Results 41-60 of 831 for garda speaker:Pearse Doherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...have to repay the individuals because that is the guarantee they have with their credit or debit cards. These are incidents of fraud. Surely under section 19 they would all be reported to An Garda Síochána. Would that not be the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...one person's card or account. Outside of that, even with those exceptions and even if the number was as small as 2,000, if they are frauds, they have to be paid back. They are reported to the Garda by the banks. Does that mean they go onto the PULSE system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. To the Garda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The point is, the Garda will be notified that Pearse Doherty's card was fraudulently accessed for a purchase. It goes on PULSE. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This is an important part. Maybe it is impossible. We could just overwhelm the Garda if we were to do that; I am not sure. I would like to know the process regarding whether they are all reported. If they are reported, then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...regard to send out a signal that this is not just easy money, that it is a criminal conviction and they could face 18 months or so in prison. What is the witnesses' message to the money mules? I know the Garda raised the issue with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, who happened also to be the Minister for Justice for a period. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We wish the Garda every success in that regard, but we are talking about thousands of crimes being committed each year, thousands of victims and money being lost and not being recompensed in many cases. I would love to whether anyone is ever prosecuted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am saying that in thousands of cases, locally and nationally, where persons are victims of fraud and have lost substantial sums, there is no contact by the Garda, even when the Garda has been alerted to that by the bank.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on total Garda numbers in County Donegal; if he will outline his plans to increase Garda recruitment in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25300/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In the absence of that, BPFI is chairing a kind of intelligence group that includes the Garda, the banks and other agencies to share fraud trends and typologies. Is that correct? However, they obviously cannot share the core information because their hands are restrained in respect of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...assaulted. For so many parents, it is just unimaginable. For that matter, it is unimaginable for many parents for their children to be involved in the perpetration of this type of assault. There is no room in our society for this type of behaviour, violence or bullying. I am aware that the Garda is currently undertaking an investigation. My colleague who represents Meath West, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; how many assigned to each Garda station; how many are fluent in Irish; how many vacancies there are, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...knowing where that family in their own county is going to go - two parents working with children. They have no idea where they are going to go. They do not know if they are going to be sent to a Garda station, if they are going to be living in the car or in emergency accommodation. They have no idea, but they voted no matter what to make them homeless. Gillian is from Dublin. She...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the 11,754 who are homeless, and the 3,451 people, but all of the additional people the Minister will make homeless. We put it to the Tánaiste last week about a family who was told to go to the Garda station, because that was the only security that could be got. He was shouting across the Chamber that they were sorted. They were sorted, because Deputy Ward was able to find...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In the real world they are told to go to a Garda station.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...children. The council told the family that it has no emergency accommodation for them. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive told the family there is no available accommodation for them. This is before the eviction ban has even been lifted. The family were told by the council to present at a Garda station for a safe place to stay. This is what is happening on the Tánaiste's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...is no available accommodation in the county for their family size. The local authority said there are no options and no vacancies in the hotel system and that those constituents should present to their local Garda station for a safe place to stay or ask family or friends. If it were not for the intervention of my colleague, Deputy Ward, that is exactly where that family would be - on the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Finally, I come to the issue of the Garda headquarters. It is great to see that the new venue is open. The new accommodation is open as of last year at a cost in the region of €86 million. We discussed this in the past. I made the point to the Minister of State that the OPW was planning for a property that was of insufficient capacity to house the Garda. The Minister of State made...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...happen. It is akin to saying that we will build a broadband network and not take into account the capacity of population growth, future needs or future demands. In 2016, there were 200 more gardaí assigned to headquarters in Harcourt Street. There were over 1,000 gardaí, which was the official figure that was given, and this building was built for 880. Growth in population...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: So it is owned by the State. The Minister of State mentioned Clyde House in the Phoenix Park. Is it envisaged that this building will be handed over to the Garda once works are completed?