Results 141-146 of 146 for garda speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ..., as the oldest profession, has always been with us and that there are women in prostitution who are there as a matter of choice. It has even been argued that a minority of errant and criminal gardaí might seek to blackmail people. However, one could say of any criminal law that somebody might seek to blackmail a person by making a false accusation. Among the Garda sources with whom I...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...in question was caught when he walked into an apartment that was being used as a brothel while the vice squad was carrying out surveillance on the apartment. What has the Government done to equip gardaí with legislation as they try to police the sex industry? The 2008 scene is very different from that of 2003. What type of resources have been made available to Operation Quest? Is the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Rónán Mullen: .... While I will not name names in the House, policymakers have been known to tell people concerned about this subject that if one were to criminalise prostitution, certain rogue elements within the Garda Síochána, for example, would try to blackmail potential users. That such an argument would be even made informally reveals an entire mindset that one should deplore because one could...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...person referred to in subsection (2)— (a) to reside or remain in particular districts or places in the State, or (b) to report at specified intervals to an immigration officer or member of the Garda Síochána specified in the notice, and the person concerned shall comply with the requirement. (6) A person who contravenes subsection (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Rónán Mullen: ...some of us reflect on the plight of a family travelling to the taking of a census and the implications thereof for the world. In that context, I wish to engage in a few reflections. I am glad the Garda has withdrawn a threat to deport an American student who was recently informed that she would be sent home unless she removed her son from a Galway national school. Over the Christmas...

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Rónán Mullen: ...I wonder whether they are not supposed to be disjunctive. There is a strong case to be made for a domestic coroner to be empowered to inquire into the death of a member of the Defence Forces or a garda overseas. Are all the provisions in the various subsections of section 31 supposed to apply before such an investigation can be opened or are they meant to be disjunctive? The coroner...