Results 41-60 of 388 for garda speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...since 2016, 83% of them being taken in the major cities of Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Galway. Very often, goods are stolen for resale, in particular expensive equipment. However, it is difficult for An Garda Síochána to identify and seize goods if gardaí cannot determine whether they have been stolen, even though they believe that to be the case. It is also difficult even...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...into the Kingsmill massacre and the case of Arlene Arkinson. It is important for this legislation to be expedited if it can assist those inquests. The Bill primarily facilitates the co-operation of An Garda Síochána with coroners' inquests and allows gardaí to give statements. It appears that the mechanism provided is tight, as it needs to be, as it relates to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...implications. The witnesses might have reflections on other regimes as well as ours. While access to the information is restricted, is it deleted entirely or simply held in a secure manner by An Garda Síochána? How does that work regarding the information that exists or once existed on a spent conviction? Is it entirely deleted or held securely?

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...we are getting this right. I agree with the objective but a person could be out on parole for several years and then may come across a situation or have an adverse relationship with an individual garda. That garda would have the power to arrest the person for something that is potentially not a criminal offence. I believe it is right that it is possible for a person to be rearrested for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Levels (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: .... For the first 165 days of this year, there have been 210 burglaries, not to mind attempted burglaries or thefts from cars. That amounts to one per day. The Minister has instanced the number of gardaí who have passed out. Cork got 69 of these, which is 2.4%. The population covered by the Cork city division must be approximately 8% to 12% of the national population but 2.4% is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Levels (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...every day and more besides. The Minister may or may not be aware of it, but the Tánaiste came out with a statement some weeks ago and said that the southern divisions would get 50 extra gardaí. It turns out not only are we not getting the extra allocation but we are not getting the ten that were promised either. They have now been diverted elsewhere. We have got 2.4% of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Data (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with the points made by Deputy O'Callaghan. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and the Garda Inspectorate identified that the Garda has not always been entirely up to the mark in terms of the quality of data. Data are very important in ensuring a proper response to crime. There are two issues which I wish to specifically flag. One of the main issues that led to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Levels (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...his attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of burglaries and thefts in Cork city over recent months; his plans to address same; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that recent Garda resources promised to the district will now not be provided; and if additional resources, both personnel and equipment will be provided to the Togher and Anglesea Street districts to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Online Safety (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of cloud computing, remote data storage and so on. This raises serious challenges for competent authorities seeking access to specified compute data. It hinders criminal investigations and An Garda Síochána is concerned by this. We do not currently have powers in legislation with regard to Article 18. This is one of the significant outstanding issues. The Minister said that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Online Safety (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to specific criminal offences and new offences and it does not necessarily assist with the investigation of an offence. Ratification of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is important to An Garda Síochána, especially to the Garda national protective services bureau, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, ISPCC and the State's special rapporteur on child...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána review into homicides between 2003 and 2017; when it will be published; and when the CSO will be in a position to publish crime statistics provided by An Garda Síochána without reservation. [26881/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...this is positive. I do not really need a response on this but I just ask Mr. Harris to keep an eye on it. He might respond to my next question, if he wishes. At various committee meetings with Garda Commissioners, a variety of issues have arisen, including Garda reform and penalty points. Quite clearly, the biggest issue facing the Garda, and one of the biggest facing our society...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While I recognise the points about technology, my experience from talking to the community is that they want visibility. They want to see patrols, bicycle patrols and all of that. That needs gardaí and we need to be more ambitious in the numbers of gardaí. To move on to another issue, a case collapsed on 26 March that was taken against a Garda civilian employee, Lynn Margiotta,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to be blunt, I do not agree the position that GSOC would not have been consulted, given its remit. I will ask the question in any event. Has the Commissioner consulted GSOC since then on how the Garda anti-corruption unit would relate to GSOC and what the division of labour would be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...think there would be value in the exercise. In response to a recent parliamentary question, the Minister for Justice and Equality confirmed protective services units have been established in ten Garda divisions, with 19 to go. I would have said this is a bit behind schedule. The pilot phase included the areas of Dublin metropolitan region west, Cork city and Louth, followed by another...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...gangsterism. There has been a devastating impact on communities. There have been six gang-related murders so far this year, with three in one week, and several more have been foiled by the work of gardaí. There were 77 homicides last year. There were 185 arrests made for possession of a firearm in 2018 and 89 people charged with discharging a firearm. Between 2016 and 2017, 22...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Administrative Costs (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new administration staff in An Garda Síochána. [23258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (11 Jun 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full-year cost of running these projects. [23260/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...in his view, while it was far from perfect, the direct provision system had improved. I want to get the response of the representatives to that. Can they tell us about their experience of the Garda National Immigration Bureau and how that office conducts itself as well as the Garda generally? I am putting that question to both groups. I will have a final set of questions following that.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...that can work on a multiagency basis, independent of present state bodies. As the families of victims of domestic violence, we are often not looking to blame. We trust the judicial process will take care of that. But we will often be left with questions that cannot be answered by the Garda or the coroner. The answers we seek may not seem relevant to a potential court case or inquest,...