Results 41-60 of 272 for garda speaker:Alan Farrell

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...with sexual violence. Moreover, in order to have a sustainable approach with regard to tackling the prevalence of sexual violence, we will also need to provide adequate and ongoing resourcing to the Garda Síochána and the Courts Service. I welcome the improvements that have been made to boost and support the work of An Garda Síochána. This is key to ensuring that...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...support law-abiding citizens. This is the goal of criminal gangs that operate in our State. We must never allow them to achieve that aim. We must be unanimous in our support for the work of the Garda and the justice system to bring the consequences due to these criminals. If we fail, we condemn good people to live in fear under the boot of criminals and their gangs and we condemn young...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...Airport in a 12-month period is concerning? Does he accept it illustrates that we might need to review the Immigration Act 2004 to ensure the toolkit is available for immigration officials and An Garda Síochána to review such matters properly? The act of presenting without appropriate travel documents must be disincentivised, that is, if a person does so without a legitimate cause.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...reminds us of the fact that, despite 25 years of peace on this island, that peace is fragile and requires all our efforts to maintain and preserve it. It also reminds us of the risks members of An Garda Síochána the PSNI take every day in the course of their service to our communities. This Bill will provide for significant changes to the method of policing in Ireland and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...He has asked me to chair the meeting in his place with the agreement of the committee. Is that agreed? Agreed. The meeting is being convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána, Vote 21 - Prisons, Vote 22 - Courts Service, Vote 24 - Justice, Vote 41 - Policing Authority and Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission. I thank the Minister and his...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: We are on Vote 20. We will do each individually, so the Deputy can come back in plenty of times. This one is on the Garda budget.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: ..., there is concern but it does not give a true account of the reasons why numbers have dropped off. I am aware of the numbers provided within this that a significant number of non-sworn members of An Garda Síochána have taken up roles, which has freed up additional gardaí. Is there a net figure, outside of the 600-odd reduction, for the number of gardaí who are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: We are all intrigued about why the PSNI and the Garda were looking at Deputy Pringle's registration.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...community but certainly the increase in the youth diversionary projects and the significance of their funding is obviously extremely important. I would point out, because it is inter-related to garda numbers and community garda numbers, and I am sure my colleagues could probably highlight one or two cases in their constituencies, the specialisation and professionalisation into...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...component of the programme for Government and the adoption of the report on the Commission on the Future of Policing In Ireland, which called for the deployment of body cameras for members of An Garda Síochána. As many speakers have said, this is not just for the purposes of rooting out criminality but it is also for the protection of the public and members of An Garda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. I will have to put in a parliamentary question to get all of that in writing. I am not sure the Minister addressed my point about Garda training. It is important, not just for NGOs but victims, to know that An Garda Síochána has the appropriate resources and training available to it on a divisional basis throughout the country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (6 Dec 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...come to light in the past 12 months has been the lack of refuge facilities on a county basis. How is that roll-out going across the various Departments? I have a related question on the number of gardaí across the country who are appropriately trained to deal with victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Do we now have a number of gardaí in each Garda division...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...lockdowns, masks and vaccines, among other things, and who have now turned their attentions to this particular Bill. I welcome the fact that changes were recently made with regard to how the Garda records and identifies hate crime. The statistics for 2021, published recently, were the first published statistics for a full year since those changes were made. The figures show 400...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: .... In January of next year, we will see the ninth increase in the minimum wage take effect. That is the ninth increase since my party entered government in March 2011. We will further invest in An Garda Síochána, keeping our streets safe and following up on commitments we gave to adequately resource our Defence Forces in line with the Commission on the Defence Forces. This...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...many years we have had to deal with criminal gangs causing all sorts of problems in our State. Those individuals must face the rigours of our judicial system. I have full confidence that the Garda, the Minister and the Department are working diligently to strike at the heart of gangland activity to cripple the ability of criminals to spread their influence. I, therefore,...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...at an appropriate time, given the unfortunate rise in the number of cases of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence across the State. Some rather alarming figures were provided to me by An Garda Síochána recently. Women, in particular, but not exclusively, who are in fear of their safety, have been isolated from the families and are under immense pressure financially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: Would it not be appropriate for the Garda to respond to the question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: Our guests are very welcome. I thank them for coming in. I do not wish to be repetitive but I want to touch on the points made by the witnesses from An Garda Síochána in respect of social responsibility. I do not want what I am about to say to be taken as a dismissal of that because, of course, gardaí do not put private cars on bicycle lanes or across driveways, among other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: Like Deputy Berry, I will refer to the incident in Cherry Orchard this week, which the Commissioner has described as "disgraceful" and in which two female gardaí were subjected to a horrifying ordeal when their car was rammed. Gardaí have questioned the deterrents available. It is appropriate to mention that Deputy Griffin proposed a Bill to deal with and specifically address this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (6 Jul 2022)

Alan Farrell: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that the Garda Commissioner is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in cities and towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36488/22]