Results 21-40 of 251 for garda speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...HIQA has received relating to a facility (details supplied) for the years 2020-2023, with a breakdown into specific themes of concern type; and if any of these concerns have been forwarded to An Garda Síochána or to the safeguarding and protection teams. [33488/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...from identification, short of abolishing them. This court is not necessary anymore and, in truth, never really was. The majority report recommends maintaining the claimed "belief" evidence of a garda that someone was a member of a terrorist organisation or criminal gang as evidence that he or she is a member. Anyone involved in criminal law will tell you that gardaí lie in court....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: .... The State treats wage theft differently than it does other forms of theft. If I go into an Iceland store tomorrow and walk out with a frozen pizza I have not paid for, the store can call the Garda and I can be arrested and prosecuted. That option is not open to the workers. They cannot call the Garda and say they have not got paid the money they are owed, which is tens of thousands...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Equality Issues (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the fact the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, has sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, on the killing of George Nkencho. I understand the Taoiseach will not be able to comment on the particular case. However, broader issues are raised by George’s killing. A statement was issued by his sister, Gloria Nkencho, yesterday, which raises...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...the Tánaiste about the illegal eviction that had taken place on Harrington Street in Dublin where unlicensed private security threatened tenants and others with violence and the fact that the gardaí refused even to take statements saying that it was a civil matter. The Tánaiste responded to say that the Minister had written to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, to ensure...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...of people who have concerns about asylum seekers coming into their communities are not far right. That is absolutely true. It is also very obvious that there is a far right. Contrary to what the Garda Commissioner said, while it is still very small, it is, unfortunately, a growing far right that has a very significant hand in some of the protests and some of what has been taking place....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does the Taoiseach agree with the Garda Commissioner's statement that the far right is not growing? How does that statement tally with the reality of what we have experienced, over the past couple of weeks in particular? A man in his 70s is in hospital after being assaulted at one of these blockades at Corrofin in Clare. We know of tents of asylum seekers being burned, with some of those...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...turfed a woman in her 50s and her furniture onto the street had no Private Security Authority licences. They threatened the housing activists, who were supporting the tenants, with violence. When the gardaí arrived, they refused to intervene, said it was a civil matter and refused even to take statements about the violence that had taken place. Is that acceptable? I also ask about...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...the risk of abuse of this section. It means that rather than having to prove hatred was a motive for abusive or insulting behaviour, for example, in relation to public order offences, all a garda would have to do was say under oath that someone used a racist or sexist slur during or immediately after abusive or insulting behaviour. We know the word of a garda in the courts would carry a...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: .... This is material that is likely to incite violence or hatred, but the material can simply be sitting on a person's computer and no hatred has been incited. The Minister of State is saying the Garda will intervene before it is done, but the onus is then placed on the individual to prove that he or she was not intending to distribute the material and therefore actually to incite hatred....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evictions An Garda Síochána has been present at in the past five years, broken down by whether members of the force have been in attendance at the request of the landlord or the tenant, respectively. [19448/23]

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...who are victims of this human trafficking. According to a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, this year, between 2015 and 2020 some 356 people were identified by the Garda as victims of trafficking and almost 60% of them were non-EU citizens. Of course, the true figures are likely to be significantly higher. According to the report from the ESRI: ... victims...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, will publish the investigation report into the killing of a person (details supplied) by gardaí over two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7656/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is now over two years since George Nkencho, a young man, was shot dead by gardaí in Blanchardstown. That the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission report has still not been published two years later is incredible. The family has been driven into a situation of having to take civil action. The inquest has not been able to conclude as a result of the GSOC report not being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...March 2020, with a full breakdown by concern type, that is, safeguarding, standards of care or medical errors; and the number of concerns or complaints that were referred to safeguarding or An Garda Síochána. [6196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process involved in HIQA deciding whether to refer safeguarding concerns to safeguarding teams or to An Garda Síochána, including the length of time it takes to decide if a matter should be referred to safeguarding teams or to An Garda Síochána; and the expertise in safeguarding possessed by the decision makers. [6197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if the mistreatment of a patient in a nursing home (details supplied) was reported to safeguarding, HIQA and-or An Garda Síochána; if any investigation took place into who was responsible for locking the door of the room in question; if any disciplinary procedures were instituted in relation to the locking of the door; if the patient and-or their...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...listened to the Minister and most of the Opposition speakers express broad support for the Bill. That was generally couched in terms of how transformative this new technology can be in freeing up gardaí, saving thousands of hours of Garda time and revolutionising policing. We should be clear and honest that body cameras, greater use of drone footage, CCTV or especially facial...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Currently, over 3,000 civilian staff work with An Garda Síochána. These are people who applied for civil servant roles and were allocated, under the Department of Justice, to work in An Garda Síochána. At the moment, they can transfer out to work in another civil servant role. They are 100% civil servants like any other civil servant. However, the Government's new...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: ..., but the Judicial Council has told her that it cannot deal with the case because of when the incidents happened and because the judge is now retired. She has tried time and again to get the Garda to take this issue seriously, but seemingly with no luck. What is she to do? What actions are being taken by the Government to ensure this sort of thing cannot happen again?