Results 1-20 of 181 for garda speaker:Jackie Cahill

Other Questions: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Tánaiste for her response. As I said earlier, there has been huge focus on the level of organised crime in Tipperary. Thankfully, the Garda Síochána has in the recent past cracked some of those criminal gangs and it is hoped this will lead to convictions. The closure of rural Garda stations enforces the need for community garda. I welcome the Tánaiste's...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: ...a task force to tackle organised crime. Since then, unfortunately, we have seen more violent killings as the war between feuding gangs has escalated. My party has consistently raised concerns about Garda numbers and resources. The force has been seriously depleted and starved of funding and resources are needed to ensure that it can effectively target criminal activity. We need a...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (17 May 2016)

Jackie Cahill: .... We have been given statistics suggesting that crime levels have decreased, but the reality is that people have absolutely no security in their homes. It is essential for us to increase the Garda presence in rural Ireland. There are no Garda stations along a 60 km stretch from Nenagh to Tipperary town. This huge expanse of countryside is without a Garda presence following the closure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (26 Apr 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda superintendent in the Thurles Garda division can act as data controller on the new CCTV scheme in Littleton, County Tipperary; if the new recording system can be stored at Littleton Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/18]

Other Questions: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: The Garda Inspectorate 2014 crime investigation report identified issues that raised questions about the real value placed on community policing in the Garda Síochána and in regard to the inconsistency of approach to community garda. There are a couple of points I would like to make in that regard. The percentage of gardaí engaged in administrative and non-operational duties...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 851. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail what swimming and water safety courses are mandatory as part of Garda training in the Garda College, Templemore, County Tipperary; how many Garda recruits who went on to ‘pass out’ as gardaí have completed these courses between in each of the years 2013 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will...

Other Questions: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: What are the Minister's plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Tipperary Garda division? In the five years from 2011 to 2016 the number of community gardaí in Tipperary has decreased by 26%. Unfortunately, in the last number of years Tipperary has been receiving unwanted attention in regard to the level of crime in the county. Approximately 12 months ago, a...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: In the programme for Government, there are commitments as regards fighting crime. Last week, we raised a number of issues concerning my own county in the House. We were told today that the Garda station in Templemore will close at 7 p.m. because of the ban on overtime. I am also told that the same will happen in Cashel. There is a Garda division in my county to which 52 gardaí are...

Other Questions: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Tipperary Garda division. [27401/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in county Tipperary in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Tipperary in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Swimming Pools (8 Nov 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 849. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has held discussions with officials within An Garda Síochána in relation to the swimming pool in Templemore Garda college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54399/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on his work to ensure that retired members of An Garda Síochána retain pension parity in line with increases awarded to serving members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (8 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars available in each Tipperary Garda district in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form excluding road policing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19667/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 852. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many Garda recruits who passed through the Garda College, Templemore, County Tipperary, in each of the years 2013 and 2023 successfully achieved Water Safety Ireland’s Rescue Level 2, which relates to contact safety and rescue in water, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48397/23]

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Unfortunately, public confidence in An Garda Síochána is in shreds. The Policing Authority has to be the cornerstone of rebuilding this confidence. This motion is part of that process. Increased powers are necessary to bring reform and cultural change to An Garda Síochána. Recent revelations concerning the fixed charge system and the breath testing figures released are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (12 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation or a statutory instrument will be introduced that would allow An Garda Síochána and specifically the district superintendent act as data controller for community CCTV if it has been approved for use by the JPC and An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Nov 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons in her Department or in An Garda Síochána sought additional financial supports from the State to cover the additional energy costs of running the swimming pool in the Garda College, Templemore, before taking the decision to close the pool, and if she will make a decision on the matter. [56509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason permission to install a transmitter for a community CCTV scheme on a redundant Garda mast at Littleton Garda station, Littleton, County Tipperary, is held up in view of the fact that the project cannot proceed without this transmitter being in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/18]