Results 161-180 of 374 for garda speaker:Robert Troy

Topical Issue Matters (18 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: ...care policy priority and to protect and expand early intervention services; (11) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the need to address the leaking of sensitive information on ongoing criminal investigations by An Garda Síochána to certain media outlets; (12) Deputy Dara Calleary - the need for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss the increased competitiveness of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Longford Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Westmeath Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37011/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Roscommon Longford division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35701/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Westmeath division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015, or the latest date available. [35705/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (7 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when further recruitment to An Garda Síochána will commence. [34858/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Sep 2015)

Robert Troy: ...calls at the time from constituents who were happy with his stewardship and the budget. His claims about those calls are as believable as his claim that it was not his intention to sack the former Garda Commissioner. Tonight, we are focusing on the HSE. It is a sad state of affairs that, despite the recovery, our health services remain in crisis. Consider the latest figures. The...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Banks have closed in many smaller towns. Garda stations have also been closed and sold. Post offices have to be protected and enhanced. Department of Social Protection payments account for 30% of the business of the post office network. The spin-off value of people buying other items is as high as 50%. The contract for making social protection payments is worth €25 million per...

White Paper on Defence: Statements (30 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: ...Government and the Department of Defence have failed to honour commitments made in relation to career progression. Various Army barracks have closed, including Columb Barracks in Mullingar. Many Garda stations have also closed in recent years. We have taken the eyes and ears of the State off the ground. Since 2012 the Defence Forces have only two permanently occupied barracks along...

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (25 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: ...this because I initiated the contact with the Department of Defence almost three years ago in regard to it taking out a lease. Despite use by Westmeath GAA county board, Customs and Excise, An Garda Síochána, the Irish United Nations Veterans Association and the midland youth services it is totally under utilised. The Minister acknowledged in his reply that it is a fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: ...registration for childminders. When legislation was being discussed in the Dáil and Seanad, the Fianna Fáil Party tabled amendments seeking to ensure that all childminders are required to obtain Garda clearance. Unfortunately, the amendments were not accepted. I am interested in hearing the witnesses' opinions on registration for childminders. The position in Northern Ireland...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 May 2015)

Robert Troy: ...that is being carried out here by Ms Foley in the Westmeath Support Services Against Domestic Abuse. Last year alone, this lady and this group supported 190 women. She has received endorsement of the Garda, the legal profession, social services, the local authority and even the local judge. Judge Hughes, last year, from the court poor box, gave Ms Foley an additional sum of money...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The most positive aspect that I can take from it is that the Minister has engaged with the Garda Commissioner to determine whether there are further legislative options that we can consider. There are further options. Every section of our community has rights. No one disputes that, but every section also has responsibilities. A particular...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: ...Equality who was in the Chamber only half an hour ago has left. When I saw her on the monitor, I believed that she would be present to listen to my concerns. Recent years have seen an erosion of the Garda's manpower and resources. Compared with four years ago, there are 1,600 fewer gardaí and 139 stations have closed. In Granard in my constituency, a senior position has remained...

Topical Issue Matters (26 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: ...Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois; (11) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - the funding needs of fabrication operators to meet more compliance requirements; (12) Deputy Mick Wallace - the lack of support for Garda whistleblowers or progress in dealing with their cases in the past nine months; (13) Deputy Clare Daly - the lack of support for Garda whistleblowers or progress in dealing with their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a more streamlined process in respect of Garda vetting, particularly in the child care sector, where Garda vetting would remain with the person and not the organisation, by way of issuing a card and expiry date of no more than two years, a process which is operational in many European countries and Australia; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Seventh Report on Child Protection 2014: Discussion (29 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: ...of 20 suggestions in his report. In his view did the shortcomings in the legislation contribute to the Roma case? It must have been a difficult experience for the family to have a member of the Garda Síochána knock on the door and take away their child because the child did not look like the rest of his family or bear a resemblance to them. I do not criticise the Garda...

Opposing Domestic Violence: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: ...an intimate partner in her lifetime. I did not realise the figure was so high until I researched the issue. We are discussing this issue as a result of the concern expressed by the report of the Garda Inspectorate which detailed particular problems with attitudes towards domestic violence in the force. It found, for example, that some complaints about domestic violence were treated as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (11 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to Kinnegad Garda station, County Westmeath over the past four years and the future plans for the station. [47520/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: .... Childline is providing a service that the State is failing to provide. We have no out-of-hours social work. According to the ISPCC, up to October of this year, 74 cases have been referred on to the Garda and 38 cases have been referred to the Child and Family Agency. The Taoiseach is on record pledging the protection of children as a national priority. He stated that children are...