Results 121-140 of 264 for garda speaker:Timmy Dooley

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...Were identified internally and investigated by Iarnród Éireann - Were addressed specifically by dealing with three individuals found to have engaged in fraudulent behaviour - Were advised to the Gardaí by Iarnród Éireann - Were further investigated following the commissioning of Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon (BTRG) by Iarnród Éireann - Were addressed by a series of action plans, which...

Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...to be done. That is important in terms of the indication from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that he would deal with the issue by way of prosecution and that he had asked the gardaí to look into the files put forward by the Ryan report to ensure that, where possible, recognising that the passage of time would make it difficult, they will bring the perpetrators of these...

Commissions of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...and that this practice no longer happens. We have to show the victims and their families that we are prepared to prosecute the perpetrators. I welcome the Minister's decision to contact the Garda Commissioner on the issue. It is a critical part of the healing process for the victims that the perpetrators are brought to justice. There is a difficulty, however, because of the passage of...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ..., Heritage and Local Government in developing some sort of scheme in our planning laws or guidelines that would - in certain circumstances, depending on the views of the local authority - require Garda clearance to allow certain individuals to proceed with the planning application. It may be cumbersome to do so, but it is certainly worth looking at. In many rural areas, gardaí are...

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Timmy Dooley: We should not have expected more from Fine Gael, which, when last in government, failed so miserably on crime. It stopped the prison building programme, put no extra gardaí on the streets and invented the revolving door mechanism. Before the last election Fine Gael was pledging such mad ideas as boot camps for problem children and gun bins in youth clubs. Could we have expected more? I...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ...losses if we are not prepared to tackle the problem and to deal with it in a measured, effective way. We need to get tough on public order. I am sure the Minister is in contact with the Garda. Powers must be available to the Garda that will allow it to do its job effectively so that drunkenness and loutish behaviour is removed from our streets in so far as possible and as quickly as...

Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ...partisan in saying I am not overly impressed with the Fine Gael proposal that the solution is to demand a comprehensive review of the availability of knives and offensive weapons and to look to a Garda campaign to tackle the proliferation of same throughout the State. With respect, there is something bankrupt about this as a policy. It conjures up notions of gardaí sifting through...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ...also improve expenditure on local and regional roads. Earlier today, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport received a good briefing from Mr. Noel Brett of the Road Safety Authority and the Garda Commissioner concerning their current strategy to reduce road deaths. There is no doubt that spending on local and regional roads has a positive knock-on effect on reducing road deaths. It...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Timmy Dooley: ...ensure perpetrators do not evade the law, that will not lead to a reduction in accidents. The biggest deterrent to driving while under the influence of alcohol is the risk of being apprehended by gardaí as part of visible mandatory alcohol testing campaigns. We have to put the matter in perspective. In regard to enforcement, it is important we consider other vehicles in addition to...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Transport Bill 2006: Second Stage (3 Oct 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ...Burke referred to random breath testing. While mandatory breath testing might be a different name, it is effectively the same thing. The Government and the officers of State, particularly the Garda, should be commended on their success in the past two and a half months. The figures clearly speak for themselves and we have turned a corner. While this may have taken longer than anyone,...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (6 Jul 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ...dealing with statistics. I welcome this legislation. I hope it will receive the co-operation of the Departments of Education and Science and Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which is needed if the Garda Síochána is to be involved to the extent that is necessary to ensure that everyone adheres to the various provisions of this Bill to the best of their ability.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Timmy Dooley: Might it be possible for the Garda to ask the person in question, or to make the Bill's provision known to the person in question? The Garda do so when issuing general cautions. Might it be possible to suggest that a garda could first raise the question with the individual concerned, asking him or her whether he or she had been convicted within the previous five years and on receiving a...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Second Stage. (8 Jun 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ...matter, the actual number of road deaths has decreased. In the past year, there has been a blip in the pattern, which some have suggested was due to a lack of conviction or work on the part of the Garda in terms of finding law-breakers. We should examine the matter in respect of the number of vehicles on the road. In 2001, there were 411 road deaths and a registered number of 1.6 million...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ...stringent measures in place in terms of penalties for the offences of drink driving and speeding do not act as a deterrent. At times motorists feel they can get away with such behaviour because the gardaí cannot police every street corner or back road in a country the size of Ireland. Therefore, some motorists will take risks. Many accidents have taken place on small country roads. Even...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

Timmy Dooley: ...a framework for the delivery of reductions in road deaths on a sustained basis; —notes the commitment of the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda Commissioner to advance a further major extension of the operation of the penalty points system as quickly as possible; —notes that the Government has decided to pursue arrangements for...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Timmy Dooley: ...and must be addressed. Penalty points have worked, by and large. There is the question of enforcement, and it is important that it be taken into account. Even if one doubled the size of the Garda, it would not be able to position gardaí on every crossroads or stretch where accidents take place. There is a real need for co-operation between the Department of Transport and the Department of...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Timmy Dooley: ...campaign? It would be helpful if the Minister clarified that. I understand what is proposed here is the privatisation of the collection of penalties applied to offences that have been detected by a garda on duty. There is concern that the next stage might be the privatisation of the roll-out of speed cameras to a third party and that this, in conjunction with the collection agency, could...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister of State clarify what we are trying to resolve? Is it the case that the Department and the Garda are not succeeding in collecting outstanding fines? Could the Minister of State tell the House what percentage of fines are not collected?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Timmy Dooley: ...term. What may be considered as driving without reasonable consideration for others, might involve an elderly driver making his or her way to or from daily Mass or the shops. It is for the Garda Síochána to decide on such issues but it would be wrong to impose penalties points in all such cases. Concerns were raised earlier in the debate about the privatisation of the penalty points...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Timmy Dooley: ...fixed charges and penalty point systems introduced under the Road Traffic Act 2002, focusing in particular on the out-sourcing of certain functions relating to fixed charge payments from the Garda Síochána. I welcome that because for too long we talked about the difficulties associated with the gardaí in that many of them are involved in administrative duties. That is not good in terms...