Results 121-140 of 247 for garda speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, on security in the transport system. He has spoken about being in favour, in principle, of having a transport police service or a section of An Garda Síochána being assigned to transport services. I would appreciate it if the Leader facilitated such a discussion. There is a realisation in Irish Rail that there is a problem. If...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (30 May 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and the Government engage a Mulvey-style report for Dublin 17 and the wider area? Is the Minister aware that a neighbouring community is due to expand its population to 50,000 and that community is campaigning for a Garda station as part of its infrastructure? Will the Minister sit down with Sphere 17 youth services and the Preparing for Life group in Darndale which are making fantastic...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (30 May 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his response. Will he commit to extra Garda resources for this area and to a commission along the lines I have suggested and similar to what took place in the north inner city? The Minister touched on it in his reply but did not go as far as it. I suggest a Mulvey-style report which will deal with all the agencies which the Minister outlined. He has suggested that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...are sick or who have addictions belong before the courts; they do not. Someone who is sick, who is in need of medical help and who has an addiction does not belong in a courtroom, a prison or a Garda cell. They should not be interacting with the criminal justice system. Such a person needs a counsellor, a nurse, a doctor and a path to recovery. That is the basis for decriminalisation....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...The Government is almost disinterested in crime levels in that part of the city. Whenever we raise the issue in this House, as I have done on countless occasions, I am told that the provision of Garda resources and the potential construction of a new Garda station in the hugely expanding area of Donaghmede, Clongriffin and Belmayne are not matters for decision by the Minister but by the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...The Labour Party has made a practical suggestion in respect of it and our spokesperson, Senator Humphreys, has been quite vocal about the need for a dedicated transport police or a division of An Garda Síochána to be used help protect commuters who use the DART. There is a fear that this much needed transport system will be undermined by reports of anti-social behaviour. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Last week in this Chamber I was critical of the Minister for Justice and Equality in terms of the inability of Senators to get an adequate debate on Garda resources and the responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Equality over An Garda Síochána as a result of a number of incidents that happened on the north side of Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...from him that he will see to that request. I have expressed my frustration at an inability to get further than the suggestion that the Minister has no responsibility for operational matters in An Garda Síochána. I encourage the Leader to arrange such a debate in the House and to see how we can work together to ensure that people in communities across the city, northside,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and the escalation of violence in the Dublin 9 area and the Minister who replied to the matter told me that the Minister had no direct responsibility for the area and that it was an issue for the Garda Commissioner. I then raised in another debate the potential for the opening of a Garda station in the expanding Clongriffin-Balmayne area, which will have 50,000 residents in a number of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----against the express advice of an assistant Garda commissioner. Yet when we have had a pipe bomb incident and an attempted murder in a pizza parlour in Edenmore, I am told by the Leas-Chathaoirleach's office that the Garda Commissioner is the person responsible and the Minister for Justice and Equality has no responsibility for it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----that it Garda Commissioner is the person who is responsible for resources and not the Minister for Justice and Equality. This letter is a disgrace. How am I supposed to go back-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not give a fiddler's; I want a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality in here about Garda-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the establishment of a new second level school in that area. Thankfully, Educate Together is to be awarded patronage and it is to open in September. I make that point purely because we feel a Garda station would benefit policing, security and bring about a sense of community in that community. There is currently what we might call a Garda clinic which takes place in one of the rooms of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister of State's response but I do not accept it. It is nonsense to suggest to this House or to me that it is the role of the Garda Commissioner to make these decisions when we all know a member of the Cabinet is well able to trumpet that he apparently was successful in reopening Stepaside Garda station. He is also willing to tell all his constituents as often as he...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...in a mugging in the same area, had her shoulder broken. There seems to have been an escalation in anti-social behaviour in and around the Beaumont area in recent months. I have met senior Garda management, which is familiar with the issues and is trying in whatever way it can to respond to them. I have no issue with the response or determination of the Garda to sort out the problem, but...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Unfortunately, I am not overly impressed with the Minister of State's response. An Garda Síochána says it needs more resources and that this requires political decision but when one raises the issue with political masters they say it is an issue for the Garda Commissioner. The assistant Garda commissioner said that Stepaside Garda station was not a priority yet the Government is...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...use language like that? I find it offensive. I will raise two issues. One is the issue of policing. The Minister, Deputy Ross, is celebrating the pending opening of his pet project of Stepaside Garda station, which is of interest to us on the north side who deal with issues of antisocial behaviour and policing daily. I dealt with an issue of antisocial behaviour in Beaumont recently...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, has said he is open to the idea of having a transport police.  I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on the potential of establishing such a force from within An Garda Síochána to ensure that those who work on, and use, our train services feel safe and secure as they go about their daily business.  Those who believe in...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the sensitive nature of the issue at hand. I feel that even more strongly now. Walking past Leinster House today, I was greeted by an incredibly offensive and insensitive banner. Members of An Garda Síochána told me that there is a very long and complicated process involved in complaining about such an offensive banner. The posters around the city and the country feature...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of Justice and Equality thinking. I mean no disrespect to people who work in that Department. However, I know what the Department of Justice and Equality is like. It is about security, law and order, the Garda and prisons. It covers a vast bulk of legislation that goes through these Houses. That is what the Department of Justice and Equality is for. Those in the Department do not...