Results 141-159 of 159 for garda speaker:Paul Murphy

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...it is appropriate that a chief superintendent has the power to make such a decision? Third, and most serious, are the revelations about what is reported as being called Operation Mizen, a secret Garda spying operation including the highest level of surveillance which is directed against water charges protestors, including myself. It is reportedly an information-gathering operation...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...on their right to privacy and the administration of justice. I want to press the Taoiseach on the question of Operation Mizen. If a Deputy is being spied upon by a secret group within the Garda, that is a very serious matter. If people are being spied upon because they are water charges protestors and exercising their democratic and constitutional right to assemble and protest, that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...Military Police in the monitoring of traffic speed limits; if Military Police were used in the detection of speeding for civilian vehicles; his views on the matter of Military Police supporting An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...had no discussion on most of this important legislation which only completed Second Stage last Friday. This is not the way to do any sort of democratic politics. It is in line with the incredible Garda presence yesterday for quite a small protest outside Leinster House. It shows the attempt to just ram things through. It is a bullying approach that will not work, as illustrated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (16 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revise the rules and code of conduct in An Garda Síochána following a case where a garda was disciplined for an interaction with a person who had been arrested earlier for alleged prostitution related offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the online appointment system for Garda National Immigration Bureau, promised for the end of the first quarter of 2015, will be brought on stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27072/15]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: ..., anti-terrorism laws were used to clamp down on the huge protests that took place in the context of the football World Cup being held in that country. In Ireland, we have seen the courts and the Garda Síochána used as weapons against the mass movement of people in opposition to water charges and austerity. We have seen people jailed for expressing their democratic right to...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...were jailed at his behest for breaking an injunction saying that they could not go within 20 m of a water meter installation. Incredibly, when other water charge protesters protested against the jailing of those people, the barriers used by the Garda were provided by Denis O'Brien's company at the expense of the State. Whatever way it works, this man wins and wins again. Now it has come...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Promotions (30 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on extending the code of practice of the Commission for Public Service Appointments when filling senior roles in the Garda Síochána such as Assistant Commissioner. [17037/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...applying for a passport has reduced capacity; if the view of a medical professional is required in making this determination; if it is on the basis of other information, or on the opinion of a Garda or other official; if the determination that the applicant is of reduced capacity is contested by the person, if there are any mechanisms in place to appeal this, or to have the opinion of a...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Does the Taoiseach think that is necessary in the context of the use of significant Garda resources to terrorise a working class community at the moment? Four people were arrested this morning.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...students come here they are not given a thousand welcomes. A few months ago, one could have seen, even at 10 o'clock at night, a significant number of people, primarily students, queueing outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB. At other times of the year the queues start at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. as people are forced to jump through hoops in the absence of an online application...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (15 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on changes to be made in the Garda National Immigration Bureau to end long queues outside their office on Burgh Quay in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Water Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish Water is paying for the use of Garda resources in the policing of protests at the installation of water meters. [49577/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: ...live. You do not know who you are dealing with.'" There were other incidents in Grangegorman, Phibsborough, and a spate of incidents in Dublin 7. Water meters are being imposed not just by the Garda but by private thugs hired by the companies imposing water meters. Is the Government okay with that? Does the Government think that people should have meters imposed on them with this kind...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: ...particular I am opposed to the reference to water meters contained in section 3(6). As we know, water meters are being imposed on householders who do not want them. Entire communities are facing Garda occupation and Garda violence in order to impose those water meters, in particular on the north side of Dublin, but also in Cobh and other areas throughout the country. I draw attention to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to end long queues outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau office on Burgh Quay in Dublin city; and her views on the welfare of persons who queue overnight there. [47506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received any recent report on Garda investigations into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she is prepared to meet with the mother of the person and the victim of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46209/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has raised the investigation of the death of a person (details supplied) with the Garda authorities; and the steps she will take to have the remaining questions raised by the person's family answered. [41901/14]