Results 61-80 of 152 for garda speaker:Gerard Craughwell

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: ...street. I have two granddaughters, Ellie and Isabel. I cannot imagine what it would take to explain to either of them the brutality by which the woman died. It is now a matter for the courts and Garda, so I will say no more about it. I was delighted to hear Senator Cummins speak about search and rescue services. I am aware that 17 of the south-eastern representatives have come...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...on Transport, as is my colleague, Senator Buttimer. We have been speaking to the Coast Guard in recent meetings and a number of serious issues have arisen, some of which I have forwarded on to the Garda, and I will speak with them about more issues today. Caitríona Lucas, may she rest in peace, was lost in Kilkee. There had been warnings around the time she was lost. Several...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ..., but I am not so sure that it is needed now. I read today and yesterday in the newspapers of Ireland’s inability to protect the undersea cables coming into this country. The reason is that An Garda Síochána are responsible for it, but they do not go to sea. The Naval Service could go to sea, if they had enough people. The Naval Service is currently operating at 65%...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the addition of 800 gardaí announced in the budget and 400 civilian staff who are to be recruited by An Garda Síochána, however, this is in sharp contrast with the situation in the Defence Forces. The paltry €35 million allocation in the budget for the Defence Forces for next year will only cover the increase in salaries as result of the most recent round of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...us the process she went through in reporting a crime and she went public on this. I call on the Leader to have a debate in this House because these are serious issues, particularly for a woman who goes to Garda station to report that she has been raped or assaulted. We need to kick this debate out into the open to discuss specifically how they were dealt with. We have the evidence from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I compliment the Minister of State on taking board the issue of cybersecurity, but we need to start seeing it from a much more macro perspective. We should compliment the Garda on reversing at least some of the damage done to the HSE. The Minister of State said a few moments ago that money was a bit of a red herring. I am appalled to hear him say that. Malta, one of the smallest countries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...I can. The fact that we delete messages does not mean they are gone. What steps has the Minister taken to recover the messages that were deleted? Will the Minister release the report from the Garda and cybersecurity people? Will he also release the note he gave to the director of intelligence and the director of the communications and information services, CIS, corps in the Defence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...in this area? I will be as quick as I can be on this because I appreciate other members want to get in. We talk a lot about women in peace and security. Irish female members of both the Garda and Defence Forces who have served oversees have blazed a trail of being able to negotiate or speak with people, particularly on gender-related issues. It is a proud track record to have. The...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...I hope that is going to be restored as FEMPI is unwound because, at the end of the day, we are all workers in one way or another. I will speak about an issue affecting members of the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána in particular. Provision for pension abatement has been around since the 1920s, or certainly the 1930s, but it had never been enacted. It is now the case that...

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...Action, Communication Networks and Transport (DCACNT); this policy is implemented by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) as the maritime SAR Coordinator and by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) as the aeronautical SAR Coordinator. Land SAR is implemented by An Garda Síochána (AGS); - DCACNT is responsible for ensuring that a National SAR Plan (NSP) is established and is fit for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...vaccine nationalism. Are we now getting down to the sectoral vaccine system where those with power and privilege in this country can decide who will and who will not receive a vaccine? There are Garda stations within walking distance in two directions of the Beacon Hospital. Those members of the Garda are all front-line workers. Why were they not considered? It is an absolute outrage....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...have it implemented. This is an outrageous waste of Government money. Right now, there are adjudications sitting on desks in the Department of the Public Expenditure and Reform in favour of the Garda superintendents and community employment scheme workers, going back two or three years, which have not been implemented. There was an announcement that pay negotiations had been finalised...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Mar 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...produce a test to say that he or she is clear of Covid-19 before evening thinking about boarding a plane. A person should not be able to get on a plane without a certificate in his or her hand. A garda said to me the other day that if somebody arriving at an airport is told that he or she has to go into quarantine, as the provisions of this Bill are not yet in place, the person does not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...property right and cannot be touched. We are in the crazy situation that the position of Captain of the Guard in the Houses of the Oireachtas has been advertised yet no retired member of the military or the Garda Síochána who might wish to apply for that position, as their predecessors did, will apply because of abatement while a retired member of the PSNI or a retired British...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: ...cattle. We cannot cull humans so surely to God we should control the Border. The problem with controlling the Border is that countless Governments have disinvested in the Defence Forces and in the Garda presence on the Border, with the result that we would have great difficulty in doing it, but we should do it in co-operation with the PSNI in Northern Ireland, where people crossing from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...similar to the brutal regimes they condemn publicly. Let us not forget there was collusion by the security forces in the Republic. Judge Smithwick adverts to the collusion between members of the Garda and the IRA, which is most regrettable. It was only a limited case but nonetheless, it happened. If we accept there will never be a public inquiry, then we must demand the establishment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...at the table and were not even aware of the fact that pay talks had started. Indeed, I understand that departmental officials were not aware that pay talks had started. The same applies to the Garda Síochána. This places general secretaries of the representative bodies in a most difficult situation with their members. I ask the Leader to advise the House tomorrow, if...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...from. We only have to look across the water and see what an adviser can achieve that is dangerous. From that perspective, I would like to have that debate. My colleague, Senator Mullen, spoke about the Garda Síochána. Policing in this country is by consent and to try and use the police to enforce something without giving them the powers is a nonsense. We need a debate in...

Seanad: Statutory Right to Sick Leave Pay: Motion (7 Oct 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...that where an employee gets sick he or she would be guaranteed up to 75% of his or her salary. I applaud organisations like SIPTU, Forfás, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, and the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO - I could go...