Results 21-40 of 503 for garda speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...tell us where those 3,000 households will go in the event of losing the roof over their heads? Will the Taoiseach guarantee to this House that no family will be forced to present itself at a Garda station to be accommodated? Can the Taoiseach give those guarantees as he moves ahead with the Government's catastrophic decision to lift an eviction ban and to plunge thousands of households...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope we would all accept that the critical building block for a policing service for our future is actually the people working within the service, in other words, the gardaí themselves. The Taoiseach's response did not reflect the fact gardaí are resigning in increasing numbers, with nearly three times the number resigning from the force last year when compared with 2017....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed. We saw another attack last night on the Garda Síochána. One officer has been hospitalised and we wish that officer a speedy recovery. It is now very clear we do not have the Garda resource required throughout the State to keep communities and citizens safe. I would go so far as to say that, increasingly, people feel very unsafe in their homes, on their...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A report published in the Irish Independentpresents in very stark terms the recruitment and retention crisis in An Garda Síochána. One in four Garda stations has seen a drop in staff, and 42 stations have no gardaí permanently assigned to them. In my constituency of Dublin Central we have lost 30 gardaí in the past year. The truth is that the Taoiseach's Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Properties (18 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if use of a building (details supplied) is to be transferred to An Garda Síochána; if not, if it has instead been transferred to another Department, State agency or body; and, if so, if she will provide the relevant details regarding this change of use. [63234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 508 (18 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has entered into an agreement regarding the lease or rental of the Intreo office, Navan Road, Dublin 1 to An Garda Síochána. [51878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order units operating across each of the six Garda divisions in Dublin from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [47364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order units operating full-time across each of the six Garda divisions in Dublin from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [47365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each of the public order units operating across each of the six Garda divisions in Dublin from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form. [47366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to three Garda stations (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [47141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a statutory instrument will be enacted before the 2022 summer recess enabling An Garda Síochána to share its material with the Kenova and Denton Operations. [35485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to three garda stations (details supplied), broken down by rank in each of the years 2016 to 2021, respectively. [30307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to three garda stations (details supplied), broken down by rank. [30308/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the times that members of the public can currently access assistance at three garda stations (details supplied). [30309/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...met with members of the North Inner City Community Coalition last month to discuss the increase of violent crime in the area. The coalition emphasised to the Taoiseach the urgent need for An Garda Síochána to grip the escalating crime and the drug-related violence and intimidation that is rapidly becoming normalised in some parts of the city. I believe the Taoiseach recognises...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ..., including the use of the electoral register. Most people are unaware of just how opaque andad hocjury selection for an inquest is. Reforms of the system have long been sought. Currently, the Garda maintains its own list of jurors for inquests who are, in turn, used multiple times. If the Garda cannot draw a jury from this list alone, the Garda can randomly seek out jurors. Indeed,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...heart-breaking of circumstances. It was, as is so often the case, the courage of a whistleblower that led to investigations into the abuse by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, and An Garda Síochána. Two years after that, the abuser was relocated and the abuse started all over again. Deputy Doherty wrote to the former Minister for Health in 2016 to raise the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); the indicative timeframe for the reopening of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45955/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...a minimum some form of review of this case. Any death in custody is extremely serious. As the Taoiseach knows, in the early 2000s there were profound concerns about places of detention, including Garda stations, and previous governments had to deal with that reality. We need to progress this issue. There will be the gathering for Terence's anniversary. This issue does not go away; it...