Results 101-120 of 663 for garda speaker:Alan Kelly

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...before the Dáil before they come into force and I want the Minister to consider that. There will be grey areas and difficult calls and we owe it to the public and to the individual men and women of An Garda Síochána, who will enforce these rules, to ensure that the Government gets it right. Section 4 deals with the process by which a member of An Garda can issue an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...April, and 16,000 by the end of next year. There have to be issues beyond just the recruitment process of the HSE to be fair to it. What are the issues? I represent the constituency that has the Garda vetting unit and I do not believe it is a vetting issue. What are the issues across the board with recruitment that are causing these blockages? We must call a spade a spade. Are we...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...inbound travellers to isolate or restrict their movements, regardless of their country of origin. These are all issues and anomalies that people point out. This situation has placed An Garda Síochána in an invidious, if not impossible, position. An Garda Síochána is a law enforcement body, not a public health advisory agency. It has no business enforcing rules...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...in many cases did not make enforceable rules in the first place. We cannot go into level 5 with such a mismatch between Government public health pronouncements and Government regulations. An Garda Síochána can only lawfully enforce level 5 restrictions when they are reflected in the law. Fudges do not work. The public may be concerned about the lack of Garda enforcement,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...times in the hospital and GP settings, turnaround times in the community are way out by comparison. This is why we need it separated. Members of the public are watching proceedings. The Garda vetting unit in my constituency is very efficient and, in fairness, it is prioritised when it is needed by Government. There are hundreds of thousands of competent people out there, including...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate what the Taoiseach is saying. I believe the Government needs to simplify this, particularly if it is to bring in new regulations for An Garda Síochána, so I urge the Taoiseach to consider that. I also wish to ask the Taoiseach a question about something I revealed yesterday. We have 200 fewer full-time nurses in the HSE than we did in December, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra resources will be provided to the Garda College in Templemore in 2021. [23596/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...have any role in suggesting another aide-de-camp was necessary? Did it have a role in making recommendations as regards protocols beyond that, particularly now that we have another Minister with a Garda driver? Has the role changed? Has the protocol division changed? As I outlined, some practical changes have taken place. How is this going to work? What is being done with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 878. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date it was decided to assign Garda drivers and a Garda car to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. [19681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Transport (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1019. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the purchase of a new Garda car for the Minister for Foreign Affairs (details supplied); the estimated cost of the new car and two Garda drivers; and the way this is going to be replaced in the budget of An Garda Síochána. [19628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1040. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be a new Garda station in Cashel, County Tipperary. [20099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and cost of private properties or temporary structures being hired by An Garda Síochána by Garda district in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [20100/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: Yesterday, I raised the insistence by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on having a Garda car and drivers. The Taoiseach answered that there had been no Government decision taken on the issue. As such, the 2011 Government decision still stands. Now we have a Minister travelling around in a Garda car at a cost of €200,000 per year without permission because there has been no Government...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...means his pension will be the full amount. Correct me if I am wrong. It will not be the reduced amount. Second, when was the Government decision made to give the Minister, Deputy Coveney, two Garda drivers and a Garda car worth €200,000? In 2011, a decision was made that that would only be for the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality. When was the...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...Ministers of State, the new head of protocol, who will be in the Tánaiste's office, and the drivers. Funding has been provided to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade so he can continue with his Garda driver and his Garda car. There is a July stimulus for all them. It has not been a good start for the Government. Let today be a watermark and a change in order that the whole...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: -----were not acceptable and that members of An Garda Síochána should be protected in their actions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...a number of questions about how we got to this point, and some of them go deeper than the Taoiseach or the former Minister, Deputy Cowen, in respect of the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána. How did the Minister, Deputy Cowen, receive the data from An Garda Síochána? The Taoiseach referred to it as a Garda report or record but he refers to it as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...there is a process by which anyone gets information and it takes time. The Taoiseach never answered the question on whether it is an actual printout of a PULSE file. Is there information about An Garda Síochána being made available to Ministers? These are serious questions about precedent and the Taoiseach has not answered any of them. The Taoiseach was aware that there were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...Tánaiste's office as well. It is, frankly, a joke that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will cost the taxpayer €200,000 because he wants, of all things, a head of protocol and a Garda car and driver. We are going through a pandemic and an economic crash, the likes of which we have never seen. I was part of a Government that picked up the pieces of what happened...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...the leader of the Green Party. We will get to that. The Taoiseach has to answer my question on Ministers of State who will sit at Cabinet. Why is the Minister for Foreign and Affairs and Trade getting a Garda driver and car? Why is this extra cost to the taxpayer, along with the aide-de-camp for the Tánaiste, being tolerated by the Taoiseach given the current economic...