Results 1-20 of 114 for garda speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...worrying. The total number of collisions is up 58 this year compared with 45 at this time last year. People are dying and getting hurt, and we need to do something urgently. I welcome the new Garda roster that will see a greater Garda presence on our roads but there are major issues. I met representatives of TII, the Minister of State's office and Carlow County Council last week...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 852. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality an update on the refurbishment of Leighlinbridge Garda Station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14097/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost to increase the number of forensic examiners at engineering grade 3 level to 55 in the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12559/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 930. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount that An Garda Síochána spent on sending out poor quality CCTV camera images to external companies in order to get that quality of the image improved in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12561/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of Garda members assigned to the Carlow district. [8241/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the number of Garda members assigned to the Carlow district?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. In August 2023, it was reported that Carlow-Kilkenny Garda district had the third fewest Garda members per capita, at 312. Of these, only 107 Garda members are assigned to one of the six Carlow stations, down from 116 in 2017 and 113 in 2019. Additionally, only 15 Garda staff have been assigned to Carlow. Garda staff are essential in freeing gardaí from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that. I understand 746 trainees entered Templemore last year, representing the highest intake to the Garda College since 2018, which is welcome. Even so, in 2020, ten graduates were assigned to the Carlow district but that fell to two graduates in 2021, five in 2022 and three in 2023. We really need to address this. I understand and welcome the ongoing recruitment campaign and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Safeguarding: Safeguarding Ireland (21 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...the safeguarding and protection social work teams since 2015, I am very uncomfortable that it is unknown how many of these relate to people with disabilities. The IASW has also established that An Garda Síochána cannot provide figures, as we have said, about the rates of abuse and neglect of residents. That is a massive concern. How do we work on this? I welcome legislation...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...met residents of dangerous sections of roads in my constituency across County Carlow. I am aware of his commitment and that the Government will do its best. This Bill will require members of An Garda Síochána to test for drugs at the scene of serious roadside collisions on the same basis as existing requirements regarding mandatory alcohol testing. I welcome all of this. My...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents that Garda air support unit were requested to attend in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of in-person Garda mountain bike training courses held for gardaí within Kilkenny-Carlow division in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2357/24]

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 14 November 2023, if she has received this information from Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [55364/23]

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the 17 new Garda public order unit vans to come into the fleet. [55365/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ..., carers, families and friends caring for them. I welcome the swift actions of the delivery driver, the parents present, the school staff and the staff of the Rotunda. I welcome the ongoing major Garda operation in Dublin city centre, which has rightly included a significant number of arrests in the city since Thursday. More than 30 people have been before the courts, and a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also want to talk about community policing, and it is one of the best examples of how our Garda force works.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Last week in Myshall, County Carlow, the superintendent and members of An Garda Síochána community policing unit met. I have concerns because the village Garda station needs refurbishment. It needs proper communication equipment, Internet and computer equipment in order for the new community Garda to be able to function properly when in the village. While I know the community...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Garda diversion forensic collision investigation unit as of 7 November 2023; If she will provide the same figures as of 31 March 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top seven countries where interpreters are needed for use by An Garda Síochána where persons have no or little English in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49585/23]

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... When we are talking about these speed limits and reducing them, which is welcome, who will enforce them and what is the timescale? While roadside testing is an operational matter for An Garda Síochána, we must all work together to focus on high-risk behaviour, with the key objective of reducing the number of serious injuries, collisions and fatalities on our roads. There...