Results 1-20 of 99 for garda speaker:Gerry Horkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...volume has increased. The number of cars has increased and since the pandemic, the volume of traffic has increased a lot but I am talking about the 185 fatalities of last year. The coroner and An Garda Síochána have investigated these particular fatalities. What did they identify as the main cause? Was it speeding, drugs or alcohol? Was it a combination? What historical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...them surrender their licences. I am not as concerned as to whether they surrender the plastic card but we seem to keep finding people on the roads who are driving without permission to drive. An Garda Síochána's X, formerly Twitter, account seems to keep posting about how a car driving erratically was pulled in and it had no tax, NCT or driver's licence and the driver had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Does Mr. Walsh think it is a power the RSA would maybe like to have? If somebody breaks a red light or is speeding, the RSA can do nothing about it. The authority can ask An Garda Síochána to do something about it and can ask the local authorities to install red light cameras but it cannot install them. That is where I see the disconnect in that we want the RSA to make roads...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: In terms of the drivers, every garda will have this technology and they will be able to call up the information more quickly. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...while it is a good service that is provided on a daily basis, we must ensure the policing aspect. I believe the SIPTU recommendation is the right way, and that is for a dedicated section within An Garda Síochána as opposed to a completely separate transport force that, if it is not competing with the Garda, is separate from the Garda. Those are my thoughts and it is also what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...cannot exceed the time too much, so I want to conclude. I hope there will be time for the second round. I mentioned the three main asks of SIPTU. One is a dedicated national transport-related Garda service and another is the establishment of a transport advisory council. I was around long enough as a councillor to remember the body that preceded the National Transport Authority,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...eejit at UCD and services were being pulled out after a certain time. People got real very quickly about what they win versus what they lose. I will make a couple of very small points. On the Garda response time, when drivers have to press the button or something is happening they feel needs a Garda response, how does that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: If there is a Garda van on a Luas line, there is not much you can do about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: If Ms Armstrong does the last resort thing of stopping a bus and saying we are waiting for the Garda, these fellas just jump off.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...and involving young people. We need to keep reinforcing that point. I thank the Minister of State and everyone in the Road Safety Authority, in the Department and in wider civic society and the Garda, who are contributing in any way they can to reducing road deaths and, indeed, injuries because life-changing injuries happen as well in road accidents and can be incredibly traumatic for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...it is about speed, intoxication, young male drivers, night-times, weekends and mobile phone use. It surprised me when we had the RSA in with us - not the last time but the time before - or maybe it was An Garda Síochána, that there are still a very significant number of people in fatalities who are not wearing seatbelts. That really surprises me. We need to communicate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...why he is seeking a waiver. We are here to tease out what is in the legislation in order that we are in a position to grant the waiver. I whish him and his team in the Department, the RSA and the Garda the very best with all their endeavours. The message can go out from this room that people who are travelling at the weekend, whether they are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...get my head around that. I know it might not be physically possible to do it, but I do not know how anyone ever thought it was okay to have a sign up saying that. I just wonder how much engagement the RSA has with the Garda and the local authorities. I am the former chair of a transportation and strategic policy committee in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. I know about engagement with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...do not behave as well when we are not. That applies to many different behavioural issues, not just driving. There is so much technology already there. On the M7 cameras, are they RSA cameras or Garda cameras? Who gets the money out of them? TII or An Garda Síochána? Who issues the penalties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...that still the case? Is there still serious non-compliance with the use of seatbelts or is it just that the people who end up in accidents are the very few people who are not wearing them? Is the Garda still looking for people not wearing seatbelts and finding them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Okay. In terms of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, the Minister of State said he had a meeting with the Garda this morning. The MIBI appeared before the committee the week before last and its representatives told us that almost 200,000 cars on the road are taxed but uninsured. There are probably more that are both untaxed and uninsured. Where are we in terms of being able to tackle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...night buses, more frequently, to more areas. Aviation policy is also a major issue. Active travel is an area where there is also scope. We are relying not only on Insurance Ireland but also on Garda discretion. It is technically illegal to drive a car with an out-of-date NCT. Garda discretion is being applied all the time, but we probably need some form of interim temporary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Gerry Horkan: That is all very positive news. I had this discussion previously with the Garda when its representatives appeared before the committee. Everyone needs to have his or her vehicle roadworthy at all times. However, even though it can be 100% roadworthy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...to people who just jumped in the car, having taxed it but who were not insured, and they are driving around. What is the sanction for them at the moment? What happens when they are caught by An Garda Síochána for driving without insurance?