Results 1-20 of 27 for garda speaker:Gino Kenny

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: ...system. We would think this would make sense but sometimes sense goes out the door. The adult caution scheme was introduced in 2020. It is extremely arbitrary and at the discretion of individual gardaí regarding those they may find in possession of a small amount of drugs. Since 2020 the number of people charged and brought through the criminal justice system has exploded. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...Health Information and Quality Authority has raised concerns with the Government over why staff in accommodation centres housing Ukrainian refugees, including children, are not being vetted by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on her Department's engagement with An Garda Síochána, an organisation (details supplied) and the local authorities in regard to the late night soccer leagues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43852/23]

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...give confidence and credit to their age group. The most important thing, if young people engage in activity they should not engage in, is to divert them away from the criminal justice system. The Garda diversion projects are very good. I have first-hand experience of such a project. It is a very good project that takes people away from things they should not be doing. We do not want...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on any discussion he has had with senior Garda authorities on the policing of anti-asylum seeker-refugee demonstrations and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25462/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to discuss the far right with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/23]

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...they do not have emergency accommodation for people becoming homeless. We could have a situation where hundreds and possibly thousands of families will have nowhere to go to shelter other than Garda stations. This is unacceptable. We have seen over recent decades that the situation is only getting worse. It comes down to ideology. I am sick of saying this. Nobody should find...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the United Nations by an organisation (details supplied) highlighting the case of a person who was killed by gardaí, the unacceptable delays in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation into their death and recommending that the investigation include consideration of issues...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (17 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: Deputy McEntee is the fifth Minister for Justice since the fateful day in question, 2 August 2011. Since then, there has been an internal investigation into what happened — an internal Garda inquiry into the systemic failures. It was quashed subsequently, which throws up more questions than ever before on the events surrounding Shane’s death. Many people watching this debate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if cautions given by gardaí to those found in possession of small quantities of cannabis can impact on Garda vetting they may need in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56619/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...is trying to address. It is not perfect, by any means, but it will have better outcomes for young people. Engaging with young people leads to better outcomes for them, their parents and siblings. The Garda youth diversion project is a very good one. It diverts young people from engaging in activities they should not engage in and is worthwhile. Midnight leagues football is a brilliant...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...it. It is always used for young people, in particular, working class people. This community approach provides better outcomes for communities, which is the most important issue, as well as for the Garda and young people. There are some great projects around the country for scramblers and quad bikes. When young people are engaged in these projects they learn about the mechanics and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: .... To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any meetings or contact she has had with the Mental Health Commission on its concerns over the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the cancellations of emergency calls by Garda divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36753/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (3 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...Equality if she will examine calls for an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); if she will examine legal opinions on the way this may operate in parallel with any Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30219/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a final question. Could the complaints of the correspondents be criminally investigated by other authorities like the Garda? Is there a breakdown of something that could be of a criminal nature?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...such sacrifices will be broken. There is a limit to what people can do. This Bill is largely cosmetic. It tries to penalise people for holding house parties and so forth. The powers given to the Garda to fine people and direct people away from particular areas and house parties are largely cosmetic. On the issue of fines as a deterrent, people will be asking where the fines for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (27 Mar 2019)

Gino Kenny: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the street value of cannabis seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14393/19]

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I want to start with a comment the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris made about the report to the Policing Authority. It is reflective of the debate we are going to have. Commissioner Harris said that we should have done better by young people who were "in the main, vulnerable children". That says everything about the report. The motion touches on some serious incidents that happened...

Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...those taking part but for also members of the public and other car users. Obviously it is a nuisance to the public. Some young people are looking for the adrenaline rush of being chased by the Garda and going 70 km/h or 80 km/h along a road. How can we turn that into a more positive thing? I make some comparisons. We had, and still have, in many housing estates the problem of...