Results 1-20 of 86 for garda speaker:Shane Cassells

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...change. In our instance, Chief Superintendent John Dollard brings his entire senior leadership team to these meetings. As a result of that kind of leadership, we have proper engagement with An Garda Síochána in the Meath division. That synergy between local representatives, An Garda Síochána, the executive of our councils and Oireachtas Members produces results and...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...body, whetter they are local authority members, Oireachtas Members or community leaders, do their best to make sure the towns and cities in which we live achieve the cohesiveness that is required and An Garda Síochána listens to all those voices in order that policing, with which we have been so lucky for a century, will be done by consent rather than by force for the next...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...rant attacking his own advertisers who are leaving the platform in their droves and taking their money away. It is also notable that last Thursday, when riots were raging in this city and the Garda was contacting the social media platform giants based here in Dublin to have them remove the vile content and disinformation that was appearing online, his company, X, was the only one that was...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...thousands of people, showing workmen being assaulted in broad daylight with hammers and shovels on the main street in Navan. The inadequate levels of policing in our towns have to be tackled. Our Garda Commissioner deflecting and not addressing this is simply unacceptable in a scenario where new Garda divisions have been created and counties such as Meath, with 200,000 people, have less...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Shane Cassells: The Minister is welcome to the Chamber. Back in 2017, at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, of which I was a member, we had the then Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, before us, and she spoke of her belief that the streets were inherently safe and of how there was not an issue in the country. Her comments came in the same week that the local newspaper of the...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Shane Cassells: .... Where a player kung fu kicks a referee and leaves him in hospital, that is a very clear breach. I have heard the Minister of State say publicly that these are also criminal matters in which An Garda Síochána will become involved. This is where we are going because it is not acceptable for young children to see that kind of behaviour by adults on the field. The Minister of...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...instances and that is regrettable. It is also regrettable that this Bill is even needed and that we are debating today the issue of respecting the privacy of the home. I note the comments of the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, yesterday. He recognised that protests are a lawful part of our society but said that protections are needed. Like Senator Malcolm Byrne, I look forward to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: The issue of policing is one that all of us grapple with regularly. The announcement in the budget that 1,000 additional gardaí will be allocated and provided for is very welcome. However, the issue of allocation and where those gardaí eventually find themselves in our local towns and villages is one I think we all have concerns about. When we raise that in here, if we have a...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...autumn when kids go back to school. I attended a joint policing committee meeting for more than three hours last week, when our new chief superintendent spoke about how he wants to be obsessed not with creating physical Garda stations but with having a simple philosophy of putting gardaí on the street. The speech he made last Monday in Navan will be made a reality as a result of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...areas. That was replicated in a different discussion when we had a conversation about identity theft that resulted in sexually explicit material being used. When the person concerned went to the Garda as their first point of contact, the gardaí were not adept at dealing with the issues at play. There were a range of areas where those who were the first points of contacts for people...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Shane Cassells: .... Several of the posts were nude images of girls, without their faces visible. The account’s creators falsely purported that these images were of Alicia. One of the most frustrating things was her interaction with An Garda Síochána when she reported it. Gardaí were kind of looking at her as if to say, “What are you doing here?” and they were asking...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...in respect of the steps that can be taken to negate the need to use these unauthorised people who go around and put leaflets through people's doors to encourage them to engage in illegal dumping. As the Garda has said many times, people should think twice before they use such services. The reality is that many people still use them and illegal dumping is happening on many levels, from ad...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...dealing with it. It was nearly the attitude of "aren't they lovely girls". Society is wrong. The law needs to change to reflect that and to change attitudes. Senator Chambers also referred to the Garda response, which in some instances was exemplary and it is very important to point this out. In other instances, however, it is not because there is no law there to adequately deal with...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jul 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...Ms O'Sullivan for her work in this respect, for being an advocate and for appearing before this committee. One of the most important aspects is how she has highlighted the point of contact with An Garda Síochána in respect of reporting crimes like this. In Ms O'Sullivan's case, that was a serious sexual crime which happened on the street. I refer to the work of An Garda...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2021)

Shane Cassells: .... With regard to the number of people detained against their will at inpatient centres in 2020, there were 1,919 admissions or involuntary detentions. Some 32% of those were applications by An Garda Síochána, which is the largest such figure in the history of the State and quite worrying, given that it was during a pandemic and people in those circumstances needed help. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I raise two justice-related issues. First, I welcome the publication yesterday by the Minister for Justice, Deputy Heather Humphreys, of the general scheme of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill. This legislation will provide the legal basis for the use of body cameras by An Garda Síochána. We have seen people shove mobile devices in the faces of members of An...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: .... As the representative bodies and its members are now engaging with the consultation and development plans, we can address this matter. It crosses so many issues, including planning laws and An Garda Síochána, which will communicate information to us about the influx of thousands of people, because venues outside Dublin will have thousands of people piling onto the streets at...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...actively seek to destroy the civic and public good that we all enjoy. Thanks to the Department of Justice, my town is lucky to have high-definition CCTV on every street. When I spoke to a local garda on a Saturday night about crime statistics, he told me a funny story. Gardaí were monitoring streets from their station when they saw four yahoos coming out of the local night club and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...scenes in Dublin at the weekend caused anger and resentment, especially among restaurants and bars that are compliant. When I went out in my home town on Saturday night for a meal, members of the Garda came onto the premises to inspect it and make sure it was compliant. Yesterday, while in County Meath, Commissioner Drew Harris talked about the fact that a significant number in the force...