Results 81-100 of 663 for garda speaker:Alan Kelly

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Alan Kelly: .... I was very taken by the Tánaiste saying while he was interviewed earlier today that he accepted this as well as everyone's right to protest. If there was a protest outside Leinster House, An Garda Síochána would observe it. Are plans being put in place for the Irish Naval Service to observe this protest and how many ships have we available at this moment in time if we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Jan 2022)

Alan Kelly: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs to date of An Garda Síochána Operation Foray; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3708/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...what Deputy Boyd Barrett said earlier about those appointments is true. It is the case with all of us in here, so I urge the Taoiseach to take it seriously. I wish to raise two issues. The Garda Commissioner expressed serious concerns regarding policing reforms. He told the justice committee that the powers granted to the new Garda ombudsman under the Policing, Security and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Garda Síochána (30 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all Garda stations custody suites are covered by CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, are the estimated costs of ensuring the remaining Garda stations custody suites covered by CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities. [58411/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: The Garda divisions are insane.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: The new Garda divisions coming into place are downright mental. They make no sense in some areas. The one in Cork is particularly bad. The one in my area of Clare and Limerick, from Ballyvaughan to Carrick-on-Suir is insane. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, has raised this issue and said that it will not be able to administer the area. We also have a situation...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: The position with regard to some of the new Garda divisional headquarters and areas is mental. I do not say that lightly. It is crazy. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, has brought to my attention issues with new divisions in Cork, Monaghan, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly and Kildare. The one relating to my county is insane. The headquarters are in Ennis in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which her attention was drawn to the scope and scale of the latest iteration of wrongdoing regarding An Garda Síochána with respect to the cancellation and mislabelling of 999 emergency calls (details supplied); and if her attention and that of her officials had already been drawn to same in advance of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2021)

Alan Kelly: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 22 June 2021, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [46286/21]

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...the front line. There is going to be no follow-up on it. What will the HSA be able to do? The HSE certainly will not be doing anything relating to it. First, it does not want to, because it has enough to do. Second, it does not have the resources. As regards An Garda Síochána, if one speaks to gardaí about being dragged into this, they are not going anywhere near it....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...jurisdiction for finding and identifying people who behave in such a manner. If people behaved on broadcast media or in print media the way they behave online they would not get away with it. An Garda Síochána would be at their doors. As a jurisdiction, we have to show leadership and deal with this. Will the Taoiseach commit to meeting the social media platform...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of installing a minimum of two defibrillators in each Garda station that is open on a 24/7 basis. [33093/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...was delayed for a number of years. There are continuously crashes on the road. TII has replied to me with a long statement saying it is putting up speed checks on the road, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána. That is not what is needed. Something is wrong with the surface any time there are hailstones or rain of a significant level. People around the area choose to use...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: An Garda Síochána has undergone massive reform in recent years, which was badly needed. One reform was moving the promotions and appointments system of the Garda to the remit of an independent oversight agency which we believe was essential. The Labour Party set up the Policing Authority. It demanded it was set up in order to remove these appointments from the Commissioner. An...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...offering, in a short period, to be able to provide the operation he needed because it could see he was not going to get it for some time as a public patient. The family contacted their GP and An Garda Síochána and, in fairness to the GP, he contacted An Garda Síochána. I am not going to get into the details and I do not want to know the details of the individual. If...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: 841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been infected with Covid-19 by month from March 2020 to 22 March 2021, in tabular form. [16448/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...would not have been worth their while coming home if they did. Can we deal with that? How are the measures being proposed going to be implemented? The general secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, Antoinette Cunningham, said she had absolutely no idea about gardaí policing mandatory quarantine, whether at home or in hotels, as is proposed in this...

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...; — ensure that there is a moratorium on all evictions and rent increases until the economy has fully reopened, and call on banks to provide payment breaks to those in need, without charging any additional interest; — proactively pursue a joint strategy and joint measures with the Northern Ireland Executive, in order to develop an all-island strategy to eliminate community...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (1 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...ensure that it, or a version of it, is maintained into the future. My colleague, Deputy Howlin, drove that development. Successive reports of the authority, whose work I commend, showed that An Garda Síochána was not moving at the pace it should. One of the most important functions of the Policing Authority is the power to appoint senior gardaí, instead of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse cases that were investigated by An Garda Síochána during the lockdown; the number that resulted in charges; how this compares with the same months in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34675/20]