Results 1-20 of 80 for garda speaker:Seán Canney

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: ...2023 and 2024. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss the delay in the development of pedestrian access for the L2455 Lehenaghmore Road project. Deputy Niamh Smyth - To discuss the need to review the opening hours of Ballyconnell Garda Station. The matters raised by Deputies Mairéad Farrell, Niamh Smyth and Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to continue the long-standing and well-established pay-pension parity link which retired gardaí share with serving colleagues in An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/23]

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

Seán Canney: ...a status to the people who wreaked havoc on our streets and our city. It is unthinkable that they would get one up on democracy by having a Minister lose her job over this. We have to focus on gardaí and how we can help them. I think about the young gardaí coming out of Templemore this week and next week to join the force over the Christmas period. Many of them will have come...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...a significant issue in our communities, particularly our capital city. However, we had unrest in Galway this summer. There was mayhem in the streets, with people openly defying the law. Our Garda resources and mental health services and supports are not adequate. We had a Private Members' motion in December 2020 on mental health, and my colleagues and I in the Regional Group called...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...about the idea of bringing in legislation to more or less curtail people from expressing a view that they may have. It is important that we set ourselves back from this and look at what the Garda Commissioner has said. He said he has the legislation to protect people. Why are we bringing in more legislation for a specific purpose? What is that doing? What message is that sending to...

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

Seán Canney: My colleagues have spoken of An Garda Síochána over the last 100 years and the standard it has set and how we have to show respect for every garda that puts on a uniform every day of the week. They are family people at the end of the day. The Minister spoke about rapid changes that are happening within the force but there is a problem on the ground. Should the Minister come to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: ...pints, they will either fall down, go to sleep or go fighting but if they take drugs, we do not know what is going to happen. It is very important that people are educated about drugs. Also, our gardaí need a huge amount of help. I want to put on record my support for the introduction of additional tools to help gardaí to deal with crime. The facial recognition technology and...

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

Seán Canney: .... Data protection is of no comfort to the people in these houses when they return from a walk or a trip to the shop to find that their house has been ransacked and their goods stolen. They feel powerless. Gardaí are trying to detect those involved but they do not have the tools that are necessary in this age to tackle these crimes. The criminals themselves have moved on and their...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (25 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: ..., SEAI, or whatever, with the assistance of its staff to ensure that it can be done online, because we seem to be driving everybody online now, for better or for worse. We have lost many of our Garda barracks in rural areas. That is a legacy issue. We have lost enough and it is important the post office service is retained. We should be promoting services in post offices and what is...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: ...is that we provide a national uniform for the service. This is something we can do that would not cost an arm and a leg but would give them an identity and a sense of purpose. No more than the Garda or the Army, they would be recognised by their uniform. That is a small ask but it is something we should do. When I was Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recruitment process for An Garda Síochána is open at present; the number of gardaí that are expected to be recruited in the next tranche; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57814/21]

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

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and make some comments on the situation of the Garda. It is a very serious concern to me that policing in Ireland is changing so much and so fast. It has changed dramatically in recent years. The concept of the garda on the beat or on the street has more or less disappeared. Community policing has been very much scaled back, unnecessarily...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: ...Stage. We hope this will happen as soon as possible. This Bill is short but important to help turn the tide on the cost of insurance. I agree with Deputy Berry that we need a specialised Garda unit and control over the pay-out for personal injuries. I acknowledge the work of Peter Boland and the team at the Alliance for Insurance Reform, as well as ISME, in their efforts over the...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: ...Something than starts off in a very trivial way can snowball very fast, resulting in a major problem. How do we deal with it? To answer this, we should consider our approach to Covid. When the gardaí are out trying to enforce regulations, they first engage with people and explain to them what is right and what they have done wrong. They explain to them how they can move forward...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: ...first point I will make is that the Bill is being introduced on the basis that the country needs it and everyone in this country is at risk. The measures are severe, but I accept the view that the Garda needs to have this power to enforce the law to protect us all. I have spoken to some of the gardaí about how they have been handicapped in their work to date and I welcome that this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (27 May 2020)

Seán Canney: ...and other illegal behaviour in which it has no enforcement vires. IFI also receives calls relating solely to potential public order offences at Bohernabreena Reservoir, all of which are passed on to an Garda Síochána. IFI has also developed an excellent proactive working relationship with Gardaí, based locally at Tallaght Garda Station, in respect of coordinated...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prospecting Licences (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ..., Moneenmore, Munterowen East, Munterowen Middle, Raigh, Teernakill North, and Teernakill South. Details, including a map of the licence areas, were available for inspection at Clifden and Maum Garda stations, Galway County Council offices, and at the Geological Survey Ireland office in Dublin. The notice was also published on my Department's website. The application remains under...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...some of the points that were raised. With regard to the CSO statistics on knife crime, while it is true the CSO does not currently record the statistics on knife crime, it is hoped the improved Garda IT system will mean the recording will meet CSO standards. The recording of knife crime statistics is also being considered by a high level working group. In regard to issues of...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ...is to legislate. It is all too easy to become convinced that different legislation will solve the issues of the day. Sometimes that may be true. In this case, it is not. If it was and if An Garda Síochána was to identify gaps in the legislation, the Government would be happy to respond and address those gaps.

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ..., as the Minister has acknowledged, but the problem here is not legislation. Even if it was, there are serious difficulties that mean we could not accept this Bill. Based on the opinion of a garda, gardaí already have the power to detain vehicles temporarily in many circumstance but we cannot legislate to confiscate and dispose of property based on an opinion. We cannot reasonably...