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

Garda Commissioner: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...;notes that:— 937,000 breath tests that never occurred were falsely recorded on the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) system, and that the existence of a problem in this regard was communicated to the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O’Sullivan in 2014; — there were 146,865 District Court summonses for road traffic offences wrongly issued and that...

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]

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?

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]

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]

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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (12 Jul 2017)

Gino Kenny: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet the family of a person (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into their death and the subsequent events around the Garda investigation and court proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/17]

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 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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (17 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on racial profiling used by the Garda National Immigration Bureau to identify persons it believes to be in the country illegally; the irresponsible reporting of these cases in the media and the impact it has on the lives and work of Irish nationals who fit the profiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...had been properly dealt with before the fatal incident, the person would not have been killed, and that the family allege there is evidence of failure, cover up and corruption at the level of the Garda, the courts, her Department and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP; if she will call for a public inquiry into the circumstances of the person's death and its aftermath; and if she...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (23 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...seeking justice and solace. Not only have the police, the prosecutor and the Director of Public Prosecutions failed the family but the Minister has failed them badly as well. Incredibly, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation has been going on since January 2012, that is to say, for five and a half years. It is appalling. The family and many other people,...

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...

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...

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...