Results 161-180 of 548 for garda speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the authorities. There is a constant fear. One of the things which struck me about the presentation was that women who are victims of domestic violence and crime could be fearful of going to An Garda Síochána because it would bring them to the attention of the authorities. Will the witnesses speak about the impact of this on families?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...very clearly today, as a Sinn Féin spokesperson for justice, that those involved in these activities which I have asked about are criminal gangs. Anyone with information should assist the PSNI and an Garda Síochána in tackling them. The consequences are very severe for this State and the North. They are anti-peace process and are clearly criminal. I wish to put it on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans of An Garda Síochána and the resources available to it to tackle the criminal gangs involved in diesel laundering, cigarette smuggling and petrol stretching across the island. [7371/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question is about the plans of An Garda Síochána and the resources available to it to tackle the criminal gangs involved in diesel laundering, cigarette smuggling and petrol stretching throughout the island.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the strategy of An Garda Síochána, working in partnership with other State agencies, and the resources available to them; if she will tackle white-collar crime, in view of the recent revelations that 350 Irish persons held 892 of the controversial HSBC accounts in Geneva, worth a total of €3.1 billion. [7170/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question relates to a statement in the strategy of An Garda Síochána on white collar crime and follows the revelations that 350 Irish persons held 892 accounts in HSBC Geneva, at this stage, a notorious bank, worth a total of €3.1 billion.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Returning to the occasion to which I referred, Mr. Farrell SC stated that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation had been swamped since 2011 and that of the cases it had reached only one in ten ended in prosecution. Mr. Ian Drennan, at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, has spoken about having only one forensic accountant when there was need for at least five. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet with the Garda Representative Association to discuss the pay of the new members of An Garda Síochána who are currently training in Templemore Garda College. [6985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (19 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the work of the independent panel of counsel reviewing allegations of Garda malpractice; and when its recommendations are due. [6986/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Effects of Gangland Crime: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is shifted from a criminal justice perspective to a health and education perspective. We have work to do on this, and obviously while we have the policy we must also support communities and An Garda Síochána. I apologise for making comments rather than asking questions; I will try to get to a question as quickly as I can. It is difficult to avoid commentary on this issue. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Effects of Gangland Crime: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...legal on the basis of the amount of taxes they bring in for the Exchequer. That is the understood public principle in this regard. Therefore, cigarette smuggling undermines all of this. What is the Garda Síochána strategy and approach to tackling cigarette smuggling? This is related directly to the topic we are discussing now. If we are to consider decriminalisation of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The term "As soon as practicable" does not deliver what we want here. I was chairing the public oversight committee when the Garda Ombudsman Commissioners came before us to speak to their seven- or eight-page summary of the report into the Kieran Boylan affair. I appreciate that protocols are in place and that levels of co-operation have improved, but what they revealed then was disturbing....

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...would not be prejudicial to the security of the State or that its disclosure is necessary for the proper investigation of a matter concerning the death of, or serious harm to, a person as a result of Garda operations or while in the care or custody of the Garda Síochána, the Independent Adjudicator may issue a direction—(a) specifying that all or part, as the case may be,...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hear the point the Minister is making about PULSE and that the system may change. However, when Bob Olson and his colleagues from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, as part of their substantial report on the crime investigation carried out over three years, they spoke about the inadequacies of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I support the amendment. As we discussed last night, a significant number of citizens do not have confidence that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has the capacity or power to fully investigate matters about which they are concerned. While certain aspects of the legislation are encouraging and welcome, the new powers conferred on GSOC are wholly inadequate. The amendment...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... In other words, it has unrestricted access. It smacks as being very arrogant that the only people who can protect the security of State are the Government of the day or the senior members of An Garda Síochána. Where we want to get to is to give the oversight body the capacity to do its job, unless there is some sensitive issue involved. My concern is that not too many...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...:“Amendment of section 74 of Principal Act 4. Section 74 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):“(5) The Ombudsman Commission and the Garda Inspectorate may, for the purposes of an investigation, recruit a pool of independent investigators in place of designated officers.”.”.I am not pressing this amendment.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...x2019; includes any act or omission and a reference to the occurrence of any conduct includes the doing of an act or the making of an omission; ‘disciplinary proceeding’ means a proceeding conducted in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations; ‘Garda Commissioner’ includes a Deputy Garda Commissioner or an Assistant Garda Commissioner acting in place of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...are much clearer on that point. The Minister will recall the events organised by the Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Law Society. Conor Brady was one of the speakers, a former Garda Commissioner - sorry, Garda Ombudsman Commissioner. He made the point that, where ever-----

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He made the point that if information or documents requested by the Garda Ombudsman, or indeed other bodies, were withheld on security grounds, there should be an independent adjudication system, for example, as I have defined here, a High Court judge or person of that calibre. It is important because there will be grey areas. There will be matters of importance where the Garda...