Results 81-100 of 554 for garda speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting of Personnel (8 Feb 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 726. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Barraduff Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39171/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (24 Nov 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding compensation claims in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the retirement age of members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32648/16]

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...for health care and day-to-day living expenses. They are genuinely finding it difficult to manage. Deputy Noel Grealish referred to the squeezed middle. Recently, I was approached by a young garda who had graduated from the Garda College in Templemore and had been deployed in Dublin city. He told me straight to my face that he could not afford to be a garda in Dublin. When...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...position. We want to see the pupil-teacher ratio improve to allow schools to operate and continue to do what they do well, which is to provide a first-class education for youngsters. The announcement of the recruitment of 800 new gardaí and 500 new civilian staff is most welcome at a time when the force is extremely understaffed and when we need all gardaí on the streets and...

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...lives, who want to live out their lives in a way that is different from what might be called the norm can do so in safety and happiness and free from any type of taunting, bullying or interference. An Garda Síochána must be supported and the Tánaiste, as Minister for Justice and Equality, must be supported in her endeavours to ensure the safety and well-being of all types...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the rules whereby members of the Garda Reserve cannot patrol without a Garda being with them (details supplied). [28126/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Bill results in the saving of the life of one young boy or girl this debate will have been worthwhile. In regard to drugs, what is proposed in the Bill is a welcome development. Up to now, the Garda Síochána has not had the wherewithal to deal with this issue properly because of a lack of necessary legislation. I hope what is provided for in this Bill will be of assistance....

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 3 o’clock The programme for Government states that, as part of a review, the Government will launch a pilot scheme to reopen six Garda stations, both urban and rural, to determine possible positive impacts that such openings would have on criminal activity, with special emphasis on burglaries, theft and public order. This review was to be initiated within two months. Is it under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (22 Jun 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to highlight the fact that we are grateful to the Garda which is up against it in the fight against crime. In Kerry, where I am from, mobile criminals are using our motorway network to drive from large centres of population to places in Kerry, at night or by day. They are very organised and local gardaí are making a great effort with the resources they have. I want to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (22 Jun 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: Many Garda stations were closed by a previous Minister and the local garda has been taken out of our communities. The Minister knows one of the most valuable things we can have in a community is a local community-based garda who knows the people living in that community, who is a friend of that community and its different organisations. There is nothing that garda does not know about his...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (22 Jun 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: During the term of the last Government, I proved that it was costing more to keep a Garda station closed than open. That is in the Official Report, in black and white. That was a very stark thing to find out at the time when it was being shoved down our throats that it was a question of saving money and better policing. The statistics from which the Minister is operating are inaccurate and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will review the Garda stations that were closed under the previous Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17081/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (4 May 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address issues raised with regard to armed resources within An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda vetting will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 Apr 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the distribution of Garda Síochána recruits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) awaiting vetting by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1175/16]