Results 41-60 of 247 for garda speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister. We had a good engagement with the Garda Commissioner and his officials and we hope to have a good engagement with her as well. Similar to others, I want to talk about morale in An Garda Síochána. Does the Minister feel there is a morale problem? According to the statistics, in 2013, there were 26 resignations from An Garda Síochána; in 2018, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will make an unapologetic Dublin-centric presentation. I would like the two garda representatives to respond on the overall numbers of resignations from An Garda Síochána. The figures I have show that there were 26 resignations in 2013, 27 in 2014, and the numbers were similar until 2017 when there were 41. In 2018, the number...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...accountable to public scrutiny. In a case like this, there are so many procedural and legal questions about interaction in the legal system, questions around the interaction between the legal system and An Garda Síochána and questions around the effective practical implementation of legislation by the courts and An Garda Síochána, that there is no doubt that some sort...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...will strengthen and not weaken these core provisions of the Bill. The next objective of the Bill is to put the national referral mechanism, NRM, for victims of human trafficking on a statutory footing. An Garda Síochána is currently solely responsible for identifying victims of human trafficking. Under the new mechanism, multiple other relevant Departments and agencies will...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...prisoners on four month sentences, which is clogging up the system and is not working. He is not being listened to. We now have a situation where every Tuesday this month, including Hallowe'en, gardaí will refuse to take up overtime. That means the system will effectively collapse this month. I do not need to tell the Minister that were she to go to any community policing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Any community, barrister or garda will listen to what the Taoiseach has said and feel as if it is somebody else's responsibility, not the Taoiseach's. The Taoiseach knew about this dispute coming since 12 July and he has let the criminal courts of justice fall today. The Bar Council states it has had no engagement. It falls completely and utterly on the Taoiseach, as the leader of Fine...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...collectively bystanders as the criminal justice system falls, almost in its entirety, today ? What has the Government done since 12 July to try to resolve that dispute? On the same day, the Garda Síochána is effectively working to rule. Gardaí will be doing it every Tuesday this month, including Hallowe'en. I do not have to tell the Taoiseach that if we go to any...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...also noted delays of 16 weeks for domestic violence applications in some District Courts. In 2022, there was an increase of 8% in domestic abuse incidents, with almost 54,000 attended to by the Garda compared with just under 50,000 instances in 2021 and just over 44,500 in 2020. There is no doubt the establishment of a dedicated agency by the Bill is a vital component in achieving the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of each of the Garda Youth Diversion programmes currently operating in each of the Garda divisions in the Dublin Metropolitan area; the number of officers assigned to the juvenile liaison teams and to set out, in tabular form, the numbers for each of the following years - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on progress on the new Garda station for Dublin 7-Dublin 13. [34004/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current operational strength of An Garda Síochána; if she will include a breakdown of new recruits, retirements, resignations, gardaí unavailable for duty and any analysis on the projected numbers of gardaí over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status on the review of the culture within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí across the service in 2023; how many were in place in each year from 2016 to date; the breakdown for 2023 of where these are located, by division and Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34293/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the Bill. It probably stands on its merits in any event, but I would be interested in hearing the Minister’s view on it. The amendment deals with real-time recording. Unfortunately, there is a history within An Garda Síochána of not being able to deal with data in a 100% professional and sensitive way. That has been to the detriment of a number of individuals. In one...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that. Traditionally, in certain areas in my part of the world, in Dublin, you did not get respect from the teacher, you did not get respect from the social worker, you did not get respect from the gardaí, you certainly did not get respect from the media and you probably did not get respect from politicians either. On that basis, you go and you find respect from somewhere that will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with the Garda Commissioner regarding the incident where tents belonging to refugees were burned. [25167/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...seekers on Mount Street in recent weeks is probably one of the most disgusting things we have had to witness in our recent history. Will the Minister speak to the conversations he has had with the Garda Commissioner since these events and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: A level of disquiet was caused when the Taoiseach remarked that we did not have enough gardaí in Dublin city centre and the Minister contradicted that statement, as did the Garda Commissioner. There is disquiet also among the public as to how this was allowed to happen and how a policed protest and counterprotest were allowed to diminish into a scenario where people's homes were set on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... If I blocked a road, I would be moved. I know I am speaking about two different scenarios but there is a feeling that the balance being struck is possibly imbalanced. We have a scenario where gardaí dealt with a situation in the way they saw fit but it still ended up with people's homes being burned out. The international reaction to this is to look at what is happening in...