Results 21-40 of 663 for garda speaker:Alan Kelly

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: I know. I was joking. I started there and I did not know where to go with it. Why did it take six yeas and three months for the issue with the Garda training college, where the report came from this committee, to be sent to the DPP? I would like a quick answer as I am caught for time. Second, will GSOC clarify whether the referral to the DPP is about our report and its contents and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...have gone on in Limerick, which there is a lot of public discourse about. There are hundreds of articles of various kinds on it. I have a deep concern. I live near Limerick. The morale of An Garda Síochána in Limerick is on the floor. What has been going on here is deeply concerning. A number of cases have been brought forward and have been dropped and there other cases...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...acceptable. To refer to what Deputy Dillon said, what happened in the coroner’s court is not acceptable. It is in the public domain, as said earlier. What happened was that a member of An Garda effectively found out he was being pursued at the coroner's court through the inquest procedure. That is not acceptable. The impact on his life and that of his family must be...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: Surely the garda should have been told it was going to happen on the day.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: So Mr. Whelan is basically saying that in respect of the coroner’s case in question, which is in the public domain, the garda and his representative were fully aware of what was going to happen.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...quality of investigators. I have a concern in this regard, I must say out straight. I appreciate what has been said by Mr. Hume and others on funnelling people through, but I do have a concern. Gardaí should not suffer because of the quality of investigators. There is an issue in An Garda at the moment. It manifested itself during the Dublin riots, as I have said before. There...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...to get GSOC's view on the following hypothetical situation. I want to know what is the bar or threshold for launching a public interest investigation. Hypothetically, a judge in a case finds that gardaí in pursuant of a case being taken by GSOC did not behave in the appropriate manner, that is, warrants were not done properly or other information was not provided appropriately, etc....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: I know, but the public are watching this. If something appears inside in a court in Ireland where An Garda Síochána has been pursuing an investigation based on a recommendation of GSOC, etc., it is up in court and the judge then states that the way in which warrants and other issues were dealt with by gardaí was completely wrong, how in the name of God would GSOC not be aware...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Kelly: Every utterance we make here is provided to us in some format. Where there is a criticism of some members of An Garda Síochána, that it would not be brought to GSOC's attention given the organisation it is and so that it could fulfil its remit, particularly under that component of public interest, is beyond my comprehension.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jan 2024)

Alan Kelly: 423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vetting applications processed by the Garda National Vetting Bureau in 2023. [2482/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Alan Kelly: 424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 December 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [2483/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jan 2024)

Alan Kelly: 454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if each Garda division has large property seizure holding capacity to hold property items pending legal proceedings; and the average size of the holding capacity, per division, in tabular form. [2945/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost in 2024 if the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit increased to 50. [54948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits that completed phase 1, phase 2, phase 3 and phase 4 training, respectively, in the Garda College for each of the years 2016 to 2023, inclusive, and the number of Garda recruits that were attested as Gardaí between 2016 and 2023, in tabular form by phase and year; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many trainee gardaí will go through the Garda College, Templemore in 2023. [53702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of phase one gardaí trainees expected in Templemore Garda Training in 2023; and how many were in the college in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [53823/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she directed the Garda Commissioner to attest early the 151 recruits in the Garda College which was announced recently. [53899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2023)

Alan Kelly: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who successful completed Garda van/personnel carrier course within Tipperary division to date in 2023; and the duration of this course. [48861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Kelly: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital works that were carried out in Garda Training College, Templemore in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the capital works projects at Garda Training College that are likely to commence in 2024. [45432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2023)

Alan Kelly: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport budget allocation to An Garda Síochána in 2022 and 2023; and the expected transport budget that is being provided to An Garda Síochána in 2024. [45419/23]