Results 1-20 of 391 for garda speaker:Ivana Bacik

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

Ivana Bacik: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Kevin Street Garda station, Irishtown Garda station, Donnybrook Garda station, Rathmines Garda station, Terenure Garda station, Sundrive Road Garda station and Pearse Street Garda station, in tabular form. [18131/24]

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

Ivana Bacik: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for garda attendances at a scene, following a call to both emergency services and local Garda stations, in each county. [8753/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has said. Very concerningly, this spate of arson attacks is posing a real and serious threat to human life. In response to a request from Deputy Ó Ríordáin, on 5 March, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister, Deputy McEntee, will address the Joint Committee on Justice on this threat. Will the Government also allocate time in this...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Anglo-Irish framework documents and how they had to pick up the pieces, as we might recall, after the IRA returned to violence with the bombing of Canary Wharf and the awful murder of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. These were enormous challenges they were able to address and overcome. Over 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement, I think we can acknowledge that John Bruton and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...and Equality the number of instances in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023 in which bombs, grenades or improvised explosive devices have been used; and the number of occasions in that period when An Garda Síochána sought the assistance of the Army ordnance unit to manage such devices. [56708/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...x2013; it is not about that – nor can she distract us with political theatre, such as asking the Policing Authority to provide clarity on the use of force. That is a farcical question because we know the Garda Commissioner and senior management are responsible for providing the training and guidance to gardaí on the proportionate use of force. The Policing Authority is not a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: With respect, the Minister did not answer my questions. Certainly, this issue did not start around last Thursday afternoon. We know about these issues in the Garda concerning morale, recruitment and retention that have been building for so long. There was a lack of gardaí on the ground, not just last Thursday night but also for some time before that. Gardaí had to rely on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...see a real commitment from Government to tackling and targeting the far right and ensuring intelligence-led policing is taking it on. Third, we need a commitment from Government to give front-line gardaí the resources they need, ensure we have more personnel and not allow the numbers to drop – as they have – below 4,000. We need that commitment urgently from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...collapse of order on our streets through a combination of failures, namely, failure to tackle the far right and failure to address the triple crisis of morale, recruitment and retention within the Garda. There were failures at operational level, for which the Commissioner and senior gardaí are responsible. There were failures at political and government level for which the Minister...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the right to protest. It is really important that those who portray it as such go back and read what is in the Bill, in particular section 2, which clearly sets out a very high bar for any sort of Garda or policing intervention. I will speak in a moment about that. The Labour Party amendment is an amendment to the Minister's amendment No. 4. I refer also to Deputy Shortall's amendment...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...robust and that there will, crucially, be a future-proofed recording method that will be more facilitative and less prescriptive. Currently, as we know, section 4(2) is very clear in stating that Garda members shall record instances in writing, and what the amendments seek to do is simply to provide a little more flexibility around that. Finally, on the points made about whether it is...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...matters further. Deputy Smith has brought forward these amendments in the spirit of constructive engagement, seeking to ensure the legislation will be effective in its application, that An Garda Síochána will have sufficient powers to ensure proper enforcement and that the legislation is future-proofed. I see these two amendments as facilitative and constructive and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Properties (10 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the vacancy or dereliction registers. [43597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Properties (10 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Ombudsman owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the vacancy or dereliction registers; and the reason for which they are vacant or derelict, in tabular form. [43701/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...that the business of the criminal courts has been halted due to the withdrawal of services by criminal barristers and solicitors because of the lack of pay restoration moves. We have also seen a crisis in An Garda Síochána, with the work-to-rule ongoing today and on future Tuesdays including, it seems, Hallowe'en. The response the Taoiseach gave was effectively that of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of retirements from An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána. [42835/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ..., constitutes a constitutionally robust and proportionate restriction on the right to protest. I know there has been some focus on section 4 and the provision of a warning from a member of the Garda, which is an extra and additional check on the framing of the offence. There is a valid concern around the evidential requirement about the recording of the warning. The Joint Committee on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...echoes that posed by Tanya Ward, CEO of the Children's Rights Alliance, who has asked in response to this report how many cases of suspected abuse of children in State care have been passed on to Tusla or to the Garda. Has the Government been monitoring these awful cases? Does the Government’s reported new focus on poverty and child poverty in particular include these concerns in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foot, bicycle and other patrols, broken down by patrol type, carried out in each Garda district in Dublin as part of Operation Citizen during each month from January 2022 to May 2023; the financial resources specifically dedicated to Operation Citizen from January 2022 to date; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...under Fine Gael, the supposed party of law and order, more people are offending and fewer perpetrators are being detected. Clearly a key issue to be addressed is confidence in policing and in An Garda Síochána. We are hearing from members of An Garda Síochána about serious issues around recruitment and retention in the force. The Government needs to take effective...