Results 121-140 of 272 for garda speaker:Alan Farrell

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...and Family Agency upon the direction of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The report arose from the RTÉ "Prime Time" programme which revealed that Tusla had sent notification to An Garda Síochána, containing a false allegation of child sex abuse against a Garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe. In light of these circumstances and concern about more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: What level of interaction is required with the Garda to be satisfied the service required to be provided to the child will be delivered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Is Tusla confident the Garda is doing what it is supposed to do in regard to the 1,200 children?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles in the Garda fleet; the number of vehicles brought into and taken out of service, respectively by vehicle type since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel; the stations to which new recruits have been posted since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20661/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel stationed in the Garda Training College in Templemore by rank, including those seconded to Templemore; the field in which each operates; the number of non-sworn personnel; the fields in which each operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20664/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy is very welcome. Garda vetting is an issue that has been in the public domain. I do not have a specific question on it and will not refer to an individual. Can the delegates offer confidence to those watching the proceedings and the general public that each and every scout leader and those working with children within Scouting Ireland have been appropriately vetted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Alan Farrell: 310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the investment made by the Office of Public Works on Malahide Garda station since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16410/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Mar 2018)

Alan Farrell: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested by An Garda Síochána on an annual basis over the past five years in tabular form, with particular reference to those detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 and section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007;...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Alan Farrell: .... They can login to www.checktheregister.ie, go into their local authority area and ensure their name is on that register. If it is not, google an RFA2 form, download it, fill it out, get it signed and stamped in the local Garda station and bring it to the franchise section of the local authority to get registered because many people pick up a newspaper or listen to the radio and read or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...everybody and usually the individuals who find a way around it are often the ones who require the most assistance. I do not want to be pernickety about these things but as he is a member of the Garda I wish to make a correction; it is appropriate to say that Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy did not criticise Government policy. He lamented the fact that there was a deficiency in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...problem I have with social media platforms taking the approach that Facebook has taken is that this video was available for well over a month. I remember discussing it with a senior member of An Garda Síochána in Balbriggan in 2015. The item was taken down and there was an investigation and people were identified, in so far as I am aware. From that perspective it was looked...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (5 Dec 2017)

Alan Farrell: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that agreement will be reached to reopen Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51500/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...for coming in. I have a couple of questions, with the first arising from comments made in a line of questioning from a previous meeting. It concerns the previously voted and audited budget of An Garda Síochána and the Department, going back to the transfer of moneys outside the control of An Garda Síochána. Mr. Kelly identified these as "compromising" the accounts in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...order to facilitate Deputy Aylward. It relates to the transfer of over €100,000 from the Sportsfield company to the private members' club, or the boat club. There is no control over this by An Garda Síochána as a unit. The members happen to be gardaí but it is a private club. Has there been any indication from the boat club as to whether the money has been or will...

Topical Issue Matters (7 Nov 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...Kildare; (2) Deputy Willie O'Dea - to discuss the defined benefit pensions scheme in CIÉ; (3) Deputy Niamh Smyth - sexual harassment allegations at the Gate Theatre; (4) Deputy Thomas Byrne - Garda resources in Stamullen and Gormanston, County Meath; (5) Deputy Joan Burton - the allegations in the Paradise Papers and the involvement of Irish banks in international tax evasion; (6)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses and members of the committee for their presence. This morning we will hear from representatives of An Garda Síochána and from the Office of Internet Safety and CyberSafeIreland on the topic of cybersecurity with regard to children and young adults. I welcome from An Garda Síochána Mr. John O'Driscoll, assistant commissioner in the area of special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: .... I will not refer to a deficit in training because that infers wrong-doing or omission, but there might be a difference between the specialised service that the bureau provides to the individual garda on the street, in the car, at the front desk of the station. I am concerned that there could be circumstances where a child has been subject to online harassment, bullying or been subjected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...or social care so Tusla would be involved in this instance. In Mr. Daly's experience, even since January 2017, has there ever been a scenario where a member of his division was not available to a garda attempting to support a child who has been the victim of online sexual exploitation or otherwise elsewhere in the country, primarily because the call-out happened in the middle of the night...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...the entirety of what the child services and child protection community is doing in the State. While duplication is not unusual, in this instance I would imagine that all the bodies, including An Garda Síochána, Tusla and others, are attempting to do the exact same thing on the cyber side. There may be distinct roles in certain aspects on the criminality side, the preventative...