Results 21-40 of 584 for garda speaker:Paul Kehoe

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...put huge effort in over the past 21 years in the search for Trevor. A man dressed in black who had been seen in two pieces of CCTV footage on that night is deemed crucial to the investigation. An Garda Síochána has conducted extensive searches and a wide-ranging investigation, but to no avail. As we approach Christmas, this is a difficult time for the Deely family and for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in each Garda station in County Wexford by station in each of the years 2011 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorised vehicles in each Garda station in County Wexford by station and by vehicle type in each of the years from 2011 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38918/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda bicycles in each Garda station in County Wexford by station in each of the years from 2011 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (27 May 2020)

Paul Kehoe: ...roads and the M7 and M9 motorways. My Department is aware of an illegal encampment on the Curragh Plains. My Department and its Lands Management team are in ongoing communications with An Garda Síochána regarding the issue. The Deputy will appreciate it would not be appropriate for me to comment on operational matters currently being addressed by An Garda Siochána.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (13 May 2020)

Paul Kehoe: ...service pension schemes generally. However, this was only within individual sectors and bodies where a public service pensioner resumed working in his or her former occupation, e.g. Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, Civil Service etc. The 2012 Act extends the principle across and between all public service sectors generally, thereby restoring the arrangements that were in place...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (5 Mar 2020)

Paul Kehoe: ...are no plans for a new Army barracks in counties Cavan, Monaghan or the greater Border region.  As I have said in the past, primary responsibility for the internal security of the State rests with the Minister for Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána.  Accordingly, responsibility for the security aspect of border control rests with An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...issues within the EU institutions and to meet any commitments agreed as part of our participation in such initiatives. In relation to security matters, as the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for on-island security in Ireland rests with An Garda Síochána, while the Revenue Commissioners also have responsibilities relating to their particular mandate.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...responsibility for responding to emergencies such as severe weather events or terrorist attacks rests with the three designated principal response agencies, namely, the relevant Local Authority, An Garda Síochána, and the Health Service Executive. The Defence Forces provide the fullest possible assistance to the appropriate Lead Department in the event of a natural disaster or an...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...implications call for a defence response beyond what is committed in the White Paper. Prudent planning remains the essential relevant focus against the backdrop of the current position on Brexit, and the responsibility, in the first instance, of the Department of Justice and Equality, along with An Garda Síochána, for internal security matters and the Revenue Commissioners for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...Chambers always shifts the discussion. Different Departments have different responsibilities. The Deputy should be able to understand that. The security of the State is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána. Cyber risks are the remit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. These cables are a major concern. This document in question was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...with the framework for major emergency management, primary responsibility for responding to emergencies such as a natural disaster rests with three designated principal response agencies, namely, An Garda Síochána, the relevant local authority and the Health Service Executive. The Defence Forces provide the fullest possible assistance to the appropriate lead Department in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Personnel (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The security of the State rests with An Garda Síochána, with which the Defence Forces have a very close relationship in this regard. I mean this in the best way that we should look forward rather than back. I take the Deputy's views on board about the lack of recruitment from areas where there were barracks in the past. It is one of the hardest decisions. The Deputy was in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in An Garda Síochána by rank and vehicles by type and division in the force in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52367/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...to allowing sergeants continue in service to the same date, subject to their meeting agreed criteria in the interim period. I have mentioned previously that the Government intends to implement the provisions of the Organisation of the Working Time Act 1997, for an Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces. This matter as it pertains to the Defence Forces is being progressed with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...up under my direction in the Department of Defence. It is going through all the projects at present. A huge body of work is ongoing in this regard and it will continue. The Deputy referred to the Garda helicopter. Nobody, including the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, has come to me about delays in respect of the Garda helicopter being taken on. The Deputy spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...years and it is not a new phenomenon of the past two, three or four years. People come into the Army and they often do not get what they expect. For anybody who goes into a job, whether in the Garda, the Army or elsewhere, while pay might be an issue, I do not believe it is the biggest issue. I am sure that everybody going into a new job looks at the pay scales and at what they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: With regard to the EOD, I have stated on numerous occasions that we have challenges. However, never once have we not been able to a respond to a request by the Garda. I cannot give the Deputy a "Yes" or "No" answer on the food budget. However, I can reassure her that the quality of food in barracks across the country is of top standard and I do not believe there are any cutbacks in that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...representatives of the Departments of the Taoiseach; Justice and Equality; Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Communications, Climate Action and Environment; as well as the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána. This was done in order to situate appropriately the defence policy response in terms of the lead or supporting roles that defence plays. The second strand dealt with progress...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Army Bomb Disposals Data (7 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: .... I realise the Deputy is in opposition and wants to expand on the meaning of challenges. While we have challenges, we are able to respond to all call-outs we are requested to make by An Garda Síochána in respect of giving aid to the civil power. If the Deputy is aware of an incident to which we were not able to respond, maybe he will tell me about it. He sits in silence.