Results 81-100 of 987 for garda speaker:Leo Varadkar

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...have to be very serious consequences. On Deputy Brendan Smith's comments, I absolutely agree with what he had to say about republican and loyalist paramilitaries. He made a valid point on Garda resources for the Border counties. We need to take into account the fact that paramilitaries are still active. However, there are no plans at present for any new barracks to be constructed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I understand there is a criminal investigation under way. It is being carried out by the Garda but I do not have an update on it. There are no proposals for a non-criminal investigation.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ..., in the manner and to the extent specified in that Act, to provide for the charging, in accordance with regulations made under that Act by the Minister for Justice, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, of fees in relation to the provision of vetting services by An Garda...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: This is a very serious matter. I can absolutely guarantee that the Government and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, are taking it very seriously. There is already a Garda investigation under way. That is the appropriate investigation, in my view, because this is potentially a criminal matter. As the Deputy knows, only the Garda can carry out investigations into criminal matters....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies. On Deputy Bacik's question, I join with her in commending the work of An Garda Síochána, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the courts. As the Deputy said, it is five years since there has been a murder in Ireland linked to a feud involving serious organised crime gangs. Please God, this will continue. I am aware the gardaí have done phenomenal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...be used as pawns in political campaigns. They are individuals and families and the Deputies have a particular duty of care in this regard and I hope they will fulfil it. Regarding the role of the Garda, it is to keep the peace and to enforce the law. Evictions are a civil matter. I do not know the details of the situation Deputy Smith described. There could be more to the story than we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: This is still a matter under discussion in government. I think there is a place for facial recognition technology. At the moment the Garda needs to use enormous amounts of manpower looking back over old CCTV footage to try to identify people, identify perpetrators and help victims of crime. Using that technology makes considerable sense but there must be adequate safeguards because it is a...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: We are trying to do that all the time but to accurately project it is very difficult for anyone to do. I am not aware of any instructions given to the Garda in regard to this.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: This matter has been raised with me by Senator Ahearn and Deputies Lowry and Cahill. It pertains to two Garda stations, namely, new ones that are needed in Clonmel and Macroom. They are very much needed. They are part of the PPP bundle with the family law complex in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: If we stick with that, it will take forever, so we are examining unbundling it, which would allow us to go ahead with the Garda stations in Clonmel and Macroom quite quickly, certainly in the next year or so. We are working out the details and legal issues that relate to doing that. It requires bringing forward some spending, but if we take a long-term view, it would be cheaper to do it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: .... For example, we can enact legislation to amend the Defence Act 1954 to provide a legislative basis to enable allegations of any type of sexual assault in the Defence Forces to be referred to An Garda Síochána rather than the internal military police. That is among the things I believe everyone agrees on and we can do that very quickly. It is the same for the commissioning of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...the Easter recess to discuss the issue, if they wish to have further debate, but 15 hours is a lot of time for any debate and we have a lot of other business and things on the agenda as well to do. Garda recruitment is something we would be happy to provide time for. I do not think it has been discussed yet. Our recruitment campaign has begun for this year. We have set the target of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It might be a response to the crisis but it is not a solution to it. Let me give the Deputy some practical examples of the kind of people who may be affected by Sinn Féin's Bill. A garda, for example, assigned to work in a different part of the country, maybe a young doctor in training, or maybe a teacher who went to Dubai for a few years and came home, would not be able to move...

Criminal Justice Regulations: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 28th February, 2023.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy referred to the funding in the budget to recruit 1,000 more gardaí this year. That should be more than enough to cover retirements and resignations. That recruitment campaign is now under way. Decisions on how gardaí are allocated to different services in different regions are not made by the Minister or the Taoiseach. Such decisions are made by the Garda...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising the issue of Garda resources in Carlow. I do not have a date for the reopening of the station in Leighlinbridge, but I will ask the Minister, Deputy Harris, to contact the Deputy directly about it, and also about Garda resources were generally in the county. Certainly, when it comes to personnel, it is the Garda Commissioner who decides how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...with the British Government on that issue and see if we can get further changes. In response to Deputy Tóibín's question, I am not up to date on that issue of the documents sought from the Garda but I will get my office to look into it and revert to him on it if that commitment was made by Deputy Micheál Martin as Taoiseach. I will definitely follow up on that and see...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...are taking action on this agenda already. We will build stronger and safer communities through reforms in policing and community safety, including oversight roles in the implementation of A Policing Service for our Future and the Dublin North East Inner City initiative. We will build on the work under way to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour. We will provide additional resources to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...- not because of fault on the part of the Government or the Red Cross. People were contacted and did not get back to us. People did need to go through a certain amount of procedure such as Garda vetting and some people were unwilling to do that. A doctor I know decided to withdraw the offer to accommodate somebody from Ukraine because he was annoyed at being asked to be Garda vetted....

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: In regard to Garda numbers, we want to build safer and stronger communities, and that means supporting gardaí and making sure they are supported, feel supported, and that it is a good career choice. The budget provides for 1,000 additional Garda recruits this year and we believe that will be adequate to cover retirements and resignations. The resignation rate from An Garda...