Results 61-80 of 521 for garda speaker:Denis Naughten

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: There has been a 33% increase in the reports of thefts of pets to An Garda Síochána this year. Under the current law, pets are considered property and they are treated in the same way as someone stealing a mobile phone. We all know that pets are much more than property. They are very much part of the family in homes throughout this country. They are sometimes the only friend for...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...members of the Defence Forces could be used to support the contact tracing efforts. They have not been used. Yesterday, I got a phone call from a very senior health professional who had been stopped at a Garda checkpoint and asked where he was going. He was travelling to work. There were 14 members of An Garda Síochána on that particular checkpoint. He made the point that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (22 Oct 2020)

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. [30685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of population numbers to each Garda for every county here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28856/20]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...I am aware that a night-time air ambulance service would require specifically designated landing sites and those sites need to be lit up. I am aware also that at the time of the establishment of the service, An Garda Síochána in counties Roscommon and Longford identified landing sites throughout both counties suitable for air ambulances operating at night. These were a number...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Warrants (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a search warrant sought by An Garda Síochána can be signed by a peace commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23400/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Warrants (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a search warrant sought by An Garda Síochána can be signed by a commissioner for oaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23401/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...FGM is part of their tradition to raise awareness and empower them to reject this practice. I ask the Minister to do so across all of the agencies that work with those communities, such as An Garda Síochána, the health services and the integration agencies because it is only with a co-ordinated strategy that we can eradicate this practice.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...law because a convicted sex offender released from Arbour Hill Prison this morning, can toddle down to O'Connell Street and put a letter in the post addressed to the Superintendent's office, An Garda Síochána, Bandon Garda station, Bandon, County Cork informing them they are going to reside at 55, Atlantic View, Malin Head, County Donegal. Once they are in that premises for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...sex offenders is just not working. As a consequence of these very lax monitoring conditions women and children are put at grossly unacceptable risk from those who are determined to reoffend. The Garda are trying to monitor these people with both hands tied behind their backs. Since 2009 there has been a commitment to reform the law in this area and we need a date.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: In 2009, the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform announced that new statutory powers were to be given to An Garda Síochána to more effectively and efficiently monitor released sex offenders. Due to the lack of progress, in 2012 I published the Child Sex Offenders (Information and Monitoring) Bill 2012 to close the gaping loopholes in the monitoring of high-risk sex...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: .... On 19 March I raised that specific issue in the House. I cautioned that there was a serious risk of infection associated with house parties and that it would become a significant problem unless the Garda had the tools to ensure that they could be shut down. I raised that specifically with the then Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris. He assured the House that his officials were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (8 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 937. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the fitness test and medical examination will be scheduled for applicants to An Garda Síochána that were due to be called in spring 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...life and death in the communities in which the premises in question operate. As a consequence of a small number of irresponsible proprietors having taken the law into their own hands, we must give the Garda additional powers to clamp down on those rogue operators. Unfortunately, gardaí have found themselves hamstrung in their efforts to deal with the irresponsible few. Speaking...

Death of Garda Colm Horkan: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Jun 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...here. On behalf of the Regional Group of Deputies, I express our heartfelt sympathy to Marty, Deirdre, Aiden, Brendan, Dermot, Padraig and the extended Horkan family. June in Castlerea Garda station would traditionally be ball hopping month – Connacht football hopping. Castlerea station services the crossroads of the football giants in Connacht - Galway, Mayo and Roscommon....

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...it is not their problem. On the final issue I wish to raise, I started with the health sector and I will finish with that sector. There are many front-line staff in this country, such as An Garda Síochána, health service staff, Defence Forces staff and staff in the Department and across the public service. The practice of coughing or spitting into a person's face must be...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...at present whereby we need to provide childcare for people within the health service. We are now making social welfare payments to thousands of childcare workers across the country who are fully Garda-vetted. Can we join up the dots such that perhaps in the short-term some of those staff could get employment whereby they would provide childcare in the home of a healthcare worker to allow...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (19 Mar 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...Group, applaud each and every one of them for the personal sacrifices being made to protect each and every one of our citizens in this very difficult time. I thank them. I also thank the gardaí, members of the Defence Forces, welfare and Health Service Executive staff and all those stepping up to what is being asked of them in every community across Ireland. The simple fact is...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Denis Naughten: ...people to carry substantial additional cash floats in parish halls around the country. We should not be encouraging people in communities that have been left vulnerable to robbery because of Garda station closures, etc., to carry significant amounts of money. The easiest way to deal with this is to recommit the Bill in respect of section 12 to enable a simple amendment to be made which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Female Genital Mutilation (12 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: ...here; introduce right across Europe far more robust legislation along the lines of the legislation here; and ensure there is awareness among the authorities, the health professionals and the Garda and police authorities and that we enforce that legislation.