Results 21-40 of 231 for garda speaker:Thomas Pringle

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...permission.” I have another few questions regarding that, if I may. The Minister outlined the avenue for leave to remain that people can have. I presume that is if they co-operate with the Garda investigation.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: The period of 60 days is very short. If they co-operate with the Garda investigation, that would be extended. If the Garda investigation is unsuccessful, what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...taking place in the North regarding the historical investigations, the Troubles and such. The Houses of the Oireachtas has been deeply critical of this decision, and rightly so. How does An Garda Síochána currently handle, in terms of specific units, reviews and procedure of investigations, looking into similar cases in this jurisdiction? This State is not immune from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her presentation. Earlier, the Commissioner gave us some figures. Approximately 60,000 individuals have been arrested by the Garda so far in 2023. This amounts to 1.2% of the population having been arrested so far this year. This sounds remarkably high. Is it high? Perhaps the Minister or the departmental officials might be able to answer this. The Commissioner...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ..., or the monitoring of compliance with the conditions of bail, that warrant further inquiry. He makes a similar finding about the systems and procedures for the sharing of information between the Garda, the Courts Service and other relevant State bodies operating at the time of Shane O'Farrell's death. Everything is rosy in the garden. What are we even talking about then so? It is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (17 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will sell the old Garda station in Bunbeg, County Donegal directly to Donegal County Council for use as a site for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...that citizens trying to avail of services and support are left stranded. To take the Department of Justice for example. There is an urgent need for greater independence for both the Prison Service and An Garda Síochána but this cannot happen without significant structural change within the Department and the Civil Service. This cannot happen in a vacuum. Due to the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...they are a victim. The prospect of being subjected to character assassination based on previous sexual history deters a lot of victims of sexual crime from continuing with a prosecution or even from making a report to An Garda Síochána in the first place. The consideration of someone’s sexual history is extremely invasive and seems to add very little to a trial while at...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...survey on domestic violence against women and men in Ireland was conducted in 2005. We can assume that numbers have gone up, as the number of calls to respond to domestic abuse incidents from An Garda Síochána have risen significantly and this year’s CSO statistics on sexual violence show that 52% of women experience sexual violence in their lifetime. I was also shocked...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...this provision and the Minister says that she has outlined a number of people who have to be consulted with respect to changes that are made: (i) the Minister; (ii) the Policing Authority; (iii) the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (iv) the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; (v) the Data Protection Commission; (vi) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...went through the Bill and I did not stop deliberately before section (d), or anything like that, but yes section (d) does say that there should be consultation and that it will be allowed on the Garda Síochána website. But, then again, that implies a certain amount of knowledge because one has to know in order to go to the Garda Síochána website to actually get the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am sorry; that was my mistake. I will speak to the other three. On what the Minister has said with regard to oversight, the section actually says: A member of Garda personnel may utilise ANPR data to monitor the movements of a particular vehicle (in this section and section 18 referred to as “focussed monitoring”) only if that utilisation— (a) has been approved...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Perhaps the Minister could clarify a point. Section 17(1)(b) says that this type of monitoring may be authorised by a member of Garda personnel of a suitable rank or through the process under section 18. Is that "or" in the wrong place? To my mind, that means that, if a garda wants to get one of these orders, he or she only needs to meet the first criteria.

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...amendment No. 1: In page 14, to delete lines 9 to 41, and in page 15, to delete lines 1 to 12. This amendment calls for the deletion of provisions relating to focused monitoring by a member of Garda personnel relating to arrestable offences and matters relating to the security of the State. I am seeking the deletion of the whole section. This is warranted because, as I read the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It is very important that people have an opportunity to examine where these data are going to be used. Deputy Costello has raised a real risk, particularly given the lack of training of garda personnel who have used and handled CCTV footage previously, which has been spoken about and widely reported, and is known. How can we be sure training will take place and footage will be handled...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am concerned about the training of members of An Garda Síochána who will deal with this information. The 2019 report from the Data Protection Commissioner stated that "the Garda members operating the scheme were unaware of the full range of technical features of their own CCTV system". It also stated: "The members of An Garda Síochána operating a number of the schemes...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe I am being silly, but the way I read this, a Commissioner could tick all those organisations, including the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Data Protection Commission, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Local Government Management Association, off the list by sending the code of practice to them and saying that is the consultation and good luck to the public.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...important. When people are going to stand up for the State, protect the State and give evidence for the State we must, no matter how difficult and uncomfortable it is for us, the Government, the Garda, the judicial system and everything like that, remember the presumption of innocence should be very important and the prime thing we are talking about. There is no evidence being provided...