Results 1-20 of 42 for garda speaker:Gary Gannon

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...justice Ministry for the past 13 years. He went on to say he would immediately convene a Dublin city centre task force, bringing together the council, retailers, business, community groups and the Garda. Will the Tánaiste tell me what his understanding of this task force is? As he will be aware, I have been asking for such a task force for about two years now. What sort of budget...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (15 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...among the residential communities in the north inner city that what is happening happens without consequence. I do not doubt for a second that there has been a large increase in the number of gardaí in the commercial city centre, which is really welcome because people have to go about their business there. However, the residents of that environment obviously do not feel that their...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has liaised with the Garda Commissioner regarding safety measures for businesses employing members of the migrant community in the city centre following rioting in Dublin. [53624/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...expectation be if that was her school, where her kids would be? Earlier, at 2.30 p.m., those parents collected their children from that school. What would she say they experienced? There was not one garda present on Parnell Street today as they collected those kids from that school. More to the point, my phone started to blow up around 2.45 p.m. because what they did see was a person...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...been raising since we were both members of Dublin City Council. We cannot talk about sporting facilities without talking about the safety of them and the link-up we need between local authorities and the Garda Síochána. Sheriff YC and Belvedere FC have had to call off games such was the extent of damage to the pitches. Most weekends, the coaches and the parents must sweep the...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...itself in those terms when after holding the Ministry for justice for more than 12 years, we have seen continued deterioration and increasing dysfunction in how our streets are policed and how our Garda stations are resourced. We all experience that as public representatives in our constituencies almost on a weekly basis. I know of stations in Cabra that have to give their only Garda car...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Gary Gannon: I wish to ask about the reintroduction of the unworkable Garda rosters on 6 November. The Minister will have listened to "Morning Ireland" and read reports from RTÉ today that found a leaked confidential document from 2019 highlighted the roster "does not provide sufficient resources" to police the country and is not fit for purpose. It did not need to be leaked, nor was it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (11 Jul 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate the Garda station opening and I have welcomed it. If we were to walk along O'Connell Street and Marlborough Street this evening to get a Luas, would any one of us feel safe? I walk home through that area most evenings. There is still an issue. I have specifically asked what attempts the Minister is making in conjunction with her ministerial colleagues. How much has she...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (28 Jun 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...the Minister, Deputy McEntee, is quite comprehensive. I fully appreciate there are a number of different plans in place, including Operation Citizen. The Minister of State mentioned that the Garda Commissioner states the distribution of gardaí is often considered and monitored. I vehemently argue that policing in an urban environment, in particular a city centre environment, is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (28 Jun 2023)

Gary Gannon: ..., as disgusted and revolted as we were, we were not surprised. Violent assaults in Dublin have increased dramatically over recent years, with the number of assaults up by 60% in the south-central Garda division and the number of serious assaults up by 90%. We have a very serious problem in this city, and I love this city, which is why I am standing up for it here today. We need to get...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: I ask the Tánaiste about facial recognition technology. Although I disagree, I understand why the Garda Commissioner would want to fast track such a technology. However, one would also have to appreciate why civil liberties groups are urging us to tread very cautiously when it comes to introducing one of the most privacy-intrusive tools in the history of policing in this State without...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...same people we ask to start going in and knocking down doors. That has to stop. Community policing is absolutely essential. It involves building up a relationship where people know their local garda, he is on the street and they see him. We need to ensure that schools, community services and residents' associations are equipped, trained and deemed responsible for ensuring their own...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...is what we have. Under a party that self-identifies as one of law and order, we have had communities who have to suffer open drug dealing. There are flat complexes where residents have not seen a garda because if the drugs problem is contained in them, it is not anywhere else. The late Deputy, Tony Gregory - I have seen videos of this - referenced, in the 1980s and 1990s, a policy of...

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...allegations of sexual abuse, harassment and bullying in the Defence Forces, which we must all welcome and work towards with great speed. If allegations of sexual assault are to be referred to the Garda, as the Tánaiste said and which we all agree with, rather than to internal authorities, it is essential that the Garda incorporate the findings contained in this report and ensure that...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...is safe. Regarding the street protests we have seen recently, I possibly have a different view from some of the speakers before me, but there must be a line. We have seen a degree of the Garda being in an unenviable position and a degree of stand-offish approach, which I understand. However, there is a difference when, for example, the other night I witnessed people standing outside...

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

Gary Gannon: ...on the Future of Policing in Ireland did incredible work in outlining the steps which are necessary to bring about essential policing reform, thereby enhancing public support and confidence in the Garda in the process. The Bill goes a long way to giving effect to some of the recommendations the commission made concerning governance, oversight and accountability mechanisms for the Garda....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Cabra is situated in such a place that when gardaí need to be reallocated to other parts of the north side, it usually has to take the brunt of that. With the recent spate of protests, which I am reluctant to call them, or the engagements in which the Garda was involved, it was Cabra Garda station that lost some of its gardaí to go to those scenarios. Cabra is also situated beside...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...or, as we have seen recently, incidents where motorbikes have been burnt or where there have been large congregations of people engaged in fights and that sort of carry-on - there have not been any gardaí around. That is probably indicative of a trend emerging throughout the country whereby we simply do not see gardaí on the streets. When a call is made for whatever reason, be...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...not just in this city but throughout Ireland. The council will often say it can only go so far in light of its remit. When issues pop up around the city that pertain mostly to addiction, An Garda Síochána will rightfully say that it can police the problem of addiction. I agree with that up to a point. The HSE has a responsibility, as does the Department of Housing, Planning...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...xe1;naiste that the issues on O'Connell Street are vast and complex and require a multi-departmental approach. Dublin City Council is pointing at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Garda is saying it cannot police what are ostensibly health-based issues. In six weeks' time, the Tánaiste potentially will be the Taoiseach. Will the Tánaiste commit to...