Results 1-20 of 131 for garda speaker:Pa Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: There was also a request from senior Garda members that Garda Reserve regulations from earlier this year be published as soon as possible in order that senior Garda members who wanted to recruit Garda Reserve members could get them in, but they are not going to be available to be recruited until after Easter of next year. Was the Commissioner aware of that?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I have a general question on the money that might be left over in the context of the Covid pandemic. Many Garda stations, particularly in rural areas, were closed during the austerity years. Barraduff Garda station was recently reopened. With the need for distancing to avoid the spread of Covid, are there any plans to expand reopenings? For example, are there any plans to reopen the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...this point. Heads of Bill came before the Joint Committee on Justice some months ago in relation to the treatment of prisoners in custody. They included a section that would give the power to a Garda inspector to remove solicitors from a Garda station if the inspector felt they were obstructive to an investigation and interrogation that was taking place. That followed from discussions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Pa Daly: I have a final question for the Garda Inspectorate. On the replacement for GSOC and giving it more powers to conduct investigations into Garda personnel, the Garda Commissioner expressed concerns about possible breaches of human rights that could be disproportionate, unconstitutional and unable to withstand a test in the courts. What is the inspectorate's view on that?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 122: In page 173, lines 34 and 35, to delete “having consulted with the Garda Commissioner” It reads currently that the police ombudsman "shall in receipt of a notification under subsection 1, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner and in accordance with the protocols, decide to take any one or more of the following actions". We do not see why the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: In respect of amendment No. 20, we understand that Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, pointed out it is under an obligation under section 169 to work in a timely manner. However, the Garda is under no obligation to co-operate with GSOC to achieve this. Therefore, this amendment to delete lines 4 and 5 and substitute “to ensure that An Garda Síochána...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuarascáil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2021)

Pa Daly: ...cuireadh a thabhairt don Choimisinéir teacht os ár gcomhair mar bhí sé soiléir ón tuarascáil a bhí ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga go raibh fadhb againn. Mhaígh an Coimisinéir Teanga in 2011 go bhfuil ar An nGarda Síochána gach céim riachtanach a ghlacadh le cinntiú gur gardaí atá inniúil sa Ghaeilge a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I will also speak briefly in support of those amendments. It is important that there is consistency and that An Garda Síochána is referred to as An Garda Síochána, and not as anything else - particularly not as the force. I do not like that phrase. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh has said, when one speaks to members of the Garda, they always refer to the inspector as the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister provide an update on any plans the Department has to remedy the crisis in garda retention? There has been a significant issue with garda recruitment and retention for some time but it is getting increasingly worse. I am concerned that if this continues, we will be left with a significant shortage of gardaí, particularly in Dublin where numbers have reduced by 18%...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The Taoiseach stated there were not enough gardaí in Dublin to combat the violence we saw on Sandwith Street. The Minister may recollect he stated funding was in place to recruit an additional 1,000 members, but that is incorrect. If the Taoiseach checked, he would see that only 288 people entered Templemore this year. He should do the maths on that. The Garda Representative...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 45: In page 173, lines 27 and 28, to delete “, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner”. The legislation as currently drafted provides that "The Police Ombudsman shall, on receipt of a notification [...] having consulted with the Garda Commissioner [...] decide to take any one or more of" a number of listed actions. This seems to impose an...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: The Department is going to launch a recruitment campaign for the Garda Reserve. When is that going to start? I have spoken to business owners and those in the higher echelons of the Garda. Those senior members have told me they want to recruit and that there is a need for a Garda presence in the north inner city of Dublin, in particular. They have not been able to provide that presence....

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Pa Daly: ...this city centre, within a mile or two of this building. Speaking not just as a Sinn Féin Deputy but also as someone with some experience of the workings of the criminal justice system, I know the Garda and the courts are, as matters stand, ill equipped to tackle the scourge of crime and the impact of drug-related crime in our communities. There are several gaping holes when it comes...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...is excellently written. I will deal with a few things within in. There is reference in it to assisting people with mental health and addiction conditions. As we know, I believe there were 7,000 call-outs to An Garda Síochána last year to deal with mental health crises. While we welcome the acknowledgement that this is taking place, any changes should happen in conjunction...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: Does it apply to every witness, including Garda, retired Garda and civilian witnesses?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 39: In page 49, to delete lines 5 to 13 and substitute the following: “(a) Coimisinéir na nGardaí; (b) Leas Choimisinéir na nGardaí; (c) Coimisinéir Cúnta na nGardaí; (d) ard-cheannfort; (e) ceannfort; (f) cigire; (g) sáirsint; (h) garda; (i) garda cúltaca.”.

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

Pa Daly: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality by what mechanism does the Garda Commissioner know, in real time, what Garda resources he has available to him to deploy. [55394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in relation to the denial of Garda pensions to former members of Garda rank who left the force for any reason before 1 October 1976, having had the required five years' service. [6539/24]