Results 101-120 of 739 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is a strategy to transform policing in Ireland. The report rightly notes that many people have very good relations with An Garda Síochána. We want to preserve everything that is right with An Garda Síochána. There is, equally, a need for large-scale, once in a generation reform and change in how the force...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...and public service reform division. Are there discrete units of reform that the Taoiseach has prioritised and the division is on top of? In particular, has it oversight of the reforms of An Garda Síochána? Previously all the work suggested by the Garda Inspectorate was to be driven centrally with a specific role for the Garda Commissioner. Does the division have a role in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...on the internal governance remit, which some members, including Mr. Eddie Molloy, with whom many of us are familiar and have worked for many years, believe must be separate from the structure of An Garda Síochána. I agree with this view. Has the Taoiseach or the Government taken a view on the recommendations of the oversight board of An Garda Síochána, the new...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: .... What could be done to lower living costs through public spending would have an impact on people's living costs. For example, €40 million would have provided schoolbooks free of charge for primary and secondary level children. The 3.5% increase for the Garda is welcome. It should be focused on community policing. I believe it might be. That is certainly the intention of the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It will be next door to Stepaside Garda station.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...duties and VAT brought in the necessary cash for public spending. This all ended with the economic collapse, leaving Ireland unable to pay for basic public services such as schools, hospitals and the Garda. We all know the history because the people of Ireland suffered and endured it. It is not clear that the current Government has learned the lessons of history. I am determined that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...announcing that. What is the Taoiseach's personal position on the possession of drugs for personal use or does he have one? Finally, the Taoiseach mentioned the issue of community safety and extra gardaí. We were a little bit disquieted when a fully loaded Garda submachine gun was found in the north inner city yesterday. It is not clear how it came to be found or lost but I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on the future use of the former Garda station at Roche's Road, Wexford town; his views on whether it should be made available for community purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...of Public Expenditure and Reform that in advance of the visits of Heads of State, including Queen Elizabeth II and US President Obama, there was a comprehensive estimate of costs, including Garda overtime costs. They were approved in advance. Has such an estimate been carried out for this and what is the indicative cost for Garda overtime and from the OPW for management, transport,...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...Women's Aid report. The latest version of that report records that there were 19,385 disclosures of domestic abuse against women and children, including 607 cases of sexual abuse. According to Garda statistics last year, 2,947 sexual offences were committed in Ireland, of which 655 were cases of rape. Sadly, there are probably many more victims behind these numbers who did not come...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Will he bring the House up to speed on the position regarding the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner? The deadline for applications was 12 April last. Will this be a stand-alone appointment or is it envisaged that there will be a strengthening support base for whomever is appointed? The Taoiseach referred to the Commission on the Future of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...issue of drugs in the context of a tiny area. I spent an evening last week in north-west Dublin at one of the biggest youth clubs in the country. It was highlighted to me that the increased Garda presence in the inner city is actually dislodging some pushers out of the latter and into the area to which I refer. We need to have a joined-up approach in respect of the drugs strategy. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...Government determined, we should have a bespoke security agency bringing together the best expertise in military intelligence and in cybersecurity in the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána? We are almost unique in not having such an agency. Is it time for it? Has the Taoiseach given consideration to establishing such an agency?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...15 years to 2003, with an average of 18 extra deaths now classified as homicides each year. It is a matter of serious concern and has come to light due to the work of two civilian officers in the Garda statistics unit. That homicides figures might have been reduced surreptitiously or by poor practice is an affront to our society. The public needs to have confidence that we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...footprint that the Taoiseach signalled when he took office to have an aid office in that region? It is a region that is focused more not only on defence force personnel, but also personnel from An Garda Síochána than in the past. Does the Taoiseach have a view on this?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (7 Feb 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...the determination of Government to tackle what is the most serious criminal issue affecting any community in this country. As I said, I am very aware of the significant progress made to date by An Garda Síochána and I hope all resources will be made available to it to bring its endeavours to a successful conclusion. I wish to raise one other point on a more positive side of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...to different legislation. The Government intends to bring forward the industrial relations (amendment) Bill as a priority. The proposal would amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to give An Garda Síochána representative associations access to the State industrial relations organisations, such as the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. I understand that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...Minister for each but that might not be possible. We need to move fairly rapidly to that structural reform. I am interested in the recruitment campaign the Taoiseach mentioned for the new Garda Commissioner. What salary scale has been approved by Cabinet for the new Garda Commissioner to be recruited? I wrote to the Taoiseach in the past two weeks about the Kenneally case in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Membership (6 Dec 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...committee, has it given consideration to a matter I raised with the Taoiseach previously, namely, the need for a bespoke security agency which would separate security considerations from An Garda Síochána, leaving the Garda as a policing organisation and taking all the elements of security it currently does, together with military intelligence, the national cybersecurity agency...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...live on current earnings. The Tánaiste will tell the House that the matter is being examined by a public sector pay commission, but the Government was happy to act unilaterally in respect of the new Garda Commissioner and the highly paid academics we needed to attract. I believe genuinely that the Government would find consensus in the House for a bespoke pay review for the Defence...