Results 161-180 of 434 for garda speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Leitrim Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37051/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 227. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Dublin East Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37080/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (21 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...reply. I wish the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and all participants in the Belfast talks every success in dealing with difficult issues that must be addressed. I will cite parts of the Garda Síochána report to the Minister for Justice and Equality. It reads: "It was never the position of the IMC - nor has it been the position of An Garda Síochána - that PIRA...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (21 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...whether a fresh mandate for the Independent Monitoring Commission, IMC, is needed to keep paramilitarism under check until it withers away from the communities that it is sucking dry. We need fresh resources for the Garda to confront the rampant criminality in the Border region. In particular, I reiterate my calls for a cross-Border agency to get to grips with the challenge. Last March,...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...of other illicit products in mind as well, including cigarettes. What I had in mind at the time and what was included in the Fianna Fáil Bill was a forum that was representative of members of An Garda Síochána, the PSNI, the Revenue Commissioners and their counterparts north of the Border, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Environment, Community...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Cavan Monaghan division from the end of September 2010 and to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Sligo-Leitrim division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35702/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...the people who were defending the State and murdered by terrorists such as his father. It would be very simple to have a memorial to those who were murdered in the line of duty. These were members of An Garda Síochána, the Permanent Defence Force and the Irish Prison Service. We are all conscious of the loss of life during that awful period in our history. Mr. Stack also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Paramilitary Groups (23 Sep 2015)

Brendan Smith: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Garda Commissioner in relation to paramilitary activity on this island; if there are paramilitary organisations still in existence on this island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the Cavan-Monaghan division, from the end of May 2010 until the end of May 2015; the proposals in place to increase Garda numbers in the Cavan-Monaghan division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals in place to reinstate the Garda drugs unit in the Cavan-Monaghan division, given the need to provide additional resources to specifically target those persons involved in the drugs trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Smith: 254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional measures will be implemented and if additional resources will be provided to An Garda Síochána due to the escalating problems for rural communities with the increased theft of cattle and farm machinery, particularly in the Border region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27455/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (9 Jun 2015)

Brendan Smith: 572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to appoint a High Court judge to preside over an inquiry into a recent death (details supplied) as requested by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22078/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (7 May 2015)

Brendan Smith: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that there will be no changes to the current payment system for retired members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17901/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Stormont House Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2 Apr 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...to public health, the waterways and the provenance and authenticity of our food production systems. Our party put forward legislation calling for the establishment of a North-South statutory body to pull together An Garda Síochána, the PSNI, the Revenue Commissioners and their counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, and...

Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Brendan Smith: ..., Community and Local Government and would consist of an officer each from the Environmental Protection Agency and Office of the Revenue Commissioners and a chief superintendent nominated by the Garda Commissioner. The Minister, in consultation with his counterpart in Northern Ireland, would also be enabled to appoint the following to be officers of the forum: an officer each from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jan 2015)

Brendan Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a sergeant will be appointed to Mullagh Garda station, County Cavan, as this station needs to have a full complement of gardaí due to the very rapid growth in population in that catchment area over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3120/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (21 Jan 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly and the Northern Ireland Minister for the Environment, Mr. Durkan, that they should have a high-level meeting involving the Garda Síochána, PSNI, the Revenue Commissioners and their counterparts north of the Border as well. We must be assured that the agencies north of the Border are as diligent in...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (21 Jan 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...as a result of cleaning up roadways where people illegally smuggling diesel have spilt it as well as the vast cost to the Exchequer. To my knowledge, the agencies in our State, whether an Garda Síochána or the Revenue Commissioners, have been most diligent in pursuing this illegal activity. I hope that the authorities north of the Border are as diligent in pursuing these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2015)

Brendan Smith: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when additional gardaí will be assigned to Ballyjamesduff Garda station, County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3034/15]