Results 1-16 of 16 for garda speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...I understand it, that committee currently comprises the Minister of State, the Minister for Justice and representatives of the RSA, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and An Garda Síochána. It should be expanded to include representatives of the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA and, crucially, the National Transport Authority, who would...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...was a long-tail cargo bike. The child was extremely frightened as well. It was reported to Traffic Watch but she heard nothing back. Some 38 days later, she phoned again and took a call from a garda. On 12 July, she got back on to them. I could give chapter and verse here. What it all boils down to is that at the end of the process she got a reply on 16 January. She was told to put...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (14 Dec 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...has been progress in relation to streamlining the process of the payment of public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants, particularly where post '95 members of An Garda Síochána retiring must first exhaust all entitlement under social welfare, and are required to sign a declaration to the Department of Social Protection saying they are available...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...a board that is non-quorate and non-functioning so that the Minister needs to step in and take the nuclear option, essentially. There have been a series of internal reports, protected disclosures and a Garda investigation relating to serious allegations of fraud. There are questions about dormant accounts funding. We have sense that taxpayers' money is being thrown around like snuff at...

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

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement of his Department in relation to the forthcoming new Garda Capital Investment Plan 2023-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...into the lives of our citizens. I readily acknowledge that in this case the State is one of the most benign actors in those technologies. There has been discussion in this House in the context of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill of some of those potential technological advances, and I would have voiced some of my concerns during that debate, particularly in respect...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have limited time to contribute. I welcome the many provisions in the Bill that will support the work of An Garda Síochána and the essential duty it performs in this State. We are lucky to live in a democracy where there is policing by consent and the police force is, in general, held in such high regard. It is, of course, imperative that the State provides all the safeguards...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (20 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the development of an online portal through which citizens can report traffic offences, as positively referenced by An Garda Síochána at a recent Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice; if it will be enabled through the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We would accept one in a row in Waterford if we could get it, never mind five. I was very encouraged to hear Paula Hilman, the assistant commissioner for roads policing with the Garda traffic bureau, telling the justice committee yesterday that she and her colleagues are fully supportive of introducing an online portal for members of the public to upload evidence of road traffic...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Sep 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Patrick Costello - to discuss the need for a co-ordinated Garda response to stolen cars rallying and ramming a Garda car in Cherry Orchard; (2) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - to discuss treating offshore islands as one area with a local...

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...round that will enable LGBTI+ NGOs to plan to undertake longer-term initiatives to help maintain their support. This is the core support feature to which the Minister referred in his opening statement. I very much welcome the work being undertaken by An Garda Síochána to deepen awareness of this issue among its front-line officers. Actions in the national LGBTI+ strategy also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Road Traffic Accidents (31 Mar 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 96. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reporting of anonymised data on minor and serious injuries from road traffic collisions by the health system, particularly those not captured by Garda reports, and the provision of those statistics to the Road Safety Authority in order to obtain a fuller picture of the impact of road traffic collisions on the health service; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (29 Mar 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...for road traffic offences to enable persons to upload photographic and video evidence including of drivers illegal parking on paths, in cycle lanes and close passing of persons cycling in order that An Garda Síochána can investigate in line with the Vision Zero, the road safety strategy for 2021-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16224/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (28 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...antisocial behaviour in Dublin city; (13) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - to discuss a Topical Issue matter for the Minister for Health relating to the drug Zolgensma; (14) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss concerns regarding available Garda resources to deal with an increasingly visible drug dealing problem in Dublin North-West; (15) Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Johnny Guirke and Peadar...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (28 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices which have been issued by An Garda Síochána using the new statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since the law was introduced in November 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46066/21]

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...groups, schools and others who can contribute to community safety", and recommendation No. 22, which states that the "building of genuine community partnerships should be a requirement for all Garda districts". These recommendations are important in that they acknowledge the deeply integrated role that gardaí play within local communities. Our policing model has long been based on...