Results 81-100 of 215 for garda speaker:Martin Conway

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Conway: I did not realise that the opening and closing of Garda stations was on the agenda today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Conway: ...opted not to ask the questions in other areas. Be that as it may, the information we received and the engagement has been extremely useful. I have always contended that we should consider mobile Garda stations in areas such as seaside resorts. For example some 1.5 million people visit the Cliffs of Moher every year and the Garda station in Lahinch was closed. I think there is a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Conway: ...acting Commissioner agree that the specific comments and the way they were articulated on national radio were at the very minimum not helpful to reform of the force and to public confidence in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Conway: ...charge notices, that will be the subject of an appeal, were denied job promotion as a result of not having a clean record. What does the acting Commissioner think about that as the head of An Garda Síochána?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Martin Conway: ...is a partnership between the local authorities, the State and An Post. Why can I not go into the post office and tax my car? Why can people not go into the post office to pay things like fines that An Garda Síochána issues? Until such time as there is a proper working group set up with real powers to put in train a changed management culture, ethos and programme at An Post, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Martin Conway: ...answer for which I am struggling to find a word to describe is the one Ms Feehily gave to Deputy Daly, in which she stated the authority would only exercise its powers to recommend the removal of a Garda Commissioner if it knew something nobody else knew. If the dogs on the street are aware of a reason to remove a Commissioner and the authority chooses not to make such a recommendation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Martin Conway: Moving on to the appointment of a Garda Commissioner, the process has begun and it is an extremely important appointment. It requires time to get it right. Given its importance, and the commentary Ms Feehily has given to my colleagues on the fact the Public Appointments Service is the ultimate decision-maker in terms of making a recommendation to the Government, is Ms Feehily's view that to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Martin Conway: Does Ms Feehily not think the appointment of a new Commissioner is of such importance to the future of An Garda Síochána that it needs to be cleaned up now before the process starts?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Conway: Like Senator Mullen, I was deeply troubled by that article in The Irish Times. If what is quoted in the newspaper is true, it is a thundering disgrace and the Garda has much to answer for. I request that the Leader to send us a note from the Department of Justice and Equality outlining the various policies that are associated with people coming into this country so at least we know what the...

Seanad: Mediation Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Martin Conway: ...no different. It is certainly not an easy day for our esteemed colleague for whom I have huge regard, especially with the report of the Committee of Public Accounts and its damning findings on the Garda Commissioner. While the Minister is probably not in a position to comment on that, I have recorded my view that the Commissioner should do the decent thing and go.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Martin Conway: ...is a very welcome development that the rights of victims will be enshrined in legislation. Much of the trouble victims have arises from not getting information. They might be constantly ringing a Garda station and not being put through to the people looking after the investigation. They might not know when somebody is going to get temporary or compassionate release. They might be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. Shanley and his colleagues for attending and outlining what seems to be a miscarriage of justice. How does the Garda Representative Association work? Does someone become a de factomember of the GRA once he or she becomes a member of An Garda Síochána or is there an opt-out clause, as is the case in other unions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Martin Conway: I propose that the committee undertake a report or write to the Minister. This is more of the type of issue in respect of which we have been engaging with the Garda Síochána. Trying to find out what is happening in that organisation is like peeling an onion. It is scandalous that the pension rights of these gentlemen and their colleagues have been written away with the stroke of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Conway: ...up. I recently became aware of a small retailer in the Galway area who experienced a cyber attack, and their small computer system with perhaps 400 or 500 accounts was invaded. Unfortunately, the Garda told the company to pay the ransom. There was some sort of ransom in computer terms, and it cost the people a few thousand euro in order to get their system freed up so that they could...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Conway: ...on my sympathies to Senator Clifford-Lee and her husband, John, on the death of his father. Today, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality briefed the Cabinet on the situation with An Garda Síochána and announced the establishment of a policing commission. Having been at the justice committee for four hours last week listening to the Garda Commissioner do her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Martin Conway: Good morning, Commissioner. At the outset it is only fair that we put on the public record the good work that is being done by An Garda Síochána and the thousands of men and women who risk their lives for us on a daily basis. We should always take cognisance of that fact in our deliberations. I will make one comment on Templemore College. It is quite remarkable that Templemore...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Martin Conway: The Commissioner held a press conference on Monday and she announced the Garda would carry out an internal audit. Did she not think that this was serious enough that an outside body should have conducted the audit for the Garda? Given that the problem arose within the force, did she not think it would have been more appropriate for an outside body to have carried out this audit? It took...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Martin Conway: The inflated figures were inputted by members of An Garda Síochána, whether it was for reasons relating to promotion, financial reasons or whatever. My concern is that, as part of their job, they have given evidence in court and people have been convicted on the basis of their evidence. There are people in jail as a result of the evidence given by individuals who inflated figures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Martin Conway: ...other bad practices within the force not necessarily similar to what we are dealing with today? Has the witness received any correspondence in the last six months outlining bad practices that An Garda Síochána is now investigating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Martin Conway: My last question is about public confidence. It does not give me any pleasure to say this, but at this stage the dogs in the street do not have confidence in the senior management of An Garda Síochána. I do not know how it is going to repair that. At what point would the witness consider her position and those of her senior management team to become untenable in terms of the...