Results 81-100 of 548 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any embassies made requests to An Garda Síochána for additional security over recent times; and if those requests were adhered to. [42319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (26 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will seek a report from the Garda Síochána as to the status of its investigation arising from a report made to it (details supplied) of the alleged theft of a number of pontoons from Mulroy Bay in County Donegal. [42180/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the application from a respected community development organisation based in Inishowen to utilise the old Garda station at St. Oran's Road, Buncrana, County Donegal as an amenity for the local community in Inishowen; if he will give this matter his full consideration. [41978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics in the Dundrum Garda Síochána station area, including separate figures for the former Stepaside Garda Síochána station area, in Dublin, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [41540/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...level of co-operation exists between the IFA and the Ulster Farmers Union? Is a joint approach being taken? We have recently heard language suggesting that a joint task force of the PSNI and An Garda Síochána is tackling criminality in Border areas. The issues that need to be addressed include not only diesel laundering and cigarette smuggling but also cattle rustling and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...meeting of the joint committee. With regard to joint policing committees, I have concerns about the ability of community organisations and public representatives to engage with senior members of An Garda Síochána on the concerns that exist in a given county. When the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 is passed, which should...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Corruption (18 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can establish whether any member of An Garda Síochána accepted hospitality at home or abroad from any media outlet or establishment over the past 15 years; if so, if she will publish the details; and if An Garda Síochána has a code of conduct or register of interests in this regard. [40755/15]

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would add that gardaí themselves, through the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, have stated repeatedly that they want politics removed from policing. It is not only the public who wants this following the episodes and the failure of the Department of Justice and Equality and Ministers to oversee An Garda Síochána...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive and 15 to 21, inclusive. These amendments are in line with the need for the authority to be truly independent. The Minister should not be permitted to appoint the Garda Commissioner. The role of the authority under this Bill in recommending the appointment is not strong enough and there should be an amendment to allow for the authority to appoint the Garda...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An Garda Síochána is perhaps unique. I am not sure if it is the only one, but it is one of the few police services in the world that retains security and policing responsibilities. To compare it with the North is not to make an exact comparison. There are a number of intelligence agencies, including MI5 and MI6, that operate internally and externally from Whitehall and on the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...an event organised by the Law Society and the IHREC, Mr. Conor Brady, a former member of GSOC, made the sensible proposal that wherever something was deemed to be a matter of State security by the Garda when the police authority or GSOC requested information, a way to separate politics from policing, which is what this Bill is supposedly about, and have an independent adjudication would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Commissioner. Her opening presentation was very reassuring, particularly the new TRUST approach. My first question is on the closure of Garda stations. The Garda Representative Association continually asserts that this has impacted negatively on the ability of front-line gardaí to deal with criminality. What is the Commissioner's response to its assertion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly commissioner carried out an extensive examination of cross-Border crime over the course of a year. The commissioner met senior police officers in An Garda Síochána and the PSNI, the various local authorities and a range of agencies across the Border. It was an excellent report. One of its 16 key recommendations was the establishment of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Garda Inspectorate has produced two reports in recent years. The first was on the issue of fixed penalty points. The second was on the findings of a three-year investigation into crime. It is welcome that the Commissioner and the Minister for Justice and Equality have fully endorsed both reports. I understand that working groups are in place to implement the recommendations. Can the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the record. I disagree with any assessment that suggests that the Provisional IRA continues to exist. I believe it left the scene ten years ago. This is my view and the view of my party, but the Garda Commissioner has never expressed this view. It is important to put this on the record. My opinion is that her assessment is pretty much in line with the assessment of the PSNI, and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Alert Programme: Muintir na Tíre (4 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...assuming responsibility for them, I hope they can get a fresh lease of life because it is important that senior police officers work at it. Obviously Muintir na Tíre's model is a partnership with An Garda Síochána and it works well, but extending that model to the wider communities urban and rural is the issue. I want to hear the observations of the witnesses on the joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Alert Programme: Muintir na Tíre (4 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The issue of Garda station closures in rural areas has received much prominence. What Mr. Cronin has asked for, rather than focusing on Garda station closures, is more resources for community alert and text alert programmes. I am a big supporter of these programmes, having seen waves of crime and criminal gangs so many times in Donegal. The only way to truly defeat them is with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Bail Bill 2015: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...today. I am sure the witnesses are familiar with that organisation and its excellent work on the community alert and text alert schemes in rural areas and its initiatives in partnership with An Garda Síochána. Muintir na Tíre welcomed the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015. There are considerable sections within rural communities, and urban communities,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's plans to upgrade Castlepollard Garda station in County Westmeath, which is in a very poor state of disrepair; and the steps she will take to increase the number of Garda personnel serving in Castlepollard, where the complement in the station has been reduced from five to two units. [37853/15]

Other Questions: Garda Investigations (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...all the concerns of Opposition Members. They showed a cursory examination of documentation by barristers, a failure to interview families who submitted allegations and a failure to access Garda Síochána files. The Minister must accept that this is not the response required in light of the scale of public concern. Will she look again at the independent review mechanism and...