Results 81-100 of 612 for garda speaker:David Stanton

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...that the board has the necessary range and depth of expertise to properly make decisions on parole. The board will have experts in law, psychology and psychiatry. There will also be a member from the Irish Prison Service, the Garda Síochána and a probation officer, who will bring their experience working on the front line of the criminal justice system to the board’s...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (9 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: The allocated budget for Garda Youth Diversion Projects in 2019 is approximately €15.3m and increase of 10% would bring the allocation to approximately €16.83m. This provision includes funding to support the operation of 106 Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) currently. These projects are community-based multi-agency crime prevention initiatives which primarily seek to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...automatically have lower bonus pay. I will have to consider this further. Section 20A(6) provides for the publication of gender pay gap information by each Department, scheduled offices, An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces. I want to signal that I will give further consideration to this subsection with a view to ensuring that it covers public service organisations in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (26 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: There are currently 37 Garda Youth Diversion Projects in Dublin. Projects do not have a defined number of places and the number of young people participating in a project at any one time will depend on a number of factors, primarily on the number of referrals and the individual assessment of potential participants in terms of risk. If a project identifies that they do not have adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Youth Justice Service (26 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...will be aware the Irish Youth Justice Service is comprised of co-located staff of my Department and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. My Department currently funds some 106 local Garda Youth Diversion Projects, a number of measures of training and support for those projects, a mentoring initiative and a number of other initiatives including two pilot projects working with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (25 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: I have attached a table setting out the Garda Districts in Cork that currently have a Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) located in them. All of North Cork Garda Division is covered by three projects, based in Cobh, Mallow and Youghal, and by a mobile service with dedicated staff that covers the remainder of the Division. Cork city Garda Division has 8 projects which take referrals from...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...on the vehicle, constitutes an offence under section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 and a cross-agency group was established in April 2018 to consider the law governing these issues. The gardaí have been extensively consulted as has the Office of the Attorney General. Their advice is that current legislative provisions are sufficient. The Government is open to creating further...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...on this for when we want to bring forward the whole issue of regulation itself. I agree with Deputy O'Callaghan that there is much more to be done. We have made a start on that road. Deputy Pringle spoke about the Garda superintendent. This Bill does provide a role for the Garda superintendent, not the sergeant as the 1956 Act states, to issue a gaming permit for prizes up to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: The attached table details the Garda Youth Diversion projects in each county for the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019. At present, there are 106 GYDPs operating around the State, catering for approximately 4,000 young people every year. In general, the location of projects is linked to local needs and the levels of youth crime. The existing network of GYDPs has developed organically...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: The statistics sought by the Deputy are contained in the annual reports of the Committee set up under section 44 of the Children Act 2001 to monitor the effectiveness of the Garda Diversion Programme.These reports are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and available to members in the Library. They are also published online at . All youth crime cases are required to be sent to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner has given detailed information in relation to this matter when it was examined publicly by the Policing Authority and by the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. As I have previously confirmed, the publication of information in relation to the more detailed aspects of the Garda Review will be a matter for the Commissioner and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are stringent controls under Irish legislation on the issue of firearm certificates by An Garda Síochána and the conditions under which firearms can be held. An Garda Síochána advise that each application for a firearms certificate is considered on its merits by the issuing officer in An Garda Síochána in accordance...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...potential fraudulent behaviour and it will provide an improved application process, setting out more clearly the conditions required for promoters of gaming, and lottery activity, whether to a Garda superintendent for a permit or to the Revenue Commissioners or the District Court for a licence. The Bill will increase, for the first time since 1956, the now archaic stakes and prize limits...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Youth Justice Service (18 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...will be aware that the Irish Youth Justice Service is comprised of co-located staff of my Department and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. My Department currently funds some 106 local Garda Youth Diversion Projects and the following table sets out the position in relation to these specific projects as sought by the Deputy. Funding provided for Garda Youth Diversion Projects...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...my previous answer on 11 June 2019. As I indicated in that answer, crime prevention and investigation, including in relation to the involvement of children in crime, are operational matters for An Garda Síochána in the first instance. That being said, I share the Deputy's concern that we do all that we can to prevent children and young people from coming under the influence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together. The statutory basis for the Garda Diversion programme is contained in Part 4 of the Children Act 2001 (as amended). Under Section 24 of that Act, decisions on whether to admit particular cases to the Diversion Programme lie with the Director of the Diversion Programme, who is a member of An Garda Síochána not below the rank of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (12 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: The table details the position in relation to staffing and funding of Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDPs) in Cork for the year 2019. In relation to the broader development of these services, my Department is pursuing an Action Research Project (ARP), supported by the Research Evidence into Policy Programmes and Practice project (REPPP) in the University of Limerick, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (12 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that I have requested a report on the matter from the Garda Commissioner and I will write further to the Deputy once this report has been received.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...are addressed by the service under its dignity at work policy. Regarding assaults, any criminal act carried out within our prisons, including an assault on a staff member, should be reported to An Garda Síochána for investigation and prosecution. The Irish Prison Service's policies on dignity at work, protected disclosures and the grievance process are accessible to all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...to protected disclosures. If the Deputy has any evidence of a crime being committed or of serious wrongdoing, he should consider bringing this to the attention of the relevant authority and the Garda as soon as possible.