Results 121-140 of 388 for garda speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...there is a danger that one could be entering into the area of a commissioner being responsible for the administration of justice, which, obviously, can only happen before the courts and through the Garda and all that is constitutionally provided. My initial view is that it would be better to stick with the phrase "harmful communications" but to define that specifically to take in areas...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...purchase illicit alcohol, illicit tobacco and illicit solid fuel as well as making it an offence to purchase such goods from an unregistered or unlicensed retailer. I question the ability of the Garda to implement such legislation but the theory is good. We can explore that further. It is proposed by the Bill that we provide for the imposition of a penalty in respect of such offences...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...on from several controversies, which unfortunately somewhat undermined public confidence in the institution as a whole. Notwithstanding that, I believe that in the vast majority of cases the local garda still enjoys great trust from the people and the people have great faith in him or her. People want to see more gardaí in their community. This is also a time that has a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I take that on board but I emphasise that, with respect to knowledge of the community, there is a role for specific and dedicated community gardaí at district level in particular. In the past three or four years, of particular concern to the public has been the matter of serious and organised crime. We can give significant credit to the Garda because considerable headway has been made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...challenges, particularly with the number of communities that it is fair to say have been tormented by this scourge. There is also an international element, so it is a big challenge for the Garda. How will the Garda Commissioner address these matters, what initiatives will he take and how will it be prioritised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before and upon the appointment of the Garda Commissioner, several victim groups expressed significant reservations. In particular, some of those groups expressed some anger as they viewed Mr. Harris as somebody who would block their access to truth and justice, as he would have been the key person within the PSNI responsible for legacy matters. To a large extent this relates to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...specific recommendations, especially those relating to the Policing Authority, but I wish to speak to the ability to deliver reform. The Policing Authority has expressed serious concerns that the Garda renewal and modernisation programme is not fit for purpose, and that not only is the pace of reform too slow but that the vehicle set up by the Garda for reform is not delivering. On 9...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...current responsibility for significant areas of State security. My question on this is threefold. First, what is the Commissioner's understanding of the security responsibilities he has within An Garda Síochána? Second, how does he respond to concerns expressed by persons such as Michael C. Murphy, a former head of military intelligence, that is not possible to do adequate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., but it is important we are clear about procedure and due diligence and so on. To ask the question another way, what is the division of labour between the intelligence responsibilities of An Garda Síochána and other intelligence agencies in this jurisdiction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...disclosures tribunal report, which, it is fair to say, contains some extraordinary conclusions. To enumerate them briefly, the tribunal was convinced that there was a campaign of calumny by former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, against Maurice McCabe, in which he was actively aided by former Garda press officer, Superintendent David Taylor, they being in it together, and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will just emphasise, before I ask my final question, that the Commissioner has made a vitally important point. People were really shocked at the strength of the finding against the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, and the fact that someone in his position could be responsible for a campaign of that nature. It is vitally important that such behaviour is never repeated and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (24 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Garda Commissioner for his responses. I appreciate him appearing before the committee. It is our responsibility to hold him to account but also to work with him and support him in his work, which I look forward to doing.

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., that he wishes that was not the case, that none of this had transpired. Unfortunately, the actions of his superiors meant that he was drawn into one of the largest controversies involving An Garda Síochána in its history. He is a man who took on the culture of impunity and the powers that propped it up and won. We cannot overstate the impact the Sergeant Maurice McCabe has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (11 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding for a new Garda station (details supplied) as committed to by a previous Government ten years ago. [41653/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...years and the warning signs were there for many years. This summer saw people's anger reach boiling point against the background of a mother and her children ending up on the hard benches of a Garda station. If, however, we were looking for the budget to solve the housing crisis, or to go some distance in that direction, that is not what we got. The Government has favoured the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...? What are the general functions of these partnerships and how effective are they? How much community buy-in exists in the different communities? I also have questions for the two lads from An Garda Síochána. In terms of the JPCs and the policing fora, it is not immediately clear to me from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's report what the division of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of what are their respective functions. There could be an element of replication or the JPC could become a formal box ticking exercise. That is not necessarily just the responsibility of the Garda; it is also the responsibility of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and the legislation and what follows from it. A major element of the model of community policing that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...will be a report as a result of this and that the committee's work can inform this as best it can. One of the themes that emerged from the other questions is the fact that so much of what the Garda and the PSNI have to do would not be considered core traditional policing work, that of being the emergency service of last resort. The following are my words and not those of the witnesses,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...no matter how efficient or good co-operation is with other organisations, if the vast majority of the other organisations close their doors at 5 p.m. on a Friday, responsibility will fall on the Garda. Would it assist the Garda or the PSNI if services were provided 24/7? I am thinking in particular of social services and Tusla. Through no fault of their own, they have their own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...have been flagged, one of which is the need for community CCTV facilities. I note that there are some difficulties in that regard in terms of who is responsible for data management. What is the Garda's understanding of where things stand? What are the delegates' views on the function it could have? Another issue is parole. Some have proposed changes to legislation for persons out on...