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Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...organisations is a budgeting process for their long-term future that includes projections for future projects.I commend the Minister and the Department. Around the country, we can see beautiful Garda stations. I think we have seen these in all our communities. I know the OPW can be involved a lot of the time in this work. Kudos must go to that organisation and to the previous capital...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: This section concerns the governance framework document for An Garda Síochána, which includes an outline of the guiding principles applicable to An Garda Síochána and the organisational structure of it. It almost indicates that there could be significant changes. It is very important for members of the public as well as us, as parliamentarians, to be informed of the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...is only accessible online and not everybody has an email address or access to broadband. Could we get an assurance from the Minister that the plan will be on display - possibly in every Garda station in the country - and that there will be an option for people to submit any submissions or recommendations not only online but also in person at a Garda station?Could she also assure us that...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ...to call on the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to attend this House and explain what she knows about the current saga of the alleged misappropriation of millions of euro at the Garda training college in Templemore. There appears to be a huge disparity between the evidence given by a senior civil servant within the force, Mr. John Barrett, and that of the Garda...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: Yes, between the gardaí and the local people living in the area and there is great feedback. There are great channels of communication between the local community and An Garda Síochána. It is important we get information, not only about the bad stuff we read about. A lot of good stuff is going on as well and An Garda Síochána has an important role to play. I thank...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...people who work in this area that there has been a citywide increase in the use of crack cocaine because it is cheaper and widely available. In Dublin South-Central alone, the Crumlin area has gone through eight Garda superintendents in the past three years. At present, no Garda superintendent has been appointed to oversee the Crumlin area. When will a Garda superintendent be appointed...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Today, I wish to raise two short issues. First, it is with great regret that I rise again today to raise the issue of the Garda Commissioner. We have learned that the irregularities in Templemore are much more severe than we originally thought. We learned yesterday that the Garda Commissioner has confirmed there is reasonable cause to suspect fraud has been committed regarding Garda bank...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: I want to speak to the section on the governance framework document for An Garda Síochána and, specifically, the organisational structure of An Garda Síochána. As I said, it is important that members of the public and we, as Members of this House, are aware of the organisational structure. Section 70(4) states that the annual report will be laid before each House of the...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...transport are looking for public transport police. This has been discussed for years. It has been in many of our Government manifestos. I know the National Transport Authority, NTA, and the Garda do not feel there is a need for a transport police, but we know there are certain times of the day, such as when Nightlink buses run, and certain routes where it is very clear and obvious that...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Ardagh: ...of crime and their families? Many charitable organisations have stepped into this breach to support victims of crime and their families. In view of the upcoming and unprecedented work stoppages by An Garda Síochána in November, I have massive sympathy for gardaí because they are on the front line. Their job is very difficult. Every day they run the risk that they will...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: ...and burglaries on the streets of Dublin. We also learned last week of the horrendous rapes of three college students in Cork, of how they had not reported the incidents to their colleges or to the Garda and of the fact that two of them have dropped out of college as a result of trauma and personal violation. In response, the Government agreed to set up a forum locally so that there could...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: Will the strategic plan be on public view in local Garda stations? Will there be any input from the public into the plan before it is decided upon and presented to the Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to raise two issues, the first of which is the recent Garda scandal and the second is the protection of cyclists on our roads. How the Government has dealt with the recent Garda scandal is incredible. Most notably, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has failed to appear in the Dáil today and has, for all intents and purposes, gone to ground. Some 937,000...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: I convey my sympathies and those of the Fianna Fáil group to the families of Garda David Hearne and Garda John McCallion who passed away at the weekend. Garda Hearne was from Fethard-on-Sea in County Wexford, a village where I spent many of my holidays. He was a recipient of bravery awards for his work with the Coast Guard. He tragically passed away in a diving accident at the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...it is not fit for purpose. I did not come to speak about that but I hope the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission will look at the matter urgently. In the past year, 43,000 calls were made to An Garda Síochána relating to victims of domestic violence.Charges of domestic abuse rose by 24% last year and calls to An Garda Síochána relating to domestic abuse rose by 16%. I...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...there is to be a report. It seems to be styled in terms of the publication of a report on implementation. Can the Minister assure us that the report on implementation will also be made public in Garda stations, libraries and post offices, as we have suggested, or will this not be the case?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...be put in place and the establishment of the board has already been discussed in the Seanad. I add that it is important that people from a wide variety of backgrounds and different levels of An Garda Síochána are on the board. People involved in the community should also be on the board, especially when it comes to policing in our city. That is what I have most knowledge of....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ...for Justice and Equality to attend the House to explain how he will act on the recommendations made in the report. Serious concerns about the Department of Justice and Equality's oversight of An Garda Síochána were raised. The Department has presided over serious financial and governance irregularities in the force in recent years. The report is also sceptical about the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...includes many very disadvantaged and extremely disadvantaged households. The report also states that nine foster care households in which persons over 16 years of age were residing had not been Garda vetted. It seems like a post code lottery. A foster child living in Dublin 10, 12 or 20 and Dublin South Central in general will not get the proper care he or she deserves. Children in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...are really proud of their home country and all of the support it is giving to the Ukrainian people. In regard to all of the other contributors, it is great to hear from the Red Cross that Garda vetting is to the fore. In the past, we have made mistakes in regard to Garda vetting. It is important we do not repeat those mistakes in regard to these vulnerable people. It is reported in...