Results 141-160 of 261 for garda speaker:Frank Feighan

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Senator Craughwell remarked that since the foundation of the State, 60% of Garda Commissioners have been hounded out of office. That fact does not surprise me. The first time it happened was in the Dáil in the 1920s when Austin Stack and others made unjust remarks about District Inspector Kearney who was due to be made the Commissioner of the newly-formed Garda Síochána.Why I...

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: ..., improving the personal injuries claims environment, reducing the costs in the claims process and reducing insurance fraud and uninsured driving, and promoting road safety. I am delighted the Garda traffic corps is being provided with vehicle recognition equipment. Northern Ireland is years ahead of us in that respect. There are still issues in certain sectors in terms of staged...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...women and children is absolutely wrong. I am not churchgoing or religious. However, the Catholic Church is absolutely wrong. We have to trawl through the systems that were in place, including the Garda and education systems. Where was the INTO? Where was the TUI?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (15 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...that there are enough safeguards in place to protect legal traders this side of the Border. Are we satisfied that there is a fully co-ordinated approach between Revenue, its UK equivalent, the Garda, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, PSNI, and other relevant agencies to crack down on these rogue traders? It goes without saying that we must do everything possible to catch these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...say that this has gone too far. I am on the Minister's side but how would he sum it up? What is being done about drug-driving? I am convinced that drug-driving is a huge issue. I know the Garda is working on this matter. Has there been an increase in drug driving? This a huge issue and the Minister has the figures relating to it. As a former rural Deputy who is now a Senator, I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...lost their driving licence and be put off the road. Penalties, including fines, have made a huge difference in making people aware of the importance of bringing down the road-death toll. The Garda Síochána can sometimes be used as a political football, for example, plans to increase the traffic corps by 10%. I was involved in a push to save Garda stations - and I would have...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: ...Sinn Féin MP for Westminster. He did not take his seat. My grandfather, James Feely, who was a Sinn Féin councillor, a commander of the IRA and who was imprisoned, but subsequently joined An Garda Síochána, was instrumental in that campaign. We are very proud of that in Boyle, regardless of whether one supports Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin or whatever...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)

Frank Feighan: ...an issue with the bus from Ballyhaunis through Castlerea to Dublin. We need to bring the Minister into the House to have a debate on the current situation regarding Bus Éireann. I praise the Garda for arresting four men over the kidnapping of the fastest dog in Ireland, Clares Rocket.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)

Frank Feighan: It is a Limerick dog and one that has won huge prizes and is seemingly worth over €1 million. It shows the complexities of crime in our country when the Garda must arrest four men with guns over the kidnap of a dog. It sounds like something out of a comic strip. I praise the gardaí and all concerned in ensuring this was stopped.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Frank Feighan: ...Rovers supporters and fighting Bohemians supporters. This has been going on for quite a while and it is something I raised before. I am very concerned that public safety could be at risk. The Garda has to deal with maybe 50 or 100 fans fighting with one another. It does not happen at Gaelic football matches. I was a League of Ireland supporter and a Republic of Ireland supporter 30...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Frank Feighan: ...what happened at the European championships, with Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland supporters along with many others behaving and bringing great joy. Yesterday in The Irish Times, a leading garda called for soccer banning orders. He is very worried about the level of violence at League of Ireland soccer matches. I raised this issue nine or ten years ago, when I saw Setanta Cup...

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)

Frank Feighan: ...sector who work in family businesses from the age of 15, and the abolition of the mandatory retirement age is something I want to highlight. I agree that the security-related exemptions for the Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service and the fire services are necessary. Sometimes there are people who have many years of service who have to retire. We saw this happen in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Frank Feighan: Have you spoken to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Frank Feighan: Has Ms Fullerton made it known to An Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality that the Garda will not co-operate with the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland and that the Garda has not contacted you since 2009?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Frank Feighan: ...Minister for Justice and Equality, the Taoiseach and perhaps the Ombudsman, if that is helpful. I realise you are taking legal advice. I am concerned that there has been no contact between the Garda and yourselves since 2009. Again, we will highlight that with the people who matter and we will do whatever we can. Mr. Stack, the idea of a victims commission or forum to support victims...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Frank Feighan: ...Mayo is addressed. The HSE has simply not delivered on ensuring that this ambulance blackspot is sorted out. The OPW agreed a five-year lease with the national ambulance service to use the former Garda station in Loughglynn as a regional ambulance base. Some 18 months ago, Roscommon County Council gave planning permission to develop an ambulance base there. However, it seems there...

Topical Issues: Ambulance Service Provision (28 May 2015)

Frank Feighan: ...ambulance black spot in west Roscommon will be addressed; therefore, I am asking the Minister to expedite the matter. The OPW has agreed a five-year lease with the National Ambulance Service to use the former Garda station in Loughglynn as a regional ambulance base. A year and a half ago Roscommon County Council gave the go-ahead for its development. However, it seems that there has...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: We need a revised scheme to compensate gardaí who are maliciously injured doing their work. When will the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (26 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a full service will be maintained in relation to opening hours at the Garda station in Boyle in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12620/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I take some consolation from the fact that there will be a fully functioning Garda station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and also that there will be no reduction in the number of frontline gardaí. I will be keeping an eye on the opening hours at Boyle Garda station, which are open to review. As a community we can work closely together...