Results 61-80 of 623 for garda speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 2:(a) To delete, in the seventh paragraph, after the words “investigate these serious allegations so as”, the words “to ensure public confidence in An Garda Síochána and”; (b) To insert, in the seventh paragraph, after the words “respond to the public disquiet caused by these allegations” the words “and noting...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The long and terrible struggle of Maurice McCabe and other heroic Garda whistleblowers is certainly not over but at least there is light at the end of the tunnel after the horrendous journey these whistleblowers have undertaken to expose wrongdoing, malpractice, criminal misconduct and corruption in the Garda Síochána, an institution which is supposed to uphold law and justice....

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...is about finding out whether there was an orchestrated campaign. There was. Everybody knows it, and there was a campaign against other whistleblowers with similar tactics used. The fact that another Garda whistleblower, Keith Harrison, also had investigations about child abuse made against him at the same time that he was blowing the whistle is too much of a coincidence not to indicate...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do the Tánaiste and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs not believe it is relevant to the terms of reference of the tribunal of inquiry to be discussed that we now have two Garda whistleblowers against whom false allegations of sexual abuse have been made involving Tusla? Do they not believe this is relevant to the decision on the terms of reference? I ask the Tánaiste and the...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has made clear its view on this matter but does the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs believe it is tenable for Nóirín O'Sullivan to remain in situas Garda Commissioner? Notwithstanding the Commissioner's right to due process, if any of these allegations were true - we do not know and it should be without prejudice - her being in situpotentially prejudices the...

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...about him, it could not be more serious. If there is even a scintilla of truth in this, heads have to roll right along the line. It calls into question the whole culture at a senior level in the Garda, particularly because he is alleging a continuation from Callinan through to the new Commissioner. He is suggesting we are not just dealing with a couple of rotten apples but potentially...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a member of the public can bring forward information or make a submission to the Garda whistleblowers inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if traffic offences are taken into consideration for job applications requiring Garda vetting with local authority leisure centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37180/16]

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The only groups of workers who have balloted on this issue are the ASTI and the Garda representative unions. The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, and the gardaí have democratically made a decision and, I suspect, if it was put to the rank and file of the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, INTO, and to the nurses, we might have a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...for Health if there is evidence available that the rescheduling of b​enzodiazepines or ​Z​ drugs could​ prevent the misuse of dangerous or harmful drugs; the specific requests the Garda made to him regarding the rescheduling of these drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/16]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...them? The Minister spelled out the situation. Following the escalation of the gangland conflict in the north inner city, he felt we had to push things forward and responded to a request from the Garda to take this measure. The Garda is now deciding health policy in response to a fairly awful gangland feud in the north inner city of Dublin, and a political response to that will now...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...Deputies Daly and Wallace, who have done the State a great service in how they pursued the matter regarding Sergeant Maurice McCabe and whistleblowers generally and serious problems within the Garda, both in terms of how they conduct or fail to conduct proper policing and in how they deal with whistleblowers. However, the statement today by Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...the main Opposition party, Fianna Fáil. Hand wringing, condemnation and posturing - all hot air - does not solve the problem. While I have great sympathy for an under-resourced and understaffed Garda Síochána and communities, especially those in rural areas who have lost local Garda stations and who are concerned about that and want to see them returned, I believe that no...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...thousands of small farmers and, ultimately, connected to that, the future of small towns and villages in rural Ireland. All that is further compounded by the closure of post offices, small schools and Garda stations. One can go on through the list. It is a huge industry but there are enormous contradictions-----

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...asylum seekers but rather a process that would make it more difficult for people to get into the State in the first instance and to fast-track their deportation. The legislation also provides An Garda Síochána and the immigration authorities with additional powers in the deportation of people and for an ill-defined new category of immigration officer to be called an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform considering the panel of barristers review of a number of cases where individuals are demanding proper public inquiries into very serious allegations of Garda malpractice. In particular, has the committee considered, or will it consider, the ongoing call of Cynthia Owen for a full public inquiry into her case, which I have raised a number of times?...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (26 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will finish reviewing the recommendations of a major independent review of Garda misconduct complaints; if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given consideration, in view of the amount of evidence in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19531/15]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...for Justice and Equality if she has given further consideration to requests by a person (details supplied) and that person's legal representatives for inclusion on the review panel into cases of Garda misconduct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7115/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to do away with non-convictions showing up on Garda statements issued in response to Garda clearance requests from employers-colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49599/14]

Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (16 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...and have been hit with emergency measures, the imposition of water charges and all the rest. I sat through a committee meeting with the Minister at which we discussed fast accruals, firemen and gardaí. However, when we discuss Ministers, we find that the level of fast accrual is a multiple of what a fireman or garda receives. I understand that for a Deputy there is a fast accrual...