Results 1-20 of 152 for garda speaker:John Lahart

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...say police are not visible on our roads. Speed traps as we used to know them have all but disappeared and road traffic police have almost vanished from parts of the city. That is no fault of Garda members. It is just the numbers. We have to do better on that. I know the Minister of State is committed to that. When the Garda is equipped with this legislation, it will assist it in...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...complaints and requests I get for traffic-calming measures are for within residential estates, which means it is the residents in those estates who are speeding. It seems to be impossible for the Garda. I have never seen gardaí police speeding in a housing estate. I have seen them on secondary and primary roads but there seems to be no mechanism to police estates or even to send a...

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

John Lahart: 1141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has commissioned any survey work with regard to obstacles to recruitment into An Garda Síochána; and if so, the insights garnered from such an essential process, given the challenges in terms of Garda recruitment. [1780/24]

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

John Lahart: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the Garda response to the provisions relating to the anti-social use of scrambler motorcycles and quads included in the latest Transport Bill, and which are now law and therefore being enforced by some Garda divisions nationally. [55070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what the current status of pension parity for retired members of An Garda Síochána is, given its impending expiration on 31 December 2023, aligned with the conclusion of the building momentum agreement; why the Garda Síochána retired members association are not included in the ongoing discussions concerning the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken by her Department to address the discriminatory treatment faced by post-1995 members of An Garda Síochána in accessing their supplementary pensions, particularly concerning the requirement to declare themselves as jobseeker's and limitations imposed on holidays and part-time...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: ...County Council, after much public consultation and deliberation, formulated an area action plan for the Citywest geographic area. It was designed in 2013 or 2014 and set out where schools, libraries, Garda station, post-primary schools and amenities should be. That was for a classic residential area. The previous Government introduced strategic housing developments, SHDs. Those laws...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...even the most proficient forensic scientist or detective in the ha’penny place. They have unearthed a litany of errors, travesties and absences of connection between the judicial system, the Garda, the Probation Service and the bail service that even if you only had one question - and that was nothing to do with Shane but with the system - it would be if it happened in this case,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...way so that children, schools and parents can be reassured that those who will take on this role with their children are fully qualified and accredited and will have gone through the appropriate Garda vetting. Most importantly, they will have the experience and professional qualifications to deal with and contain any issue presented to them. I welcome both pilots in the schools in my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: I wish to speak on the Garda rosters. I am sure the Taoiseach is aware of this. I was talking to quite a number of younger gardaí over the summer because they attend the summer fairs and police those kinds of community activities. They are four days on, four days off at the moment. For gardaí, and particularly quite a number of younger gardaí in Dublin who live in what they...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

John Lahart: 400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade Tallaght district Garda station, due to the age of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel located in each of the Dublin Garda stations (and not to include regional personnel hosted in Tallaght); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18077/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

John Lahart: ...his second job. In the previous Dáil I was Dublin spokesperson for my party. While I do not want to give an indication of the precise geographical location, this happened in Dublin. Someone told me about a young garda delivering pizzas in their spare time. I get that it is happening on one level of the scale. I return to the point on information dissemination. I am also a...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: ...receive to €24,000 per year. I ask the Minister not to focus solely on clinical psychologists because educational psychologists have as important a function in our society. We really need to look at that PhD piece. Garda resourcing has come very much into focus in the last number of weeks and while I am glad to see the recruitment figures for next year, there are also pretty...

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

John Lahart: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the changes in Garda numbers in Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

John Lahart: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to set up a dedicated transport policing unit within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26072/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: Likewise, I acknowledge the increase in Garda numbers, but what people want to see, which is the age-old challenge, is gardaí on the streets. Be it the area covered by Tallaght Garda station, the area that is in need of a Garda station in Citywest, or Rathfarnham Garda station, which covers Firhouse, Ballycullen, Knocklyon, Rathfarnham and Churchtown, the public never see a garda on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: It is not only in the city but also the suburbs. Tallaght Garda Station, the main Garda station in my constituency along with Rathfarnham Garda station, was designed in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. It is completely outdated. The Garda in Tallaght now take two floors of the Plaza Hotel, adjacent to Tallaght Garda station in order to be able to fulfil the functions they must fulfil. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: ...of accidents involve privately-owned vehicles. However, if it works right, it can be useful. Several constabularies in the UK are using these scooters. The added mobility they could give to An Garda Síochána is something to consider. I want this working right. It is not that I have any particular grá for private companies pushing it or anything like that, but they have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with the Garda Commissioner regarding actions being taken to address the incidence of knife crime. [7106/22]