Results 121-140 of 545 for garda speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (7 Nov 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the re-opening of Rush Garda station which was announced by the Government a number of months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46761/17]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through the items per station in tabular format. I have raised this question because I have a concern about the equitable distribution of resources. The Minister has said it is a matter for Garda management. I understand that. However, the reality is that stations such as the one in Malahide were downgraded by the previous Government. In north Dublin the number of gardaí is...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I very much appreciate the fact that the Minister has given me the figures. I wish to set out some examples. Let us consider the Malahide district which includes the Garda stations in Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy. The population is 27,000 as per the last census. There are no community gardaí in the district. The Swords Garda district covers the size of a city, an area larger...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Dublin northern division and in the Dublin western division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to each division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [44203/17]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...west division, as of 30 September 2017, since recruitment resumed in 2014? The reason is that in the north Dublin and west Dublin area, especially the north Dublin area, we have lost one in five gardaí in the past six years and the pace of replacement has not kept up at all with that. Community policing, an issue I will address also, has been decimated in those areas, with the part...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (17 Oct 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bomb detection dogs currently active and at the disposal of An Garda Síochána in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43522/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no training of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations for the past nine years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a competition for the appointment of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations was advised in 2015 and subsequently cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36813/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason most of the personnel in the detective unit in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations are detective aides and have not received sufficient training in criminal investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are attached to detective units in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations by detective gardaí and detective aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jun 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí who were and are assigned to Malahide Garda station in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jun 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí who were and are assigned to Swords Garda station in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jun 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí who were and are assigned to Balbriggan Garda station in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jun 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí that were and are assigned to Lusk garda station in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (30 Mar 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to address the 41% fall in the number of Garda traffic corps in the Dublin northern metropolitan region since 2011. [15763/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (30 Mar 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Rush Garda station is included in the six stations being examined for reopening under the pilot programme. [15762/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (21 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for the Malahide Garda station in north Dublin for each of the years 2005 to 2010, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8351/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...really that concerned about the posts of the Taoiseach and the individual Ministers and their futures. What I am concerned about is the constant chipping away at the confidence and authority of An Garda Síochána and the justice system for which the Minister for Justice and Equality is responsible. Most of us are aware of the thousands of men and women of An Garda...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of many Members in this House. I have been contacted by people who find it deeply disturbing to have to listen to one party in particular and its new-found fauxconcern for the welfare of members of An Garda Síochána. It is very difficult to sit here and to listen to them pontificating on the matter. The only thing Sinn Féin members are interested in is themselves;...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I can tell the House, and I am sure many other Members can do so as well. What we are concerned about is getting to the truth for Garda McCabe and for Sergeant McCabe. There are six other gardaí who have never got the truth, who were murdered by the Provisional IRA while carrying out their duties. Their families have never got the truth. I have no love for this Government at all...