Results 1-20 of 81 for garda speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the issue of debt and drug-related intimidation. I am trying to get a sense from both groups how much of their interaction with people is based on the extent to which they are in contact with the Garda. Someone said to me recently, when talking about addiction and addiction services, that one of the issues around diversion programmes is that often the point when one interacts with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...is legislation on intimidation and harassment coming down the line. The basis of it seems to be the creation of a catalogue of repeated offences, so this is happening in other legislation. Has An Garda Síochána, as implementers of the law, done a piece of work on how it will deal with that? Whatever about this legislation, it seems like that is coming down the line and there...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: We know that, at present, staff working in these services in Dublin do not have Garda vetting and are not required to be Garda vetted. I am asking whether the Department feels this is appropriate in the service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Garda has not produced any further data or anything. Does Ms Mason know of any plans the Garda has from any of the discussions the Department has had with it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí stationed at the Bridewell Garda station and Cabra Garda station, respectively; the comparable figures for each station in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the education programmes members of An Garda Síochána, especially members of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, undertake to understand the specific practical requirements on and legal rights of cyclists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Service (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many civil servants were seconded to An Garda Síochána in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to 1 May 2023; how many seconded employees transferred out of An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...her leeway. We spoke to GSOC this morning about the new legislation coming through and the expansion of some of its remit. One of the areas of expansion is the inclusion of the laypeople and non-Garda people who work in Garda stations. Will that change the way the Policing Authority operates, or will it have any impact on the work it does?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms Hall for that answer. I am now going to move onto another topic. At the end of February 2022, there were 227 sworn members of An Garda Síochána at the rank of superintendent or higher. Of these, 38 were women while 189 of their counterparts were male. The Policing Authority is responsible for carrying out selection competitions for the senior ranks of An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It should not be an issue for the Garda. Ms McMahon was asked to appear before the Joint Committee on Health to discuss legislation relating to a very particular type of protest. I presume it is possible to know how many times the Garda has been called to a protest without necessarily giving a location. I actually do not see what the problem would be with giving a location. Does Ms...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...have a quick follow up question on that. In some of the submissions we received there have been very affecting descriptions of mental health incidents and how this legislation might interact with Garda powers. Do our witnesses envisage that there would need to be changes to practice or legislation around Garda powers or a review of those powers in light of this piece of work?

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: .... The privatisation model means that there are staff who do not know which services to direct people to and they are in a role where they have to do that. I did not mean to derail this with the Garda vetting, but my mind is boggled that is the case. I am sorry; the fact that Garda vetting is not required seems to have passed me by.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...seek help. Both groups talked about working with other institutions or service providers. I am interested in the level of communication, particularly between the groups and institutions like the Garda. Perhaps we could start with the Garda but I also want to move on to the accident and emergency services issue. I do not know who wants to take that. I am interested in the level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That would be very useful because there is significant interest in the legislation. One of the conversations we had at length with the Garda was the recording of offences as it stands now and whether it was possible for gardaí to gather data in a meaningful way as they relate to these kinds of events. At the time the Garda did not have that data. Has it provided any additional data to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...-19 crisis. The covering of faces is not necessarily a Covid measure but one assumes it is to either obscure somebody's identity or is an act of intimidation. The second issue is the engagement of An Garda Síochána with the issue of evictions more generally. I point out to the Minister of State that we tend to think of evictions as an issue between two parties and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...of legislation. Some of the questions around the timelines and so on which were a concern have been asked. I found the document we received in our briefings around the witnesses' response to the Garda Síochána really useful. I direct attention to page three, the second last item there, part 2, head 8. I guess this is from the Garda Síochána and it reads that due to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (9 Jun 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps, for example, replacing netting and Garda presence during yard time, he is taking to reduce the incidence of drugs being thrown into Mountjoy Prison from the surrounding streets especially Glengarriff Parade. [9683/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department makes no requirement through the service level agreements or in any other way for people who provide services in emergency accommodation to be Garda vetted.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Does this include Garda vetting?