Results 1-20 of 150 for garda speaker:John Lahart

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

John Lahart: ..., which were varied, dealing with everything from the Government's response to the policing issues we have faced over recent years to the roots of crime. I have lived in the Rathfarnham Garda district for almost 52 years. Burglaries have risen in that district by an unprecedented 66% in the past year and a half. I have never witnessed anything like that spike in burglaries in my 26...

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 It is completely outdated.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...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: It is a pity the Minister for Justice and Equality is not here. We want to highlight the decline in the number of front-line gardaí in Dublin, particularly over the past year or so. The figures tell us that Dublin has lost almost 100 gardaí since last year, despite what the Minister and the Government are telling us about increased resources and increased numbers. In real terms,...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (31 May 2016)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the Garda Reserve from 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the numbers of new recruits to the Garda Reserve in each of those years; the numbers that have left the reserve each year from 2010 to 2015; the gender breakdown of the Garda Reserve; and the numbers of reserve gardaí by Garda division, in tabular form. [12782/16]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: I will begin where my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, concluded, namely in public confidence in the gardaí. Irish confidence in the gardaí has been maintained quite consistently. It is testament to the standing in which An Garda Síochána is held but it is not infinite which the force can take for granted. I acknowledge and will elaborate on something which Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers in Rathfarnham Garda station and Tallaght Garda station in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to liaise with the Garda Commissioner to investigate whether there are sufficient numbers in both stations to deal with issues, including recent assaults in the Rathfarnham, Knocklyon and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: In recent hours, the Garda Commissioner has gone on the record saying that proposed legislation to overhaul oversight of An Garda Síochána would lead to him spending more time reporting to oversight bodies than overseeing policing and leading the service. He said that the policing, security and community safety Bill 2021, as it currently stands, would lead to dysfunctional...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Investigations (28 Jun 2017)

John Lahart: ...Mountains as well. It is incredibly rare that such an occurrence would take place, hence the reason for me raising it in the House as a Topical Issue. I made contact ten days ago with the Garda at Rathfarnham and the inspector there was very helpful. He assured me that additional community Garda patrols, along with plain clothes detective patrols, had been deployed in the area, and...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for a well read response. He says the distribution of gardaí is exclusively a matter for the Garda Commissioner, but he fails to explain why there is a huge increase relatively speaking in the Garda station in Portlaoise, one of the stations in the Minister's constituency. The Minister of State referred to Templemore, but its closure does not explain the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (14 May 2019)

John Lahart: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an advocate for the Garda Reserve has been established within An Garda Síochána as recommended by the commission on policing; if so, the role of same; and the success to date of the objective of advocating and promoting An Garda Síochána which has been achieved. [20577/19]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: I welcome that, but we are still short when one compares the numbers, for example, in Limerick city and county with this metropolitan region. The number of gardaí serving in Limerick city and county is almost twice that of those serving in Tallaght and Rathfarnham. I appreciate that there is a great deal of investment in cars, and certainly they are visible around the constituency, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (21 Jul 2016)

John Lahart: 50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the target of 15,000 gardaí, as outlined in the programme for Government, includes Garda reserves or is it exclusive of Garda reserve numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Feb 2017)

John Lahart: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported stolen in the Dublin region in 2016; the number of these bicycles retrieved by An Garda Síochána; the number claimed by members of the public; and the number remaining in Garda stations throughout the county. [5220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 May 2017)

John Lahart: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Dublin metropolitan region in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the attested personnel strength of each in September 2014 and at the end of April 2017. [22372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide additional Garda resources in the Dublin metropolitan region southern Garda division. [32886/17]

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 (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 Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (4 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves in Dublin in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of Garda Reserves on duty since the formation of the government in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30857/17]