Results 1-20 of 104 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been trained on bicycles in each Garda region; the number of bicycles currently in use by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20244/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Promises were made in the budget of 1,000 extra gardaí. We need a clear timeline of when these will be delivered, partly so that communities know when they will get the resources they need but also to ensure that they are actually delivered. At one end of my constituency, in Dublin 8, four community Garda sergeants and 25 Garda officers has become one sergeant and four Garda officers....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (3 Feb 2021)

Patrick Costello: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is Garda policy to leave the engines of Garda vehicles running while at checkpoints; if the effects of the emissions of these vehicles on the occupational health of members of An Garda Síochána, the health of the public, the cost of fuel to the State and the damage to the environment are assessed; and if she...

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)

Patrick Costello: In respect of the Garda Vote, the Minister of State has made reference to the supplementary funding being principally driven, among other things, by the €10 million funding for Garda overtime to increase high-visibility policing in the Dublin metropolitan region. While we will all support high-visibility policing, which is exactly what people are looking for, I have two questions. Is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (9 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda cars that came into the fleet in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of unmarked Garda cars withdrawn from the fleet during the same period. [22761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all interview rooms in each Garda station are fully equipped with video recording facilities; and if not, the estimated cost of ensuring all interview rooms in Garda stations are equipped with recording facilities. [26852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (10 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda CCTV cameras located in each location in tabular form; if all cameras are currently working in full order; and if all Garda CCTV cameras are monitored on a 24/7 basis. [34962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1067. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases notified by An Garda Síochána to Tusla under the joint working protocol, broken down by Garda district, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57392/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (14 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: ..., I do not think I need to lay out the significant issue facing the State regarding these ongoing arson attacks. I do not believe that we are taking them seriously enough and I do not believe the Garda is taking them seriously enough. We need to look not only at the individual cases but at the systemic problem they point to. Despite recent arrests, I suggest we are still not taking them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether this is an “intercept detection” offence only by An Garda Síochána or whether such offences can be reported by the public to their Garda stations or Traffic Watch; the number of drivers prosecuted from 2020 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20247/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls that were received by the Garda Traffic Watch Service in 2020; the number of those calls that are allocated a number in the Garda PULSE system; the number of investigations under the road traffic acts that resulted from those calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (13 Jan 2021)

Patrick Costello: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will seek an explanation from the Garda Commissioner for the reason all relevant Garda files into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the Glenanne gang have not been handed over to Operation Kenova; and if the necessary arrangements will be made for all relevant unredacted files to be handed to same without further delay....

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: Like previous speakers, I agree that this is a welcome Bill in terms of its reform of Garda structures. Many Members have spoken about the lack of community gardaí and the lack of gardaí on the ground in general. The Dublin metropolitan region has made a lot of strides over the years towards small-area policing. This needs proper resources and more community gardaí....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a person making a report to An Garda Síochána Traffic Watch is entitled to an acknowledgement of that report, and, where in the case that An Garda Síochána chooses not to proceed with an investigation of the incident reported, notice of that decision and an explanation of the decision; and if she...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: I have one last point. The point on domestic violence speaks to the need for something I have advocated for a long time, that is, the secondment of duty social workers to the Garda district protective services unit. We can go down the route of discussing Barnahus another time. A direct link to a duty social worker sitting in the Garda office at least once per week will help with these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...parts of the legislation. The Bill states: "In addition to the consultations undertaken [with certain named persons] the Commissioner may consult with any other person or body appearing to the Garda Commissioner to have an interest in the matter." I would argue that we should be looking at full public consultation on these codes of practice in regard to their initial creation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...; it should be put in consultation on the code of practice. I am deeply concerned about search warrant in urgent circumstances. I am very conscious of the logic of the Demache case that a garda issuing their own search warrant for their own investigation was not good enough and it had to be a garda of a certain rank independent of the investigation. To achieve true independence, it...

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

Patrick Costello: That also speaks to the need for a dedicated transport team. Ms Armstrong mentioned how effective it can be if there is a uniformed garda on a bus. If a garda is supposed to be walking a beat then surely public transport should be part of it. Stepping on to the bus, riding a few stops and stepping off again should be part of the beat. Certainly, in Dublin, in an urban environment, it...