Results 1-20 of 25 for garda speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits allocated to counties Roscommon and Galway following the latest passing-out ceremony in Templemore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17599/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels in a Garda station (details supplied); the opening hours of the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9304/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...should go. I appreciate that is a specific issue, but on the wider issue of recruitment and retention, we seem to have a crisis in the retained fire service, the ambulance service and the Garda. I ask that the Taoiseach look at that crisis of recruitment and retention across our emergency responders. It very much needs to be looked at.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...their ageing parents or near the family farm. That is where they want to live and that is how we need to be looking at this. We also need to be building communities with all those services. Garda stations, post offices and schools have closed and those services have been lost. We need to do more than just build the houses; we need to build communities. That means services to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I recently attended a community meeting with local gardaí on antisocial behavioural issues in a town in my constituency. The gardaí at the meeting said this is a priority area but that there were no gardaí to put out on the beat. This is not their fault, of course, but it is very worrying for the town itself. It is particularly worrying for rural communities in which Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 1250cc and 1500cc motorcycles that are in the Garda fleet as of 9 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1533/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I want to ask the Taoiseach about Garda presence in our rural communities. We know from recent data released by my colleague, Deputy Martin Kenny, that Garda membership across the State has fallen since 2009 while the population has grown by over 11% in that time. Since 2009, Garda numbers in Galway have increased by just 19. The wider division of Mayo, Roscommon and Longford has got 17...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Court Orders relating to Child Maintenance, Access and Custody: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: .... Moreover, whatever figure the judge chooses is not necessarily paid. Every time, it is up to the lone parent to go back to court, a bench warrant is issued and, often, there is no prosecuting garda in attendance. At every point, the burden comes back on lone parents. We really need to take it off their shoulders. I firmly believe a child maintenance service can only be beneficial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Jun 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2022-2026 An Garda Síochána Capital Building Programme will be published. [33796/22]

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Claire Kerrane: ...when it comes to persons with a disability in particular, the income thresholds are outdated. I know of a couple who are working and who need to put an extension on a house. The gentleman is a garda and the over-€60,000 rule meant they could not get anything in regard to building that extension for their child. This made things extremely difficult and they have not been able to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (31 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if she has had any engagement with the Minister for Justice regarding international Garda clearance to allow refugees to take-up employment with homecare providers, to ensure that this process is simple and easy to access; if not, if she will consider same given the current recruitment and retention crisis in the homecare sector; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bench Warrants (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in each Garda division as of 26 April 2022, in tabular form. [21838/22]

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: ...coming into the household, regardless of whether it is paid. In cases where it is not paid, it is back to the lone parent, back to court again, and a bench warrant is typically issued which typically sits on a Garda desk for months or years on end. Even where the maintenance order is granted, it is not always necessarily paid. Time and again, it is back to the lone parent, and the lone...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 1243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of rape that were reported to An Garda Síochána in 2020 and 2021; and the number of complaints of other types of sexual assault by year, type of complaint and by Garda division in tabular form. [1183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 1245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda fines that were issued for parking in a disabled bay in 2020 and 2021; and the value of these fines by Garda division in tabular form. [1185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 1246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scramblers and quad bikes that were seized in 2020 and 2021 by Garda division in tabular form. [1186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the number of unmarked vans withdrawn from the fleet during the same period. [49361/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (15 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: ...I speak in relation to vacant buildings in the possession of the likes of the Office of Public Works, OPW. There are 75 of them in the State that are currently vacant and many of them are former Garda stations. Some will be auctioned off this month. These vacant properties lie in rural towns and villages throughout the State. I know the OPW has made the list available to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and age of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Roscommon-Longford division by district. [38193/21]