Results 21-40 of 388 for garda speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Education and Science, Serhiy Shkarlet. I engaged with him myself during an online event. One of the matters I brought up with him was that if there are Ukrainian teachers here, one of the challenges may be Garda vetting. I ask for an update on how that is going. Even with the best will in the world, I am sure the Ukrainian police are under very severe pressure, as is the rest of civil...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the short time available, I will say we support this legislation. It is very important. Gardaí play a crucial role in our society. That has been underlined even more by the support it offered to our communities during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the role it plays in tackling crime has always been apparent and is always something that is crucial. It carries with it enormous dangers...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of the most basic ones. It is too difficult to register to vote. The window is open too infrequently and there are unnecessary obstacles that people can find intimidating, including presenting to a Garda station for a stamp for the supplementary register and so on. We need to transform radically how we deal with that issue and Deputy Phelan has already raised the issues around multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of drink spiking reported to An Garda Síochána in Cork city and county in the past two months. [55811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is permitted, under the public service codes of conduct, for a public or civil servant to refuse to give a statement to An Garda Síochána during the course of a criminal investigation, either in his or her own name or anonymised, in which that public or civil servant has been requested to give a statement in his or her...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of some of the promotions to community policing in recent times, as the force as a whole has maybe become more reoriented in that direction, is that where somebody is appointed as a community garda the are typically promoted from the core units. While we have seen additional community gardaí and sergeants appointed, in Cork city and elsewhere, the positions of those gardaí who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to the Cork city Garda division as of 31 December 2019 and 2 February 2021, in tabular form [7219/21]

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...heavy-handedness, confrontation, aggravation and violence if it is not legislated for. We cannot continue to allow banks and financial institutions to employ whoever they like while allowing An Garda Síochána very little scope to do anything about it. In this situation, the tenants affected can do nothing about it and have nobody to whom to complain. Níl sé sin maith...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...were acting the tool and creating a lot of issues for residents. However, the people from the USI and the students union in Cork have done incredible work in Cork. They do excellent work with the Garda and I want to pay tribute to them because they cannot be held responsible. They have done everything in their power to try to minimise that and I believe they have made progress in recent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates she expects the next two cohorts of trained Garda recruits or probationers to pass through Templemore Garda College and to be allocated to Garda districts. [26483/20]

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to the terms of reference after the words ‘documentation gathered for the Statutory Inquest into the death of Mr. Shane O’Farrell’: ‘(g) The relationship, official and unofficial, of Mr. Gridziuska with An Garda Síochána handlers of informers.’.”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the rejection of Judge Haughton's terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of Shane O'Farrell, this being relevant to An Garda Síochána and Garda reform. This situation is extraordinary. Earlier this year, Deputy McGuinness asked the Taoiseach why there had not been an inquiry, for which the majority of the Dáil had voted....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...international students are protected against another closure of this nature; the status of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the agency which was carried out by the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38746/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Chairman for his patience. I thank all of the gardaí and staff who are present. When I was in my office, I was listening to Assistant Commissioner Finn alluding to the proposed community garda complement of four in 40 in Cork. I understand the current complement is three in 25. I have raised this issue twice before with the Commissioner. I wrote to him and, in fairness,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Services Data (6 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hoax 999 calls received by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 in numerical terms and as a percentage of total calls received; and the number of man hours expended on such calls. [35090/19]

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...this agreement to the objectives in subsection (1), and the Minister shall cause a copy of this report to be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas.”. As discussed, there are already powers in the Garda Síochána Act for the Garda to enter into agreements with police in other jurisdictions. The legislation before us will provide for the Garda to enter into agreements...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ultimately, it would be just a report and I do not accept it would be problematic. The value would be partially subjective. It would be for the Garda Commissioner or Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to provide an evaluation that states what either considers to be the value of the agreement, either for the Garda or GSOC or for the corresponding jurisdiction. That is the purpose...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of view there is no difficulty there and it clearly stands on its own. It does not have to refer back to the other procedures because what would happen if the judge was not satisfied that the Garda Commissioner was applying the section correctly. That is quite clear and is there in black and white. From a drafting point of view, I am very confident that it is properly worded. From a...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(6) (a) Where a decision is made by the Garda Commissioner to refuse in full or in part the request for assistance, the Coroner who made the request may seek a review of this decision by a Judge of the High Court. (b) The request for a review shall be made in writing to the President of the High Court,...

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of Taisceadán, a Register of items of personal property to be managed by An Garda Síochána to assist in the identification of items of personal property, for the purposes of investigation of crime, for the repatriation of items of property and to provide for related matters. I wish...