Results 121-140 of 1,061 for garda speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including HR matters. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below sets out the number of Garda members and Garda staff who resigned on health grounds in the years 2018 to 2022, and up to 22 May 2023. Please note that these figures are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recruitment and distribution of Garda members between the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I am however assured that the Commissioner keeps the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for all HR matters relating to personnel within An Garda Síochána. As Minister I have no direct role in such matters. I have been advised by the Garda authorities that they do not hold specific records in the overtime reporting system on the role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is statutorily independent in its operation and administration. Specifically, under section 67(4) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, GSOC is independent in the exercise of its functions under the Act. As Minister, I have no role in these functions, including investigations conducted by GSOC, or any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including all human resource matters and recruitment. As Minister, I have no direct role in such matters. As the Deputy will also be aware An Garda Síochána launched a new recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. Other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). I am informed by the GNIB that the specific information requested by the Deputy is not available. However, a team of Immigration Officers are assigned to Dublin Port and are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including responsibility for the recruitment, training and deployment of Garda members. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. I can, however, assure the Deputy that the Government is committed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...reduction in wait times for files to be registered. Last year it took on average about 7 months for a file to be acknowledged. This year it is done in a matter of weeks. A related improvement is that Garda vetting is now carried out earlier in the naturalisation process to help improve processing efficiency. To ensure older files are also progressing under the new system my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 559 and 560 together. The Deputy will be aware that section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) makes provision for An Garda Síochána to charge for policing services provided for events on private property or in areas open to the public. Section 30 covers events such as sports fixtures, concerts, festivals, the making of films,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...requirements of the Public Spending code was approved in principle in June 2022. The original intention was that Hammond Lane would be delivered as part of a bundle of PPP projects including two Garda Projects. It has now been decided that the two Garda projects will be decoupled from the PPP and proceed by traditional direct exchequer funding. Accordingly, Hammond Lane will proceed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...whereby coroners will be asked to provide details of all unidentified human remains reported to them in the preceding year. The Department of Justice established a forum in July 2021 alongside An Garda Síochána’s Missing Persons Unit and Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) to facilitate information exchange on unidentified remains. Further meetings of the stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The Government is committed to ensuring An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to deliver a modern, fit-for-purpose, policing service. Budget 2023 provides funding of €2.14 billion for An Garda Síochána, of which €10m has been allocated for investment in the Garda fleet. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including all human resource matters and recruitment. As Minister, I have no direct role in such matters. As the Deputy will also be aware An Garda Síochána launched a new recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...and provides a range of supports to take account of these circumstances. Along with other members of Government I am of course concerned at the incidents referred to and am assured by the Garda Commissioner that these are receiving the appropriate policing attention. It is important to say that so many communities across Ireland have demonstrated great solidarity to those who...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...and provides a range of supports to take account of these circumstances. Along with other members of Government I am of course concerned at the incidents referred to and am assured by the Garda Commissioner that these are receiving the appropriate policing attention. It is important to say that so many communities across Ireland have demonstrated great solidarity to those who...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...into that report and it is my intention to publish that report this month. I hope to be in a position to bring that to Cabinet and publish it this month as well. References were made to the Garda by Deputy Mattie McGrath and others. I do not want to have an argument, especially when the Deputy is not here, but it is important for anyone who has a complaint about any member of An...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...we are determined to do. To conclude, much of the data to come out of the sexual violence survey are stark and difficult but, sadly, unsurprising. It is accepted, for example, that when it comes to reporting incidents of sexual violence to An Garda Síochána, reporting rates are much lower than the prevalence rates. We need to understand why this is and how we can fix it. We...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I fully agree that the Garda Reserve has an important role to play in supplementing Garda visibility in our communities. We want to get to at least 15,000 gardaí and we want to grow those numbers even further. The benefit of having another layer of people who can support communities is clear for all to see. The first priority was to open the new garda recruitment campaign. Almost...