Results 1-20 of 49 for garda speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...who woke that Saturday morning to find their children’s beds empty. We cannot even begin to think what must have been going through their minds as they began the frantic search for their loved ones in Garda stations, hospitals and, sadly for some, at the makeshift morgue at the Dublin Coroner’s Court, where a tent had to be erected by the Army medical corps due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (20 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...measures are proposed to address anti-social behaviour along the DART line which acts as a disincentive for people using public transport; if he will liaise with the relevant bodies including An Garda Síochána to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...meet, engage, enjoy themselves and so on, it has knock-on effects in terms of anti-social behaviour, crime and so forth. All that cost is picked up in the need to put additional resources into the Garda and so on, simply because we are not planning the area. Make no mistake, the planning system is not picking this up. Cultural spaces are closing. They are getting pushed out because...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (5 Mar 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...by each of the 17 Tusla local area offices for each of the past five years; the number of these allegations deemed founded and unfounded and the number of allegations that were referred to An Garda Síochána, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...Reform if he will engage with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) during talks on the Building Momentum Agreement for pension parity between existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56962/23]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...there is not popular support for increasing the number of Deputies. This is something of which we are aware. Most people would like to see the resources going to other areas, be it employing more gardaí, nurses, doctors, teachers and speech and language therapists. If more resources were to go into democratic structures, there is a very strong case in Ireland for putting that into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Census of Population (27 Sep 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the populations of each division in the Garda Dublin metropolitan region as of the 2022 census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41739/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...is not legally notified of the presence of the monument, he or she may not have the information and be unable to pass it on. Such landowners may or may not have seen notice in the post office, Garda station or newspaper. It affects the obligation to pass on that information if it cannot be established that you definitely saw the notice. To be frank, I cannot say when I last saw a notice...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Pride march will take place this Saturday in Dublin. In 2022, 582 hate crimes were reported to An Garda Síochána, an increase of 30% from 2021. According to ILGA-Europe, last year was the most violent year for LGBTQ+ people in Europe in a decade. We know from Irish research that 75% of LGBTQ+ people have been verbally abused, while one in five of us has been punched, hit or...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...find a home is a full-time job. This is someone who is a researcher and has had to leave their rented house. We have heard from a Dublin mum of three facing eviction next month who was told to go to a Garda station. We have been told of a Wicklow family facing eviction who said they are considering living out of a storage unit due to the housing crisis. We have heard from a middle-aged...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...tours, a very responsible form of access, to have access to a key monument? Since 2007, only nine prosecutions have been taken by the Director of Public Prosecutions on the recommendation of An Garda Síochána for alleged offences under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014. Given the level of destruction that has been documented as having gone on, the fact there has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (1 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...was convicted for failing to register tenancies. The landlord's address has been published in The Irish Times, the Irish Independentand the Irish Examinerand in multiple court proceedings and the Garda has recently confirmed that this is still the landlord's address. Yet, the RTB is somehow stating that it cannot pursue this landlord at this point to pay money owed to his former tenants....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...unit has taken it up and findings have been made, then surely this is the same complaint at the point it is passed over to enforcement unit, which should accept the same threshold of proof. If the Garda accepts something as proof of address, for example, why is the enforcement section of the RTB not accepting it as proof of address? Why does a section of the RTB seem to have some...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...-old were left out on the streets at night as there was nowhere for them to go. When the volunteers rang the various homelessness agencies, the only advice they could give was that the families should go to a Garda station. That was the only advice because everywhere was full. This is the reality of the homelessness and housing situation right now. Over the weekend, we saw in the...

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...try to divide us, which will not succeed. We have seen the efforts to try to attack the trans community in particular. Before I talk about that, I will welcome the work that has been done by the Garda and community leaders, especially people such as Oisín O'Reilly in Outhouse, to work together to address violence on the streets and have a co-ordinated response to tackle homophobic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...is an abhorrent practice. We must ask whether legislation is necessary. In the Dáil the Minister of State for Justice confirmed that no specific criminal offence exists for the practice, and the Garda confirmed for the housing committee that the PULSE system does not specifically record sex-for-rent complaints as a specific category. That is not surprising given that it is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed with the Garda Commissioner the option of setting up a specific Garda taskforce to tackle the recent incidents of homophobic hate crimes across Ireland and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31484/22]

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: First Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...outlined in it include imprisonment of up to seven years or a fine. The Minister for Justice has confirmed to the Dáil that no specific criminal offence for this practice currently exists. The Garda has informed the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage that the PULSE system does not record sex for rent complaints as a specific category. This is not surprising,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...Minister does that the better. We do not know the scale of this. One of the reasons why this is the case is that there is no specific legislation that specifies this as a criminal offence. An Garda, for example, does not specifically record this on the Pulse system. That is why we need this to be tackled as quickly as possible. I thank the Minister for the answers and for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...blankets or duvets or, in other instances, being issued with bloodstained sheets, and, in some cases, residents complaining of theft of personal belongings, including allegedly by staff who are not Garda vetted or properly trained. All of this is happening in hostels in receipt of public funds. A recent survey by Mendicity found that more than 98% of respondents had either been assaulted...