Results 1-15 of 15 for garda speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied) what works will be undertaken; the timeline for their commencement and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57194/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (14 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the interdepartmental working group examining the retirement requirements for post-1995 entrants to An Garda Síochána will complete its review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49977/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was perplexed today to see reports in the media that gardaí are being sent to Disneyland in France to police tourist hot spots. I see the Tánaiste is perplexed by that as well. The facts are that we have migrant campsites being burned out literally a stone's throw from the Dáil and that the Taoiseach himself has raised concerns about garda numbers and whether we have enough...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a matter of garda numbers and whether we should be-----

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the Government's money should have been targeted. We heard earlier about domestic violence rates and the crisis for many families in the country, in particular women, when it comes to that issue. In 2020, 43,500 calls were made to the Garda regarding domestic violence incidents, yet just €9 million was allocated to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in the budget this year. When we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the redevelopment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45260/22]

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the objections he raised on Committee Stage regarding this amendment, particularly that any intervention or investigation in respect of violent or unnatural death should clearly come under the remit of An Garda Síochána and the coroner. It posits a false dichotomy to state these amendments represent an interference with the jurisdiction of An Garda Síochána and the...

Protection of Children’s Health (Idling of Mechanically Propelled Vehicles in Vicinity of Schools) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to causing or permitting a mechanically propelled vehicle to remain idle in the vicinity of a school, and for those purposes to make certain provisions in relation to the powers of members of the Garda Síochána, the provision of traffic signs and the payment of a fixed charge as an alternative to prosecution for such an offence, and to provide for related matters. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 481. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to amend existing mental health legislation to remove the power of An Garda Síochána to detain a person who is in immediate jeopardy of causing harm to themselves or to others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56107/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding which was set aside in Budget 2021 to purchase new Garda vehicles; the number of new Garda vehicle purchases that were electric vehicles; if not electric, the reason for not purchasing electric vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54594/21]

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...Commission’s report; — several witnesses have made complaints to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) pursuant to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, and to An Garda Síochána; and — unless legislation is amended, the term of the Commission is due to expire on the 28th of February, 2021;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...be dissolved in a few weeks' time. The Minister is still trying to establish the legality or illegality of its action. The survivors have said they did not give consent and many have gone to the Garda and the Data Protection Commission, DPC, about this. There is an obvious need to provide time to allow survivors to get answers to these questions and to allow for any examination or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (20 Jan 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...and Equality if an analysis has been carried out on the effects that letters consistently being sent to persons facing deportation outlining their requirement to present themselves to their local Garda stations is having on their mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1060. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding which is being set aside in budget 2021 to purchase new Garda vehicles; the number of new Garda vehicles that will be electric vehicles; if not electric, the reason for not purchasing electric vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32808/20]

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...occurred without the landowner's knowledge and involved the use of a highly toxic, illegal chemical, would have resulted in a public safety issue. I acknowledge the landowner who notified the Garda and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the crime and I thank him for his vigilance. It is great to see him working with the authorities. This was one of the largest known killings of...