Results 81-100 of 264 for garda speaker:Timmy Dooley

Topical Issue Debate: Cabotage Regulations (18 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: ...worth millions of euro to foreign haulage firms that pay no taxes in Ireland and employ no people here. The Road Safety Authority is responsible for the enforcement of legislation, along with the Garda, and its figures reveal that from 2012 to July 2013 only 78 vehicles were checked in Ireland and only a single breach of the regulations was uncovered. That is too little investigation....

Road Traffic Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: ...is completely and utterly unacceptable, is a serious crime and will receive the appropriate punishment on conviction. In conjunction with this, the Bill also strengthens the capacity of the Garda to test for alcohol or drug abuse over an expanded 24-hour period to ensure individuals suspected of being involved with a hit-and-run accident do not evade justice. The Bill's overarching aim...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Pity the Deputy would not hand information on the disappeared to the Garda also.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Deputy hand information on the disappeared to the Garda also?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda currently in the force; the number of retirements due by the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/13]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: ...forward amendments to strengthen road traffic legislation even further. Our amendments would crack down on hit and run drivers by introducing tougher penalties and extending the powers of arrest of gardaí. I will outline these provisions on Committee Stage. They will be in line with a Bill that I published previously and which the Minister mentioned in his opening remarks. I will...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, to delete line 19 and substitute the following:"8.—(1) A licence shall not be granted to an applicant unless he or she has been vetted by the Garda Vetting Unit. (2) The Authority may by regulations ("assessment".I have some concerns about the assessment of applicants with regard to their suitability and potential health issues. The legislation...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Timmy Dooley: ...the industry and that this has not been taken into account. We need a stronger requirement that the NTA, over a period of time, ensure anybody involved in the business be subject to some level of Garda checks. It is not beyond the capacity of the Minister of State, the Department and the rest of us to come up with a workable solution which would not burden the vetting unit or make this a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has a valid Garda National Immigration Bureau Card was refused a Student Universal Ireland Support application for the academic year 2012/2013 on the basis that their GNIB status was not in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37808/13]

Private Members' Business - Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Deputy Wallace for introducing this detailed Bill, the principles of which I broadly welcome. There are just under 13,500 members of An Garda Síochána working to keep the peace across this country. Their hard work and dedication down through the decades has kept the country safe from the scourge of criminality, the threat to usurp the democratic stability and security of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Staff (16 Jul 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 1194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct persons in Bus Éireann if they have suspicion of corruption in Bus Éireann to inform the Garda of such and publish the organisation's guidelines in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35101/13]

Other Questions: Road Safety Strategy (27 Jun 2013)

Timmy Dooley: In the Minister's contacts with the Road Safety Authority, has the authority at any time raised concerns about the level of or the potential for a drop in enforcement by the Garda due to the reduction in the number of gardaí because of Government decisions that have been taken?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy should go to Clontarf Garda station and make a complaint.

Other Questions: Garda Overtime (13 Jun 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 7. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total Garda overtime budget in 2010, 2011, 2012 and the estimated budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/13]

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Timmy Dooley: What about finding Garda Donohoe's killers? Where does that stand?

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is aware that morale is low within the Garda Síochána. The GRA was protesting outside yesterday and the association recently passed a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality, an unprecedented occurrence.

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Earlier this week a garda had her private car burned out outside a Garda station in County Clare as an act of intimidation.

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Timmy Dooley: As a result, I am asking that the Garda Síochána (Compensation for Miscellaneous Injuries) Bill be brought forward very shortly to deal with the attacks on gardaí that are taking place on a daily basis. What happened to that young garda was outrageous.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Deputy McConalogue for sharing time. I want to place on the record of the House my sympathies to the family of the late Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and to his wife, Caroline Deloughrey, who hails from my constituency. I had the opportunity to visit the family home yesterday evening and to attend the funeral today. It is clear that this House and the entire population are at one...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (11 Dec 2012)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of the Garda compensation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55478/12]