Results 121-140 of 232 for garda speaker:Niamh Smyth

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspectors in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Mar 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda inspectors in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the vacancies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12628/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Mar 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional Garda personnel will be allocated to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in view of the level of crime in the area and the additional policing demands due to a land border with another jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12629/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Mar 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the need to provide additional Garda personnel and resources to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in view of the particular policing needs of that Border division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (8 Mar 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works and plans for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (8 Mar 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of negotiations regarding a new Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: When I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister recently, I received feedback to the effect that Garda stations in my constituency are not using the PULSE system because they have no broadband.

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (6 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: ...that have come through Templemore, only 44 have come to the Cavan-Monaghan division. My colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, kindly came to Cavan for a day and visited Ballyconnell and Bailieborough Garda stations. If we are really to address rural crime, it is about personnel. It is so important. My understanding is not one garda has been appointed to community policing in the entire...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (6 Feb 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of negotiations to provide a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5428/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (16 Jan 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new site for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1593/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (16 Jan 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Garda stations closed in the past 20 years in counties Cavan and Monaghan which are still in State ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54966/17]

Other Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (14 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress by his Department in acquiring the new site identified in recent months for Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53256/17]

Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: ...their exposure to smuggling. Our Defence Forces are truly missed in Cavan, Monaghan, Castleblaney and Cootehill, where, previously, troops had been stationed. The Minister of State referred to An Garda Síochána's duty and remit in this regard. In the Border region, the Garda Síochána is working against the backdrop of depleted resources. Gardaí do not have the...

Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: Absolutely, but the Minister of State made reference to An Garda Síochána.

Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)

Niamh Smyth: It was the Minister of State who referred to the role of An Garda Síochána in this regard, not me. In light of the potential for smuggling along the Border, it would be wrong to say that An Garda Síochána can pick up the slack, particularly if there is to be no reinstatement of troops in the area. The reality is that the Garda is under-resourced and does not have the...

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

Niamh Smyth: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra investment being made in Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2018. [51704/17]

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

Niamh Smyth: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being allocated to Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda Division in 2018. [51705/17]

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: ...and Monaghan when it comes to rural crime I spoke to the Minister in respect of this issue last week. As I informed him, 16 homes within an eight-mile radius of Cootehill were broken into. The Garda station there operates on restricted hours. The Minister is aware that the force has been stripped of its resources in recent years. The number of sergeants in the district has almost...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Niamh Smyth: ...schemes, which are doing good in our communities, have had all their equipment stolen. My local district had 12 sergeants in 2007 and 2008. We are down to six. In 2010, our division had 413 gardaí and that number is now down to 330. Ballyconnell Garda station is a case in point, where we are left with reduced services and reduced hours. I ask the Minister to commit to building...