Results 101-120 of 272 for garda speaker:Alan Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Malahide, Balbriggan, Swords and Skerries Garda stations in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (5 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles based in Malahide, Balbriggan, Swords and Skerries in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)

Alan Farrell: I turn to HIQA's interactions with the Garda in the production of various reports and recommendations that it is statutory obligated to produce. I was reminded that I had been a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality for six years as I came in when I saw the white shirts of members of An Garda Síochána on the screen in one of the other committee rooms. Interactions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...a number of questions I would like to address. Mr. Smyth referred to retrospective abuse cases. How many people does Tusla have working on such cases or liaising with statutory inquiries with An Garda Síochána and other agencies? How many retrospective abuse cases is Tusla currently handling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Alan Farrell: What is Tusla's view with regard to inter-agency co-operation in regard, primarily, to retrospective abuse and investigations, particularly its interaction with An Garda Síochána and, as mentioned earlier by Deputy Neville, the IT issues within that organisation? Although I have raised the IT issue with An Garda Síochána on many occasions, I have not seen a vast stride in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...it. It is totally understandable. In the intervening period, it is often the case that the victim or concerned individual sees nothing and does not hear anything. The person may ring the Garda but it does not know anything about it and it cannot take action because there is not sufficient evidence. The problem arises in terms of public confidence in the way in which the system is...

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...system in the United States. Of course, when Irish people think about the position of mayor, they think about that system. Unfortunately, we do not have a federal system, but having control over An Garda Síochána or at least having clout with Irish Water is incredibly important. Chairing the joint policing committee would not be good enough as the mayor would have to have some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (29 Nov 2018)

Alan Farrell: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has the necessary resources for policing operations over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49665/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...to Senator Freeman's query, is funding the only means by which the Minister can make the organisation sit up and provide information in a timely manner to the authorities, not just to Tusla and the Garda Síochána but to the Department, as primary funders of the organisation? I do not want to diminish the significance of the figures the Minister has given to us. Is any of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...being mentioned so I will use it again. What percentage of the files has Mr. Elliot gone through? I presume he has read them all. How many files were found to require the intervention of An Garda Síochána and in how many cases was it considered appropriate to close the file?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Alan Farrell: I have another query on the cold case review. I assume that either Mr. Elliott or An Garda Síochána has been in contact with all of the living victims of child sex abuse. Ms Kelly mentioned the requirement of the organisation to have professionals to handle this so that, as Mr. Elliott outlined, the victims coming forward have confidence in the process due to his presence, because...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (18 Oct 2018)

Alan Farrell: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reopening of Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42851/18]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Oct 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...collection services for persons with disabilities; (17) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss the recommendation by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland to decrease the external oversight of An Garda Síochána via the proposal of a Garda Síochána board; and (18) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for the Minister for Finance to outline if he is planning to carry...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Alan Farrell: I am not asking Mr. Fraser to comment on the President. I am wondering if there is a co-ordinating function within the Áras, liaising with An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Sep 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Joan Collins - to discuss recent protests at the occupation of vacant buildings and the Garda response; (2) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - the need to progress the acute mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital; (3) Deputy Joan Burton - the need to consider the purchase by the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (18 Sep 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...for Justice and Equality the number of persons on the sex offenders register as of 1 January in each year since 2002; the number of notifications made by persons on the sex offenders register to An Garda Síochána of their intention to leave the State for seven days or more as per section 10(3) of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the countries to which those notifications relate, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (18 Sep 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...Act 2001 for sex offenders to be removed from the sex offenders register; the number of persons who have been convicted of a sexual offence outside the State and who have reported this fact to An Garda Síochána to be added to the sex offenders register as per their obligations under section 13 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of sex offender orders imposed by the courts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (3 Jul 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...the action he will take to address the issue of vehicles parking in cycle lanes during designated cycle hours which forces cyclists to merge with vehicular traffic; if he will correspond with An Garda Síochána regarding the enforcement of cycle lane access for cyclists during designated hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (3 Jul 2018)

Alan Farrell: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he will take to address anti-social behaviour issues on DART services; the resources that will be provided to An Garda Síochána to address such anti-social behaviour in instances in which gardaí are called to a DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I wanted to ask about illegal sales of diesel but it has just been covered. With regard to tobacco, periodically we see good news stories, predominantly through An Garda Síochána tweeting and sending notices to the media about large-scale seizures, which are always very good to see. Customs and Excise plays a considerable role in this. In terms of small-scale tobacco sales in...