Results 121-140 of 1,119 for garda speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45380/23]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...will encourage others to come forward. It is also obvious when we hear about lengthy and complex investigations that dealing with this issue requires, in addition to everything else, significant Garda resources. After the DPP challenged the leniency of the sentences in this case and some additional time was added on, the Court of Appeal produced sentencing guidelines on the kinds of...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...it was a bubbling issue at that stage. It is unthinkable that we are here 12 months later and this is at crisis point. In her statement around the time of the motion of no confidence in the Garda Commissioner, the Minister said that she discussed the ballot and Garda rosters with him. I would like to know what discussions she had about the Garda rosters because it is a central issue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each district within the DMR region as of 26 September 2023, in tabular form. [42387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked Garda vans that have come into the fleet to date in 2023; the number of vans withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2023; and if there are likely to be additional new marked Garda vans that will come into the fleet before end of 2023. [42389/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...refuges did not result in access. In almost two thirds of these cases it was because of the lack of available or suitable space. In some cases there might be a space for the woman but not the children. In 2020 An Garda Síochána reported 43,000 reports of domestic violence-related incidents, an increase of 16% on the 2019 figures. We also know about the scandal of the...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...and be satisfied with the restoration, which it is not in this case. It must also be involved in traffic management. In this particular job, people were nearly killed because the stop-go system failed and we had to get the Garda out late at night. When a job is dangerous, we have to question where the oversight is. Not only does Irish Water need financial oversight, but it needs better...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: On that, how is the fraud identified? I know the Garda is now involved but was it brought to the attention of Mr. McCarthy? Was it identified by SBCI?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Do controls occur after a Garda investigation or is there immediate identification of how the fraud can be prevented from happening again?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...some detail. I was a member of the Committee of Public Accounts when it had a lot of debate about Templemore. The correspondence states that the matter was originally referred to GSOC by the then Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, in June 2017. That is a six-year time lag. It is incredibly frustrating that it has taken so long for GSOC to conclude the matter. There was a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I do not know. I think it would be very useful to find out why did this did take the length of time it did. I know we have been told in the letter that five Garda officers with experience in the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the National Economic Crime Bureau were involved in this. They may have been involved in it but how much of their time went into it? As provided for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes but if you read the next line, which states that as provided for under the special assistance provisions of section 74 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, these officers were removed from the direction and control of Garda leadership, seconded to GSOC and placed under the direct authority of the GSOC senior investigator on this case. Was this for six years?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to have 1400cc motorcycles in use in the Garda fleet; and the number of moped bikes in the fleet. [40118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stables currently in use in the Garda mounted unit; and if there are any stables not being used but are available to be used in the Garda mounted unit. [40119/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask a particular question before I asking about some of the legal fees. There was an internal review in July 2022 and another in September 2022 and the CEO reported potential fraud to An Garda Síochána in 2022. It appears that report was only made after the second review. There were two reviews. Why was it not reported after the first review, if that was the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I am specifically talking about the fraud investigations by An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Once Mr. O'Donnell became aware of the issue, he reported it to the Garda.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each district community policing units within the Kildare Garda division as of 31 December 2021 and 28 June 2023, in tabular form. [32673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stables currently in use by the Garda mounted unit; and the number of kennels currently in use by the Garda dog unit. [32675/23]