Results 61-80 of 1,775 for garda speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional appointments to be made within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (17 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which An Garda Síochána is increasing its pressure on drug gangs with a view to reducing the extent to which such gangs continue their activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána can rely on the availability of the most up-to-date technology to assist them in their pursuit of drug gangs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9020/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have been promoted within An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years to date; the number of women who have entered the force in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...the Minister for Education and Skills if all correct procedures have been followed in dealing with an incident (details supplied); if all evidence including any arising from an investigation of An Garda Síochána has been fully taken account of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8050/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...Donnelly - to discuss the current issues re equipment and staff and industrial action facing the Dublin Fire Brigade Service; (15) Deputy Patrick Costello - to discuss the treatment of suspects, prisoners, or both in Garda custody with reference to the "Heavy Gang" in the 1970s and 1980s; (16) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss efforts to address the lack of special education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...the drug barons throughout his constituency and outside it, at his own risk. I believe he was right to do so. We have to target the supply and do it in a very forceful way. I compliment the Garda for its successes in recent times in that area. Themodus operandiof the drug barons is quite simple. They create the habit and they feed the habit. They start off with young teenagers or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and her Department are kept informed of operational concerns within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when and the frequency with which she meets with the Garda Commissioner to discuss matters of national interest such as current or future matters of interest or concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60868/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...have been beaten up by the growing breadth and depth of the illegal drugs industry. To combat it, we must have the health services on board at the local and national level. We must also have An Garda Síochána on board, as well as the teaching profession and schools' representatives. I say that because they are at the coalface. They see and know what is going on and they know...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58160/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which juvenile liaison officers have been allocated to each Garda district throughout the country; the ongoing plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which training and the updating of legislation continues to be made available to An Garda Síochána and that such activity and upgrading of training continues to remain an integral part of the curriculum; the extent to which promotional opportunities remain part of their employment; if training and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to An Garda Síochána to maximise the fight against organised crime and the activities of criminal gangs involved in drug trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the areas throughout Ireland currently experiencing the highest and the lowest crime levels by each Garda divisional district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which an Garda Síochána continues to combat the activities of criminal gangs and the membership of such gangs; if membership of criminal gangs is noted in the course of criminal cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an Garda Síochána continues to pursue gangs and individuals involved in drug running: the number of successfully prosecuted cases in each of the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she anticipates an increase in the strength of An Garda Síochána to directly benefit all regions throughout Ireland without exception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women that are currently members of an Garda Síochána, the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the course of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and anticipated strength of an Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51940/21]