Results 41-60 of 579 for garda speaker:Róisín Shortall

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It strikes me that for the avoidance of doubt there should be an explicit clause. On the powers of the Garda, I agree with the points made about the importance of us engaging with the Garda because that is the critical thing. There is no point in having legislation on the books unless it is clearly enforceable from a practical perspective. One of the concerns to arise is that under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Again, I find it hard to visualise how that would work. If somebody is protesting within the zone and a garda is called on to deal with that matter then how does the garda know whether the protester has had a previous warning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have a concern about this aspect. We need to separately engage with the Garda on this matter. What is the thinking behind the extent of the safe access zone? A distance of 100 m is at the lower end of practice generally. What is the thinking on the optimal area?

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...Grace report and Brandon report, have not been published. People are still waiting for those. We were told both of those reports could not be published because they were being referred on to the Garda. They were referred and then the recommendation was that no action would be taken. I think in one case, the recommendation was from the Director of Public Prosecutions. What would...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...must be consequences for people when they are found to be engaged in wrongdoing or corruption. Too often, we have an investigation and the findings of that investigation may be referred to the Garda but nothing else happens. It runs into the sand. We have seen that across a number of different models of investigations and inquiries in this country. There is nothing more dispiriting for...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...needs to ensure that what she is demanding is responded to. That needs to happen. I will pick up on a few other points the Minister of State made. She noted that this report being referred to the Garda. My heart sinks when I hear that because it happens all the time. Major reports about various scandals come out and are referred to the Garda. We heard yesterday about the report into...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...proposed. That also applies to those who are expected to implement and enforce those regulations. There has been considerable confusion about that in the past, for example, on the part of An Garda Síochána. Gardaí were expected to enforce regulations that had not even been signed and we were left rooting around trying to find these regulations to see what they mean. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí attached to Swords Garda station, County Dublin in each of the past ten years by rank in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to report on the outcome of Operation Tombola over the 2021 Halloween period in relation to the tackling of the increased use of fireworks and bonfires in Dublin; if additional Garda resources were put in place over the Halloween period; and if she will make a statement on the...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...get the go-ahead. Experience has borne out the wisdom of that kind of approach. On occasion, the introduction of regulations can only be described as chaotic, for example, the enforcement regulations for the Garda. Gardaí were being told to go out and enforce these before the regulations were actually passed at a time there was no training for the enforcement of regulations. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increase in applications for involuntary admission from An Garda Síochána as outlined in the Mental Health Commission Annual Report 2020; his views on the same; if he plans to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 in respect of involuntary detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 14 July 2021, the total amount that is in the fund for 2021; the details of the allocations made to date for the Garda youth diversion projects and proposals for community-based interventions in relation to the dangerous misuse of scramblers, quad bikes and electric scooters; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 3299. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the enforcement of the regulations in respect of indoor hospitality; the details of the role to be played by An Garda Síochána, the environmental health officers and the health and safety inspectors; the specific additional resources which will be provided to these agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...a DCC. That is the point I am making. With regard to text documents, Ms Canavan said there will be verification of the digital Covid certificate and that the board of management unit and An Garda Síochána will be conducting spot checks. There is much concern about these proposals regarding travel but also with regard to indoor hospitality and whether the systems will...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...Minister before what he has done to prepare for that. Will the Minister clarify if this certificate will provide for the recording of the booster? What is not clear at all regarding enforcement is the role of An Garda Síochána. Gardaí should not be put in a situation where they do not know what they should be doing and where people are pointing the finger. That happened...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing Garda members by rank attached to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis for the 35 years' upper age limit for recruitment of new Garda members; if consideration will be given to the fact that this is out of line with recruitment rules that apply in other countries, for example, the UK; when the review on this matter will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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

Róisín Shortall: ...any kind of assessment or review of the operation of those powers. The powers that cause us most concern are those underpinned by penal implications, in terms of fines and potential prison sentences. The powers extended to the Garda to enforce those restrictions were draconian in themselves. The Garda had serious reservations about being expected to enforce those powers. In practice,...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...of the four pieces of emergency legislation we passed last year. This legislation conferred wide-ranging and draconian powers on the Minister for Health, which he admits, and on members of An Garda Síochána. The legislation also gave a carte blancheto the Minister to introduce a raft of regulations, which impacted many areas of our daily lives and democratic freedoms. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth workers excluding Garda youth diversion workers funded to work in the north County Dublin area in each of the past ten years; his plans to increase the number of youth workers in the area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/21]