Results 41-60 of 136 for garda speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...community and class has been impacted. I referred to two meetings. One was in Newbridge and was organised by the JPC. I want to put on record my appreciation for the work that the JPC and the Garda are doing in on this. The community gardaí are doing a good job in reaching out and connecting with schools and communities. There are just not enough of them. At that meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 5 November 2019, the number of vehicles in operation in the Garda divisional fleet in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51206/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...session, and I know that Senator Ruane will agree with me. I refer to a young Traveller boy who came from Galway to speak to us about his experience. All he wanted in life was to be a community garda, from the time he saw a garda in his community. I understand that in many cases Travellers may feel alienated from the gardaí. This young man, however, fell in love with the uniform...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...behaviour and to crime, directly and indirectly. Much more needs to be done. We have to tackle our crippling drug problem and we need major reform in our approach. There has been a fall in Garda drug personnel and investment in our drugs task forces has also stagnated. The last round of HSE funding for this area was very disappointing. In an unprecedented move nine former Ministers of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars in use in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44766/19]

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...why that is the case. In the past few months four people were murdered through knife crime. A number of people were hospitalised following very serious attacks, which is shocking. I commend the Garda. Having recognised the knife crime epidemic, it has announced plans to roll out a national anti-knives awareness campaign. That is welcome, but it is not enough. We in the House, as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...newspapers local to us Lily Whites told us that Kildare has one of the highest levels of burglaries in the country. That is coupled with the fact that Kildare consistently has the lowest number of gardaí per head of population in the country. Those two statements are absolutely not unrelated. To hear yesterday that Kildare is losing its divisional headquarters was an absolute...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Jul 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/19]

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...that are very important to all of us, as well as areas that need urgent action. Community policing is very much focused on the prevention of crime by building trust and strong relationships between gardaí and the community by engaging in different partnership groups and projects in terms of co-operating to improve the area. In that light, we have great leadership in Kildare from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (11 Jun 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which refurbishment plans are in hand in respect of existing Garda stations throughout County Kildare or replacement in lieu thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23662/19]

Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to address the important issues of rural and community development. It is not an exaggeration to say that rural communities are struggling with stripped down services, bank, post office and Garda station closures and the ever present threat of rural crime. Many of our rural villages and communities are being decimated as a result of people being unable to get planning permission for a...

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 May 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to Clodagh's family. Having so many questions about the murders is clearly one of the hardest parts for the family as it leaves them with no peace. A legal request by Mary and Jacqueline for copies of the Garda files from the investigation into the murders was refused, which is profoundly unjust. Families living with the trauma of family murders have repeatedly called for reviews of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...I was a Deputy, but I was much more nervous than you. Thank you for having the courage and confidence to tell us your story. I have no doubt you will succeed in your ambition, first to be a garda, where I know you will make a valuable difference and, second, to be a Member of the Oireachtas. I wish you well in the latter ambition because you have a strong voice and should keep speaking....

Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...1% remain missing for a long time. In the recent years from 2014 to 2017, there was an increase to over 9,000 people per year being reported missing. According to the most recent figures from the Garda missing persons bureau, between 2003 and 2018, there were 125,698 missing person reports and of those, 431 people remain missing. This means 431 families are absolutely devastated, along...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (26 Feb 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies will receive a guarantee that premiums will go down if a Garda insurance fraud unit is established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (26 Feb 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda insurance fraud unit will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9696/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (6 Feb 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of Garda resources in County Kildare; his plans for further recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5905/19]

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: .... That is just one example. There has been a failure on the part of the Government. The Minister said rural crime statistics were down, but they certainly are not. The Government closed 139 Garda barracks in rural Ireland. The barracks and local garda were the nerve centre of an area and had a lot of local knowledge and so could prevent crime, but that has been taken out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jan 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initial cost of a Garda controlled CCTV system; and the estimated annual cost of same. [54256/18]