Results 41-60 of 521 for garda speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (10 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the OPW lease of the former Garda stations at Knockcroghery, Tarmonbarry and Ballintober to Roscommon County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (10 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the OPW disposal of the former Garda station at Ballymore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13648/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Telecommunications Services (1 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...2030 is not very ambitious. On top of that, the Minister of State's own Department of Justice, will have to retender for the TETRA radio communications network, the digital radio service for An Garda Síochána and for the other emergency services that is costing the taxpayer €40 million per annum at the moment. This network needs to be replaced with a 5G network and to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Telecommunications Services (1 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...Northern Ireland. The estimated cost of doing that in Ireland is between €30 million and €50 million. That is small money and it would also slash the cost of the provision of an emergency and Garda communications network which must now be re-tendered and a new network built. I am aware the telecoms industry is already engaging with the Government via IBEC to progress a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...of robberies, burglaries and assaults on women in rural areas creates widespread fear and insecurity, particularly for older people in rural areas. We can only provide reassurance when the gardaí are given the resources. I accept we cannot have a garda at every crossroads but we need a visible community policing presence across the country.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the fact that 800 new gardaí will be recruited. How many of these will end up in Roscommon, Longford, and Mayo? As I raised with the Minister for Justice before Christmas, we have had occasions when in half of County Roscommon only one member of An Garda Síochána has been policing an area from Ballyleague on the Longford border to Ballinasloe on the Galway border....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Denis Naughten: The Garda units in the districts across this large division have gone from units of seven and eight members to units of three and four members. We have had instances where only one member of An Garda Síochána has been available for a large district. That is the reality and that is what is happening on the ground. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality produced...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Denis Naughten: 575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda recruitment competition will commence in February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7660/22]

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...development. I also believe the provisions in the legislation to create a legislative basis for the assessment and management of risk posed by sex offenders, the disclosure of information by An Garda Síochána regarding someone who is on the sex offenders register, and the Garda being able to apply for the discharge or variation of a sex offender's order are welcome and I would...

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: I support the argument made by my colleague, Deputy Connolly, and the amendment tabled by Deputy Pringle. The objective behind the amendment is to place an obligation on Garda management with regard to manpower. I will reference that issue in relation to the Roscommon district of An Garda Síochána. In the past three years, 25 gardaí have left the district through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of breaches of these conditions recorded by An Garda Síochána in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (3 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of breaches of these conditions recorded by An Garda Síochána in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28804/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...happening in other jurisdictions, but there must be a balance and I do not think it is there at present. The justification has not been provided for it. Under the legislation as it stands, the Garda have the ability to fine, arrest and to detain for very simple reasons. These are extensive powers that should only ever be reluctantly given by a Parliament. Last March, we reluctantly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí trained in first aid and other first responder emergency care, respectively; if a copy of the Garda operational guidelines for members that are first on the scene can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/21]

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...accept that there is no single measure which can tackle insurance costs in this country, but fraudulent and exaggerated claims have an impact on the increasing cost of insurance. Every week, the Garda Síochána receives reports of fraudulent insurance claims. There is a perception that fraud and exaggerated claims have been increasing in recent years without any consequence or...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...claims have increased the cost of insurance premiums and have an impact right across this country. It is a minority of claimants who make fraudulent insurance claims but every single week An Garda Síochána receives reports of such claims. There is a perception that the number of fraudulent and exaggerated claims has been increasing in recent years. Where there are no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of animals reported stolen or missing to An Garda Síochána nationally in the ten years up to and including 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4850/21]

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...that has been on the rise since the introduction of the Covid-19 restrictions last year. In the past 12 months, there has been a significant increase in the number of reports of thefts of pets to An Garda Síochána. Under the law, however, pets are considered property and their theft is treated in the same way as the theft of, for example, mobile phones. We all know that pets...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: Every week at least one convicted sex offender comes to the attention of the Garda because they are not living at the address they have given to the authorities. In most instances, this is the only condition with which they have to comply due to our so-called sex offenders register following their release from prison. The fact is that the sex offenders register is little more than a fig...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pandemic Supports to the Islands and Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (16 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...remoter working which is so essential to employees, employers, families and communities but also to ensure the delivery of new technologies into isolated rural areas. This includes, for example, Garda drones that cannot only be used for policing activities but illegal practices such as fly tipping, replacing the limited availability of the Garda helicopter and for emergency calls and...