Results 121-140 of 987 for garda speaker:Leo Varadkar

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: On the other matter, Deputy Verona Murphy will appreciate the deployment of Garda resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner rather than the Government but it is the Government's job to make sure there are more gardaí, and we are doing that. We have provided funding for an additional 1,000 to be recruited this year. That does not mean an extra 1,000 gardaí because there will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...of all members of the previous board in late 2021. Following three recruitment campaigns, five candidates have now been nominated by the Minister for Health and have just completed their Garda vetting. Department of Finance officials have held two meetings with the nominated members and are in contact with the National Rehabilitation Hospital about recommencing the appeals process. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Priorities (18 Jan 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...safer communities and safer streets and improve our national security. We will build on the work under way to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour. We will provide additional resources to the Garda and the Defence Forces, as well as passing new laws to ensure we apprehend criminals and deal with them appropriately. Working with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, we will work...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...Council. In changing the name of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am doing so for a particular purpose. Far too many important public capital projects are taking far too long, including schools, social housing, hospitals, Garda stations and public transport projects, among others. I want this Department...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...to this beautiful young boy. I hope he makes a recovery. His injuries will be life-changing but it is to be hoped he will recover as much as is possible, given the injuries he has endured. A Garda investigation is under way, which is very important. I will not comment on that. There will be a review of our laws around dangerous dogs and dangerous breeds, which is necessary. The point...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I had a number of discussions about this with the Minister, Deputy McEntee, before she went on maternity leave. There are a number of Garda station projects that are overdue and that we really need to get on with - Clonmel is one and there is another in Laois and a few others in different parts of the country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising these important matters relating to the Garda. I look forward to an early meeting with the Garda Commissioner in order that I have a chance to tease through some of these issues with him. We are in the process of reforming oversight of the Garda to establish the new office of the police ombudsman and I hope that reformed office will complete investigations...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I again thank the Deputy. He is correct to raise the issues of the mental health and well-being of gardaí. Being a Garda member has always been a tough job but it has become harder in recent years with the changing complexity of demands, some violence, quite frankly, and an increase in disrespect being shown to the Garda. One of the things we want to progress very soon is the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (29 Nov 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...Dublin 2 and 59 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. The Department does not have any contracts in place with any external private security or cleaning companies. The Department does liaise closely with An Garda Síochána on security related matters on a regular basis. In the other seven locations occupied by the Offices, each shares buildings and office accommodation with other...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to my current corps of drivers, this information resides with the Department of An Taoiseach and An Garda Síochána. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is not responsible for employment records of my corps of drivers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...this is undertaken in the right way. This is extremely important for the survivors. I again encourage anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse, in school or elsewhere, to contact the Garda. The Garda has extensive powers of investigation. It can carry out arrests, interview people and seize documents and devices. This can lead to prosecutions and perpetrators being punished....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ..., to statutory inquiries, which can also be a very good model but that can take a long time. One thing we must bear in mind is that we do not want to do anything that might compromise any Garda inquiries or any prosecutions. It is possible to have an inquiry without doing this, but we need to have regard to the possibility that it might interfere with Garda inquiries, prosecutions or...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I cannot say whether I am in favour of it. It is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, of course, and he will negotiate with the representative bodies on that. The most important thing is that gardaí are rostered for when we need them. They are there to serve the public. They must be rostered for when we need them most. That is my position but I also acknowledge that we must make...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I appreciate that it is one that is causing some concern for local authority and Garda staff. We are trying to make reforms in these areas by making Irish Water a stand-alone utility and semi-State company and by bringing civilian Garda staff and gardaí together into a single service. That makes sense from a public interest point of view....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy may be aware, in the budget, the Minister for Justice secured funding to recruit 1,000 new gardaí next year. Those gardaí will obviously be distributed across the country in accordance with what the Garda Commissioner considers right. We have never had more gardaí or a better-funded Garda Síochána service. I appreciate that this is also against the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I extend my sympathies to the family of the victim following the fatal stabbing at Rathass Cemetery near Tralee in Kerry. As the Deputy will appreciate, a Garda investigation is under way and I am confined in what I can say about it. I absolutely encourage anyone who has any information to contact the Garda and bring the people who carried out this terrible crime to justice. On the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...to the relevant authorities. As the Deputy knows, any criminal prosecutions are not a matter for Government. We are a democracy. We abide by the rule of law. That would be a matter for the Garda, not for the Government. The truth is, and I know the Deputy knows this, that it is going to cost hundreds of millions if not billions of euro to repair the homes affected by mica. We need...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...with the cost of going to college, by cutting fees, raising the student grant and making it available to more people. We are building safer and stronger communities by providing more resources to the Garda and the Defence Forces, who protect us. We are ensuring the best start for every child with major investment in childcare and early education. We are putting €2 billion aside...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: As we both know, Tipperary is a very large county geographically and has benefited from increased Garda resources in recent years. I agree with the Deputy that more will be necessary. He can be confident that will be the case. The number of people going through Templemore is going to increase very significantly in the coming months. I cannot comment on the issue of the chief...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...live there. It requires a response from the Government that is tough on both crime and the causes of crime. The Deputy will see a response from the Government in that regard in resources for the Garda and in measures to reduce disadvantage, which drives crime in some parts of our city.