Results 101-120 of 251 for garda speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the internal Garda review into the Jobstown protest investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, former Ministers in his Department, or senior Department staff had contact with the Director of Public Prosecutions or An Garda Síochána regarding the Jobstown protest trials and investigations; the nature and content of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51741/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the contacts his Department has had with An Garda Síochána on Operation Mizen will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51742/17]

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...be done about it. We need a society in which the link between money and politics is broken and power is not in the hands of tiny elites. To be concrete, we need the proper funding and resourcing of the Garda, that is, resourcing not only in terms of money, but also in terms of expertise to enable gardaí and, if necessary, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took sick leave in the period between 15 November and 22 November 2014 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45169/17]

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...decreased 30% since 2012. The criminalisation of the unemployed and the sick is graphically seen in a project currently under way in the Department to share data with the RSA in order to link car registration data with welfare records. It is an attempt to be able to set up Garda checkpoints, with Department officials on hand, to use driver licence data to check if a person is claiming...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...is a logical flaw in his position. His position is to say that it would be a serious problem - I agree as it would be a matter of severe importance and public interest - if, in an abstract sense, gardaí would give false statements under oath. I agree that this is an important issue, but there is a logical problem with following that by saying that we will get the Commissioner, Ms...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: The logical problem, as the Taoiseach knows, is that, first, we do not know how high this conspiracy went inside the Garda and, second, we do know that Nóirín O'Sullivan and the Garda hierarchy have been implicated in scandal after scandal after scandal.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...that was said. He could not have been struck by it because it did not happen. Last Thursday, the Taoiseach made comments on "Prime Time" expressing concern over potentially false statements given by gardaí. Yesterday, he entered the Dáil and put them on the Official Report of the Dáil. We proved, and we can prove again, that they were not said because of a video taken by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on initiating an independent inquiry into the Garda investigations into the Jobstown protest case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...were intimidated by tweets being sent - it was a robust jury system, a jury that saw the evidence in front of their eyes for ten weeks - the actual trial was nine weeks - that saw the evidence of garda after garda being contradicted by video evidence-----

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...happened in court. It has serious ramifications for others who might seek to exercise their right to protest. Will the Taoiseach bring forward legislation to establish a public inquiry into the Garda investigation of the Jobstown protest and the clear evidence of conspiracy to stitch up protestors for false imprisonment?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Contracts (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts entered into by An Garda Síochána with a company (details supplied); the nature of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13146/17]

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the report into the activities of an undercover British police officer (details supplied) received by her Department from the Garda Commissioner in 2011; if she will publish the report currently being compiled on that issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7625/17]

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister publish the 2011 report of the Garda Commissioner, to which she has previously referred? Will she publish the report which is currently being compiled on the issue? Will the current report examine all 116 undercover operators and agents identified through the process in Britain, to see which ones operated in Ireland and which may have violated human rights here?

Other Questions: Policing Issues (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...the extension? British police officers were operating undercover in this State. We do not really know whether they had the permission of the Government, the Department of Justice and Equality or the Garda. They were operating here. I know one of them was arrested. I know Mark Kennedy was here on multiple occasions. He was operating as an undercover police officer. How is it-----

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...Barry would like to make the following amendments to the motion on the establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry (10.b.) 1 In the 7th paragraph delete the words "to ensure public confidence in An Garda Síochána and" and add the following on that paragraph "and noting the need to ensure that evidence obtained during the inquiry can be used in criminal prosecutions." 2. In...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...what the rush is for in that respect. I want to respond to a point raised by Deputy O'Callaghan that it is not appropriate for political parties, unless they all agree, to call for the Garda Commissioner to resign. I do not agree. I note that Senator Michael McDowell, a former Minister for Justice, called in the Seanad today for her to go. I just do not think it is credible that we...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...this week when we got a glimpse of the dark, rotten and sinister underbelly of the Irish State, namely, the black propaganda campaign that has been alleged to have come from the top of An Garda Síochána. The response of the Government to the exposure gives a glimpse of the threat to people's basic democratic rights that exists. The response of the Government was to engage in...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach agree that what has happened here is utterly chilling, namely, a criminal conspiracy led by the hierarchy of the Garda to destroy the lives of gardaí who pose difficulties for them? If they felt able to do that against gardaí, what else are they willing to do to those who they consider to pose a threat to them? Does the Taoiseach agree that it is a fundamental...