Results 61-80 of 133 for garda speaker:Dessie Ellis

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (3 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put a winter ambassador programme in place to support local efforts by a range of stakeholders, including rural post offices and An Garda Síochána, to get food and fuel to homes where people may not travel when roads are ice-bound, or to help get school routes salted within local communities. [37812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of funding for youth services and supports in west Wicklow from 2011 to 2015 to date; his plans to improve these services by providing, for example, a Garda Síochána diversion programme or outreach services, to address the growing demographic need and recent increased levels of young persons being out of school or engaging in drug...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...to express my sympathy to the friends, family and relatives of the ten members of the Traveller community so tragically killed. I also express my sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Garda Tony Golden, who was tragically killed while performing his duties. This Government is a master of spin. It may have managed to lead RTE into believing it was announcing a major new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Taxi Regulations (23 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide an update on the Garda Síochána report she commissioned. [24825/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...emotionally distraught, with children by their sides, and I have witnessed this on a number of occasions. The extent is probably far greater than what is being reported. Many women will not go to the Garda. I commend the work of Women's Aid, the RCNI and other groups that are tackling this issue. The number of people who have benefited from these services is massive and we cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (6 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...on the driver as opposed to the owner in that instance? I ask the delegations to elaborate on the matter. My final comment is on the proposed 20 km/h speed limit in housing estates. Does the Garda agree that such a limit would be useful in certain circumstances? Would it be difficult to enforce?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the new Garda recruits who will be employed in the Ballymun and Santry Garda stations, Dublin 9. [11570/15]

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: For four years, the Government has shown an insistence that public sector workers do more for less. They must do more work for less money in a shorter period and with less help. Gardaí, in particular, have been victims of this aspect of austerity. The force is being asked to enforce more laws with fewer gardaí, Garda stations and vehicles, less pay and reduced allowances for...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: .... Confidence in the penalty points system has been damaged by scandal in recent times. Most people strongly believe that some people, by way of influence or a good connection to a member of the Garda, can make penalty points disappear - whether we like it or not, that is what most people believe. There is a case for transparency and fairness in the administering of the scheme, not...

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Nov 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...blight on the community. Members must send a clear and coherent message to any abuser or potential abuser that his or her deeds and acts will not be accepted but will be pursued rigorously by society, the Garda and the authorities. People should be looked after by way of accommodation. That is the crux of the Bill, namely, to ensure a person in a dangerous position can secure...

Topical Issues: Road Safety (7 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I have in my hand a simple Bill that was compiled with the help of Dublin City Council officials to address what senior gardaí, including superintendents and those on joint policing committees, JPCs, identify as a legislative problem. Like the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, the former Minister and Deputy, Mr. Phil Hogan, said that the Garda Commissioner sees no need for extra...

Topical Issues: Road Safety (7 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...and joint policing committees, JPCs. We must have rules and regulations on where such vehicles can be used, in addition to basic training requirements and licensing. We must also give the Garda clear guidelines to deal with them, how the vehicles can be seized and how repeat offenders can be stopped from using them. The proliferation of such vehicles at Christmas is a scourge for urban...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: Dublin City Council (18 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...appears that one was negotiating at that point as to whether it would be three or four concerts. I find it difficult to understand why that would be said. It seems very wrong. Was the issue of Garda traffic controls and traffic management discussed at any stage? I have been told that Inspector Tony Gallagher might have attended these meetings. At any of these meetings was it...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...appropriate that Shannon Airport receives revenue from allowing rendition flights. The Minister mentioned before that we honestly do not know what is on the aeroplanes. Obviously, members of the Garda and the airport police cannot gain access to the aeroplanes. We can only go by what people are telling us, which is that not only civilians are being transported but also weapons and...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: .... The power of seizure should be considered by the Minister in the context of how to deal with such vehicles. Consideration also should be given to who could be authorised to seize such vehicles, be they members of the Garda or others. I generally support this Bill and look forward to its passage.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...the anti-social behaviour in which a person was engaging. This trauma could make it even more difficult to deal properly with anti­social elements in a family. It must also be remembered that where criminal activity takes place it is a matter for the Garda. The provision for giving tenancy warnings could be useful in preventing minor anti-social issues from developing into very...

Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Dessie Ellis: This Easter weekend a Garda operation aimed at detecting traffic violations will be carried out countrywide. The number of gardaí on traffic duty has been reduced from 1,200 to 800. Last year and to date this year the number of deaths on our roads has increased and speeding has been identified as one of the main reasons for this. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the road traffic Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Traffic Offences: An Garda Síochána (16 Apr 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Garda website advertises the 727 locations so it is not as though this has changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Traffic Offences: An Garda Síochána (16 Apr 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the delegation for its presentation. I always felt the Garda should have been running the GoSafe programme and it should never have been farmed out to a private company. Resources should have been put in place for the Garda to do it. The profits made indicate that. There would also have been fewer problems dealing with the courts. It was said that some of the GoSafe zones have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 760. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the cut-off point for consideration of new Garda recruits is 2,000 candidates. [13355/14]