Results 81-100 of 261 for garda speaker:Frank Feighan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, his plans for the further upgrading of the current Garda station in Sligo; the funding to date spent on upgrading the station since 2018; the estimated total investment in the station when all upgrade works are completed; the cost-benefit analysis conducted on the decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, his plans for the site of the proposed new Garda station in Caltragh, County Sligo in view of the extensive investment into the purchase of the site already undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12827/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost-benefit analysis conducted by the OPW on the decision to divert as planned State funding away from a new Garda station in Sligo and instead to invest in remedial works at the current station and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, the Garda stations included in the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016–2021; if new Garda building upgrade projects at stations not originally included in the plan as set out in 2015 have now been included in the plan; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, if she will provide a copy of the letter referenced outlining the decision not to proceed with a new Garda station for Sligo received by her on 2 January 2020; if she will provide a copy of all correspondence between the Garda Commissioner and her on the issue of the new Sligo Garda station...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost-benefit analysis conducted by her Department on the decision to divert as planned State funding away from a new Garda station in Sligo and instead to invest in remedial works at the current station instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision to invest in the old Garda station in Sligo instead of investing in a new station as originally planned has been future proofed against the future operational needs of An Garda Síochána in Sligo; if the decision took into consideration responsibilities in relation to the Disability Act 2005 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make additional funding available under the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016–2021 to proceed with the building of a new Garda station in Sligo as originally planned at the site already purchased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12828/20]

Death of Garda Colm Horkan: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: I knew Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Like every other Garda, I was respected him and was thankful to him and at all times believed, as Deputy O’Callaghan stated earlier, that they are of the community. We have a relationship with An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State about which we must ask ourselves. Over the past number of years, I saw in both the Seanad and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...highly enough. They were out at all times. It is great to see that at the toughest of times local authority members are out working trying to resolve the problems. Deputy MacSharry rightly raised the Garda station. I understand this is about climate change but the situation needs to be addressed. Last December a parliamentary questions was answered by the Minister for Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding spent to date by the Office of Public Works on acquiring and servicing lands in Caltragh, Sligo town, to accommodate the construction of a new Garda regional headquarters in Sligo, including legal fees, site acquisition, advertising and other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which his attention was drawn to the decision by the Garda Commissioner not to proceed with plans to build a new regional Garda headquarters in County Sligo at a site which was purchased by the Office of Public Works as part of a PPP bundle that was to see new Garda stations at Sligo, Macroom and Clonmel, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...on whether, in view of the fact that Sligo is now a key growth centre in Project Ireland 2040 and it is the capital of the north-west region, the decision not to proceed with the proposed new regional garda station in Sligo should be revisited by the Government and the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10742/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the new plans which are now in place for the State to invest in the old Sligo Garda station, as outlined by him to this Deputy in Dáil Éireann on 4 June 2020; his views on whether this will be funding well spent in view of the small footprint, age and condition of the old Garda station in Sligo; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason both Macroom and Clonmel are still set to receive new Garda stations under the previously advertised PPP bundle that contained plans for a new station in Sligo; the reason Sligo was the only station in the bundle to be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision not to proceed with plans to build a new Garda station in Sligo have been affected by the damage to the economy and the State's finances as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10745/20]

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: In December 2015, the former Minister for Justice and Equality, former Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, stated that funding for a new Garda station for Sligo would be identified in the 2017 to 2021 capital plan. In January 2017, the Office of Public Works, OPW, issued an advertisement for a site for the new station, along with Macroom and Clonmel, as part of a public-private partnership project,...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...who have been lost to this disease. My thoughts are with all those who have been bereaved. I thank again all the front-line staff. One section of the front-line staff I wish to thank is the Garda. Last night I was driving home to Sligo and was stopped by gardaí in Castlebaldwin. They asked me where I was coming from and where I was going to. As a citizen of this country whose...

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...need to show they are the people who are defending our State. Does the Minister of State believe the Permanent Defence Force could have played a more prominent role in providing assistance to An Garda Síochána during the Covid-19 outbreak? I know Civil Defence played a significant role. Deputy Berry mentioned military aircraft on a previous occasion, and it was appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of the new regional Garda headquarters in County Sligo as set out in the capital plan of his Department; the stage the project is at; when a planning application will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7508/20]