Results 141-160 of 215 for garda speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: This is an important day for justice in this country. I thank the Garda Síochána Inspectorate for its ground breaking and comprehensive report. Most rank and file gardaí will welcome the report because they are doing their best in systems that have let them down. There is now a realisation, based on the recommendations of the inspectorate's report, that the systems have to...

Seanad: Penal Reform: Motion (5 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: ...until such time as these interventions have taken place and effective reporting is undertaken. The Minister is brave to have committed to setting that up, between Store Street and Pearse Street Garda stations. It will be interesting to see the results of the pilot community court in Dublin. If it works, it could be extended to some of the other cities, such as Galway, Cork and Limerick....

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Martin Conway: ...report makes a number of significant recommendations, specifically on redefining and creating an offence of domestic violence and firming up the penalties. It also makes recommendations on how An Garda Síochána can improve its service to victims of domestic violence. It also suggests a possible constitutional change. We have had constitutional referendums on many issues...

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Martin Conway: ...of crime some feedback. People want to have communication in that they want to know what is happening. As a result of yesterday's budget, I hope we will see some investment in ICT in terms of the Garda and within Garda stations. In this day and age it is ridiculous that one cannot e-mail a Garda station. As the Minister is cognisant of those issues I think there will be significant...

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Martin Conway: I move: That Seanad Éireann–- recognises the role of joint policing committees in facilitating consultation, cooperation and synergy on policing and crime issues between An Garda Síochána, local authorities and elected local representatives; - recognises the work of joint policing committees in facilitating the participation of the community and voluntary sectors in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Conway: ...wearing their hearts on their sleeves and with no agenda but to help people. This is something ordinary citizens cannot comprehend. As a society, we have a responsibility to our citizens to ensure we equip An Garda Síochána and our Army to deal with these types of scenarios. Unfortunately, the world is increasingly becoming a very dangerous place. Terrorism knows no boundaries...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Martin Conway: ...of the Seanad. A debate should result in a commitment to reform and feed into the next programme for Government so we will see Seanad reform. I also congratulate the Naval Service and the Garda Síochána on what was a fantastic operation off the coast of Cork yesterday. With the justice committee members, I had the pleasure of visiting the naval bases in west Cork. The work the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Services for Victims of Crime: Irish Tourist Assistance Service (24 Sep 2014)

Martin Conway: ...the witnesses for an interesting presentation. As Deputy McGrath said, it makes sense that the office should be in a city centre location. Why did the organisation move its premises from the Garda headquarters? It made sense to be located just off Harcourt Street because there are many tourist attractions near St. Stephen's Green.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Services for Victims of Crime: Irish Tourist Assistance Service (24 Sep 2014)

Martin Conway: Could the organisation use a former Garda station that could be centrally located?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Services for Victims of Crime: Irish Tourist Assistance Service (24 Sep 2014)

Martin Conway: ...in the United Kingdom, and Ms Kennedy is proposing that something similar should be adopted here. How does that work? Is it effective and efficient? It is amazing that one cannot e-mail a Garda station in this day and age but TrackMyCrime appears to be a good idea. Ms Kennedy might tell us more about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Martin Conway: ...hotels, camper vans and tents. They park in other people's driveways and outside their houses and busk on the streets day and night. The only security presence over the entire weekend is a single garda who is on patrol on the Sunday when the place is heaving. Said garda keeps a low profile and merely wanders up and down the street. The Willie Clancy Summer School is an example of where...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Community Policing (9 Jul 2014)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister for coming here to take this Adjournment matter and welcome her very positive response. We all want the Garda Síochána embedded in and connected with the community and that the community feels that it is. This programme is a fantastic way of achieving that aim. Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Community Policing (9 Jul 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House. The small areas policing programme, which has been in operation in Dublin for five years, has had considerable success. The programme reconnects An Garda Síochána, whose mission statement is to serve and protect, with the communities. The programme has been very successful in reducing petty crime, making people feel safe in their homes, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Martin Conway: ...about a debate on sentencing. Members of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality went to Stormont as part of deliberations leading to the committee's positive recommendations on Garda oversight. We met the justice committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly for an interesting discussion. The chief justice comes before that committee on an annual basis and explains the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Conway: ...in legislation and I would like to see it receive unanimous support. We have all seen the horror of organised crime in this country. A county next to my own - Limerick - is a place in which gardaí have done an enormous job dealing with organised crime. They have been able to use the relevant provisions to bring people to justice. My own county has been affected by some of the...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Conway: ...People have a right to move freely in a democratic country knowing that the institutions and the apparatus of the State will protect them. The advice from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality, through the Minister, is that this legislation is necessary. Like everybody else I will be delighted when we can stand...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Conway: ...there are many positive aspects. All things being equal, there should be a slight discrimination in favour, if I may go that far, of a person who has had a period of unblemished service within the Garda Reserve.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I know he is a busy man these days. I tabled this Adjournment because a number of people, who are members of An Garda Síochána Reserve, applied to join An Garda Síochána when the recent recruitment drive took place. Thousands of people applied to join An Garda Síochána but only a couple of hundred, at a maximum,...

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Martin Conway: ...;acknowledges–-the work which has been done at Government level and in the wider public sector to combat racism, including through the National Action Plan Against Racism 2005 - 2008 and subsequent measures as well as the work of the Garda Racial, Intercultural and Diversity Office; and -the important contribution of non-governmental organisations in working with businesses and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the acting Garda Commissioner, Ms Noirín O'Sullivan. What I find very interesting is the experience in other countries of dealing with the freedom of information provisions. Does Ms O'Sullivan have a view on the freedom of information provisions? Should the Act be extended to include An Garda Síochána?