishment grants for a post office and a Garda station it closed. The point is the Government is closing key public services in these types of towns. Those buildings are becoming derelict and now the Government is coming back with a few bob to do up the windows and the roof a little bit. This is why so many of these...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...in rents since Fine Gael was elected to government in 2011. House prices are out of reach for all but the wealthiest in society. It was reported today that the combined earnings of a nurse and a garda would not buy a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the greater Dublin area. If someone was one of two important public servants in this country and carrying out critical roles in the...

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

Peadar Tóibín: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons recruited to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1512/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department is taking to encourage more recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [55101/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Professor Rolston identify where the blockages are in terms of the travel of information that is in the hands of the southern authorities? These may be with An Garda Síochána or the State. If they could be clearly identified, it would give us as elected representatives the opportunity to push for that to happen. It would not be possible for that information to be given now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...have just one last question. A year or so ago I brought a number of victims of the Glenanne gang to Government Buildings to meet the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. It was stated at that stage that the Garda, maybe because of some legislation or regulation, was not providing all the documents necessary for investigations in the North. Has all that been cleared up? Are there any...

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

Peadar Tóibín: Every year Deputy McEntee has been Minister, the number of gardaí has fallen. Garda morale has collapsed and Garda recruitment is on the floor. Every single day, a garda is violently attacked. Gardaí are getting rammed, bitten and assaulted and are having chemicals sprayed in their eyes. Garda retirements and resignations are on the increase. In October just past, for the first...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (30 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Final Report of the High-Level Review Group of the Role of An Garda Síochána in the Public Prosecution System to be approved for publication by the Government; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took work-related stress leave and those who resigned from the force citing post-traumatic stress disorder as a reason for both; what supports are available from the State to current and former members of An Garda Síochána suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the...