Results 61-80 of 247 for garda speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...in allocation from €436,000 to €900,000 for consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews as contained in the Government Budget 2023 publication page 214 under Vote Number 20 for An Garda Síochána; and the reason for this increase. [22676/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 22, after line 38, to insert the following: “(5) Nothing in this section— (a) confers on a member of garda personnel a power that he or she does not otherwise have by virtue of another enactment or at common law, (b) authorises a member of garda personnel to exercise a power conferred by law for a purpose that is not so authorised.”....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I must declare I have a member of An Garda Síochána in my family. My brother is a garda. I absolutely understand the nature of the job. However from our political work all of us are aware of difficulties within An Garda Síochána and controversies relating to it. I know particularly in disadvantaged communities there has been a history of a fraught relationship with An...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I also support what has been said. An Garda Síochána is also a noble phraseology for a policing service. Other jurisdictions have law enforcement, but we have people who are guardians of the peace. That is appropriate, and the Irish-language version is the one that should be used exclusively.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The practice of leaking from An Garda Síochána, which is patently obvious to the observing eye, is particularly disturbing. I am familiar with an incident that occurred and have spoken to the mother of the individual concerned, who is no longer with us. A film of a woman in a particularly distressed state walking down a prominent street in Dublin, O'Connell Street, was circulated...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.”. — This follows on from the section relating to removal from office of the Garda Commissioner or deputy Garda Commissioner and relates to an inquiry under that section. We are trying with this amendment to pre-empt the potential for the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is the Minister confident that, in a situation where an inquiry is taking place into a Garda Commissioner or deputy Garda commissioner for whatever reason, potentially removing either or both of those individuals, there is nothing either or both of those individuals could do to obstruct such an inquiry by non-attendance?

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...see it on the news and move on. If you live in, work in or care about a community where a murder takes place, the consequences are devastating. The idea that a child going to school should get used to Garda tape being around a murder scene would fill any of us with horror but far too many of our children, in many of our constituencies, get used to going to school passing by a scene of a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... We need to be proactive. Far too often, as they say in politics, we react to a scandal, a report, to somebody speaking out - a whistleblower. What if there is somebody currently serving in An Garda Síochána or in the Irish Prison Service who does not feel they have a facility to come forward, who is suffering this type of abuse and who will speak to it being part of a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and Equality in light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, if he will initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure no such issues exist in these forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, will the Minister initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure that no such issues exist in these forces?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in what the Minister spoke about with regard to cultural audits into An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. What he is saying is welcome. In politics, we always react to a scandal. We always do a review after the fact. What was discovered in the Metropolitan Police in London was absolutely shocking with the level of racism and misogyny and the difficulties...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of the new Garda station planned for Dublin 13 and Dublin 17. [18112/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to ask the Minister, once again, for an update on the development of a much needed Garda station which is planned for the Dublin 13-Dublin 17 area.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is positive with regard to planning permission potentially being sought in 2024 and Coolock Garda station potentially being transferred to or acquired by Dublin City Council. This is interesting. The Minister will note that I always get the same answer with regard to the Garda Commissioner. I raise this issue as often as I possibly can. It is a large expanding community. We have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am given to understand that we are losing Coolock Garda station. This new divisional headquarters will mean that Coolock Garda station will no longer exist and this will be the new headquarters. It will be bigger and will have more resources. People have a traditional relationship with a Garda station and interact with it. They know where it is and they know how it operates. It will be...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...alone offence. We will work with the Minister on Seanad amendments and if that is not successful, we will introduce a stand-alone Bill. We appreciate that the Minister may need to engage with the Garda Commissioner and departmental officials. We hope we will be in a position to move forward on this. On that basis I will withdraw the amendment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (1 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...crisis in our front-line uniform services. In recent weeks, we have seen clear evidence in the shortage of paramedics and ambulance staff and we know it is proving very difficult to recruit gardaí, and many are leaving due to the working conditions and to levels of abuse and assaults. These developments add to a trend that has long been apparent in the Defence Forces. As was...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister of State indicated that the Bill provides that there will be no change to the Civil Service status of existing Garda civilian staff until an order is made by the Minister and that the making of such an order will be subject to engagement with any trade union or staff association concerned and consideration of any representations made by them. He went on to state: I stress that...