Results 1-20 of 46 for garda speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Gavan: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I mostly welcome the Bill and what it intends to achieve. Modern technology such as body cameras can help the work of An Garda Síochána as it tries to keep our communities safe. I will mention the issue of Garda resources first because it has had a lot of attention recently with violent incidents around the capital highlighting how people do not feel...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: ..., Warren Donoghue, Alan Loren-Guille and Siobhán Kearney are some of the people to thank, as well as all those who ran over to help. We also have to praise and thank the Dublin Fire Brigade, the Garda and the emergency services, which acted so quickly to respond; heroes and heroines one and all. These people represent the spirit, heart and soul of all of the people of Ireland. On...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "Power of member of Garda Síochána to give direction 5. (1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána finds a person in a public place and suspects, with reasonable cause, that such person— (a) intends to breach any of the provisions of sections 3 or 4 of this Act, (b) is about...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State. Sinn Féin will support this Bill, which repeals and replaces the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 and 1945, which are the basis for dealing with Garda compensation claims. The main aim of the Bill is to provide a new compensation scheme for malicious injuries, including fatal injury inflicted upon gardaí in the course of their...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments and Threatened Industrial Action by An Garda Síochána: Statements (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: The Tánaiste is very welcome. I will deal with the impending Garda strike. Week after week, public sector workers are making the difficult and, in certain instances, unprecedented decision to take industrial action. We have had the Luas drivers and the Dublin Bus drivers. Now it is gardaí and soon it will be the teachers and nurses.We are seeing a mass movement across the public...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 27, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(i) to ensure that the Garda Síochána co-operates with the Office of the Police Ombudsman, with regard to his or her obligations under section 173 (1)(c); (j) to perform any other functions conferred on it by or under this Act or the regulations.”. I will be...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...women who are brutalised by their husbands or partners and how they are let down by the State when it comes to protecting them or effectively prosecuting their abusers. I suggest that the leadership of An Garda Síochána and the Judiciary watch this programme and, in particular, address those issues where much more can be done to help those women caught in a violent and, in many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Paul Gavan: The Garda stations were closed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: So far, what I have seen relates to the warnings and interaction with the warnings. The witness briefly referenced the industrial relations issue; delineation of the zone; and Garda powers in relation to search and seizure. Is there anything else?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...Minister has to say. They are all from the Fórsa trade union. We have Jim Mitchell, assistant general secretary, Niall Shanahan, external communications director, and a host of workers from the Garda civilian staff. I will tell the Minister where they have come from. They have travelled from Galway, Tipperary, Dublin, Donegal, Mayo, Kerry and Wexford to be here today. That, in...

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

Paul Gavan: ...his killing, while campaigning for the truth about the circumstances of his killing. For the past 12 years, the O'Farrell family has been through a mind-boggling institutional nightmare, involving the Garda, the courts system, the Oireachtas and Ministers, in the search for justice. The family received the full support of the Dáil in a Fianna Fáil motion put forward by Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I am quoting from a Garda statement that was made on behalf of Ebo Turkson. It was taken on 19 May 2017. I am happy to share it with anybody who would like to see it. I believe Mr. Hogan's organisation followed up on the actual vessel. My point is that when the ITF wrote to Mr. Hogan to ask him to ask him for legitimate information, he replied by sending a letter that I can only describe...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Paul Gavan: In light of the Labour Court proposals on Garda pay, the ongoing and welcome negotiations between the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, and the Department of Education and Skills and the serious threat of industrial action that remains there, the impending action by our nurses and midwives, the anger of our public health workers, in particular, and Jack O'Connor's comments on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...Bill that deals with powers is really important. At times, the Oireachtas has been guilty of passing Bills that have no teeth. I think this Bill will be very effective but for it to be so, those Garda powers are absolutely essential. The Bill has the potential to transform how one buys tickets and to prevent people from becoming captives of ticket touts. I compliment Deputy Quinlivan...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I commend Senator McDowell's comments. It is simply not credible for the Garda Commissioner to remain in situ. I do not think it does the Fine Gael Party any good whatsoever to cling to the position that she can remain in situ, especially given that all the rest of us have acknowledged that this is just not tenable in the current circumstances. I was astonished to hear the leader of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: ...of non-EEA workers? The follow-on question is that for the sake of their industry and given that they are now facing 19 claims of trafficking, some of which information has already gone to the Garda and the rest is on its way, why will they not engage with the International Transport Workers Federation, ITF, and try to address this issue before untold damage is done to their industry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: No problem. My second question relates to the horrific experience meted out to a worker called Ebo Turkson. I have read a Garda statement which details the most horrific circumstances of this case. Ken Fleming has spoken about the fact that this guy was put into a survival suit and dumped into the sea, having previously been subjected to horrific abuse. For example, he was called a "black...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...seating area. Section 2 makes it clear there will be no drinks sold in the seating area. Of course, this is to ensure there is no so-called "takeaway pints" facility. The section also allows for the Garda to object to a licence being renewed if this section is not complied with. I am concerned about the powers given to the Garda in section 3 to charge people with an offence. These...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...quickly and effectively to new challenges. We need an inter-agency approach to tackle the drugs problem and, as such, task forces must be supported by State agencies, including the HSE, the Garda and local authorities. Sinn Féin previously called for a dedicated Minister for the national drugs strategy and I repeat that call today. The national drugs strategy is causing a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services (14 Sep 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...me if the Minister of State could confirm that protecting industrial action will be part of the Bill. It should be; there should not be anything controversial about that. Will he confirm that the Garda will be given the necessary powers? Equally important, will he commit to ensuring the Bill has inclusive language, for example, using phrases such as “women and pregnant...