Results 101-120 of 247 for garda speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is just not good enough. With the greatest of respect, nowhere in his answer has the Minister of State made any reference to the Garda station proposed by the assistant Garda commissioner and political representatives. To say that the Minister for Justice or her Department has no role in this area is flatly untrue. We all witnessed the debacle involving Stepaside Garda station when...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Sep 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...passport until the passport renewal process for the child is completed in Ireland and the Irish passport office seem unable to complete the renewal process without the child’s presence at a Garda station in Dublin to get a form signed and stamped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45355/21]

Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement returned more than half of its budget unspent. Under this Government, the ODCE had to wait almost a year for the allocation of six detectives it had asked the Garda Commissioner and the Government for in order to do its job. It is no exaggeration to say the collapse of the Celtic tiger case at the heart of the Bill has been held up to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (18 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Garda authorities to examine working with officials in the Department of Education in order to try and address antisocial behaviour as the country reopens after the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (17 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to liaise with An Garda Síochána to implement an Operation Encompass-style support for children who have experienced domestic abuse as exists in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8211/21]

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Féin for bringing forward this motion, which the Labour Party will support. I appreciate that the Minister will be sympathetic regarding the issue being raised. There are often calls for tough Garda action regarding what happens in communities, including action against parents, young people and those who sell scramblers and quad bikes. That has to happen and the gardaí need to...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that were passed today. We cannot bring people with us without a level of leadership from the political system. We cannot bring people with us if the message from Government is one of fines and Garda intervention. 6 o’clock There is a small but, I fear, growing resentment organisation weaving different strands of extremist ideology, from anti-LGBT and anti-immigrant sentiment...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To recap the points I have made, I have written to the Minister regarding the particular park I have a concern about. The crime commission on the northside is important. The Garda station is important. The funding of local communities is important. Members cannot come to the House and speak about a lack of funding when they are voting, through their parties, to cut it at a local level.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...demonising young people and, indeed, particular areas. There is an area in my constituency which is having a particular issue at the moment. The Minister knows that because I wrote to her, the Garda Commissioner and the local Garda station about it. I do not want to name the park in question but I met residents of the area on Friday evening to discuss the issue. Concerns about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (17 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for his response but the language in it does not give me much comfort. It states: "... I understand from An Garda Síochána that proposals for a new station will be considered as part of the next Garda accommodation programme". The assistant Garda commissioner announced in June 2019 that it would happen. I worry when I see words like "proposals" and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Stations (17 Sep 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of drugs is an important issue throughout the country but on the north side of Dublin, it causes great heartache. In June 2019 on a visit to political leaders in Dublin Bay North, the assistant Garda commissioner confirmed that a Garda station was to be located in the Dublin 13 or Dublin 17 area to serve the vast expanding community in Clongriffin and Belmayne. It is expected an extra...

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...better and more robust hate-speech and hate-crime legislation. Now is the time to do it. I have spoken previously about the importance of having the Dáil, the Seanad, the teaching profession, the Garda and other public service professions reflect the population they serve. It is not good enough to say it is an aspiration. It is important for us to actually do something about it....

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that our teaching profession should reflect the students they teach. We have been remiss in trying to get a teaching profession or role models in the professions such as teaching, nursing and the Garda, that reflect the general population. I am not sure of the statistics for members of the Traveller community or people from minority groups who are in the teaching profession but I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (3 Jun 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has raised the establishment of a north side crime task force with the Garda Commissioner, which was previously committed to. [8435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (3 Jun 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has raised the progress on the development of the new Garda station at Northern Cross, Dublin 17 previously committed to by An Taoiseach in June 2019. [8570/20]

Seanad: Crime: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that we cannot police our way out of this and explained that he knows what comes from disadvantage and disempowerment. He could have said he knows the Government needs to have engagement with the Garda but that other issues must be talked about as well. In fairness, what the Government did in Dublin 1 seems to have had a level of success and should be replicated in another area where...

Seanad: Crime: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the Minister does not see this as I do. Why does he not feel the need to commission a task force that might come up with solutions that ensure no more children in this community have to walk past Garda tape on their way to school because another murder has taken place? I feel like I am wasting my time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...last seven months in this geographical location. The news cycle moves on quickly but I must reiterate the damage this type of event does to a family, community and area. Children are walking past Garda tape at the scene of the murder on their way to school. Time and again, I have called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to replicate in Dublin's north side what was done in the...

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...come up with constructive solutions so we can police our way out of it. Having said that, on my initiative and that of the Clongriffin community association, there has been a campaign for a new Garda station in the Dublin 13 and 17 areas. I am pleased this has been agreed to and this station will be in situin a number of years. However, the Minister must agree that it cannot be...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...regrettable, especially at this crucial time in the history of these islands, with the disaster of Brexit unfolding every day. The Labour Party supports this Bill, and we welcome the fact that the Garda Commissioner will now be able to enter into co-operation agreements with non-police or non-law enforcement bodies outside the State. We thank the Minister and his officials for the work...