Results 1-20 of 21 for garda speaker:Aidan Davitt

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the delegates for their presentations, which I appreciated very much. I wish to follow on from Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. How many cases have the delegates' organisations reported to the Garda? How many complaints have they passed on where they have seen that a crime has been committed? Do they have any numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Aidan Davitt: ...times, including on Meta. On Amazon, people may be selling fraudulent things, although this is not done by Amazon itself. Have the three companies data on when they might have liaised with the Garda on what they regarded as crimes during any given year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Aidan Davitt: If Meta, formerly Facebook, saw that a crime was being committed that a donkey could see, would it report it to the Garda? That is a simple question. I gather that "No" is the answer. I am not trying to ensnare the delegates but that seems to be the general answer.

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

Aidan Davitt: ...It is as comprehensive a Bill as I have seen in quite a while. We have spoken about a lot of anomalies, which I am sure the Minister is doing her best to square. My greatest concern is that the garda on the front line every day on behalf of the State is not the average State worker. Gardaí put their lives on the line every day when they go outside their door. To be fair to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: ...unions, it is also driving good, hardworking people away from working in public transport. I have written to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, proposing that all members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces should be given free travel on all forms of public transport. In itself, this will not stamp out antisocial behaviour. However, an increase in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: ...better than most. Recently, the Department rolled out a scheme worth up to €5,000 that has beefed up security for Oireachtas Members, following a recommendation made in a security review by the Garda. The matter I raise details that councillors are the first line of politics on this island. They are immersed in communities in every respect. In some instances, they are probably...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: ...deserve to be treated in the same fashion as Members of this House and the Lower House of the Oireachtas, particularly in the context of their security and security concerns. Following a Garda review, an allowance of €5,000 has been brought in for Oireachtas Members for cameras and various security systems. In fairness to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, he was here this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I wish to follow up on a matter that was in the news yesterday, namely, the great success of the Garda in disrupting the flow of cocaine, a class-A drug, into the country. That has to be welcomed, and the resources the Minister for Justice has been putting into this area must be welcomed. I am concerned about another issue. Perhaps the relevant Minister could come to the House to address...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2022)

Aidan Davitt: ...to go to Dublin is full, particularly any one in the early hours with people going to work or coming to Dublin about their business. We might bring in the Minister for Justice for a talk about gardaí dealing with victims of aggravated burglaries and serious assaults. It would be just about the general process from start to finish. I highly commend the Garda for having broken up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Apr 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...witnesses’ thoughts as to whether or not this perception is true when Ireland’s position is compared with EU standards and our sisters in the EU. Second, do the witnesses believe that the Garda has enough resources to tackle financial and corporate irregularities and criminal acts? It seems to have been pointed up that we might be behind the curve in this regard,...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...have been dismissed. That is certainly something we could address. It might make people think twice before bringing some cases in the first place. We have yet to establish an anti-fraud unit in the Garda Síochána, as we have discussed before, or to set up a business insurance premium index that would track prices over a given period. We have yet to take any action towards...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I refer to the great work that brave gardaí are doing at present on very limited resources. Garda overtime has been a serious issue of late. The situation has become extreme in Drogheda, County Louth recently. I have spoken to gardaí there who have had to cancel holidays, which is most unfortunate. If the proper resources were in place, Garda overtime would have been used to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

Aidan Davitt: And Garda stations.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I would like to agree with Senator Feighan. As the House is aware, Fianna Fáil is a heavy supporter of the Garda and institutions of the State. I am sure there was no slight meant on us. A senior serving fire officer in Mullingar brought to my attention the fact that while alarm companies are able to sell their wares and provide security for burglaries and fires, there is no...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Fair play to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, for reopening his local Garda station and closing pubs in towns and villages all over Ireland that he has never heard of. Good luck to the Boxer; he has a hard neck and is a good politician with whom I have served.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I wish to speak about Garda morale, which is at an all-time low. Rank and file gardaí with whom I have spoken in recent weeks have told me that they, while on their beat, face an onslaught of allegations of corruption from ordinary members of the public. Something that I would otherwise have found hard to believe brought it home to me today, though. I was passing through a provincial...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to the House to respond to serious concerns about the number of gardaí working in cybercrime. In 2012, in the depths of the recession, one quarter of all organisations in the State, ranging from charities and sports clubs to businesses, reported suffering a cyber-attack. At that time, 31 gardaí were...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: ...classes, the squeezed middle. This caring Government which claims to have prioritised social reform has done anything but that - it has bared its teeth on middle class Ireland. No longer can a garda or a teacher marry a bank clerk or a Dunnes Stores' worker and hope to settle down and raise a family. The moral fabric and generational right of the middle class is being unspun by a...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: ...the last ten years we have seen the decentralisation policy shelved, with an estimated 200 jobs lost to Mullingar. Our hospitals are under constant threat, we have a shadow and under-resourced Garda force, we have had bank and post office closures and the removal of State veterinary services. The list goes on and on. Deputy Ross, as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Vetting of Personnel (6 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: The statement is self-explanatory. Since the roll-out of the new Garda vetting forms, there has been a disconnect between the legislation and the reality on the ground. A serious problem has arisen. Michael Ryan, the principal of a school in Waterford, has raised a valid query. At present, he wants to take on some temporary staff. He would have the same issue if he wanted to take on a...