Results 141-160 of 388 for garda speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...question is more of an observation which I also made to Foróige at our previous meeting. An issue that keeps being raised at policing forum meetings is the large amount of time being spent by gardaí in moving young people on from where they have congregated. Sometimes, there is an anti-social behaviour or criminal element to what is happening, but the congregating is often...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (9 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours' overtime claimed by gardaí by Garda district; and the percentage of hours worked by gardaí in each district. [40766/18]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...our efforts to protect victims of sexual offences, be that in their treatment by the courts or increasing funding for the services to deal with the victims of such crimes. More broadly, it is important that the Garda is recording its data accurately as it has a knock-on effect on the wider system and how we deal with offences, in particular sexual assaults, as a society. I believe there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am disappointed by the response and fairly sure that people listening in will also be disappointed. At the end of the day, the Minister is the paymaster. There are budgetary issues for An Garda Síochána, some of which may relate to its management of resources. There has to be a better way to approach this than the blunt instrument that has been put before us. The Minister may...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Táim sásta go bhfuil an tAire sinsearach, the senior Minister, is here to deal with this issue. The Garda Commissioner announced a ban on Garda overtime two weeks ago. That caused considerable concern among gardaí, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the public. Something like this occurred in December last year as well but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...a big fan of the community policing model where it operates properly. In my experience it has made a big difference in some of the communities I represent, which have had some excellent community gardaí. It is an issue that has been neglected, however. I tabled a number of parliamentary questions on community policing earlier this year. The number of dedicated community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to what is in the Commission on the Future of Policing report and treating policing as a profession. This is a skill. I take on board the point made by Dr. Connolly. I have said that every garda should view himself or herself as a community garda and be community-oriented. My concern is at the other end of the equation. Where there is a good community garda and functioning structure,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I did ask for the topic. I thank the Chair. Would there be any value in a voluntary system of central registration, where the Garda or another organisation would maintain a register? Marking equipment is a sensible precaution but people might sell stuff. If gardaí go to a market or find someone who is selling ill-gotten goods, it is not necessarily easy to disprove a claim that they...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of information a few months ago which revealed a series of missed deadlines by Insurance Ireland since early 2017 to progress the proposal to set up an insurance fraud unit, funded by the insurance industry, within An Garda Síochána. Unfortunately, this has led to a delay in the establishment of that unit. This unit has long been called for and Sinn Féin supports its...

Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...the House has two different elements. The first portion of the overall pot of €2.5 billion is a fund from which governments will have discretion to draw down money. In the case of Ireland, An Garda Síochána will be able to draw down money from this fund to aid its operations and resources, etc. This is reasonable and I do not have a particular difficulty with it. As I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Garda Commissioner last week announced a ban on Garda overtime causing concern among gardaí, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the public. That is with three months left in the year. Due to a lack of front-line gardaí, overtime has become a fact of life and an essential part of keeping a station and district functioning. Much of the recent success the gardaí...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...emphasised. However, some concern has been expressed about the proposal to do away with the Policing Authority and to move some of its functions, for example with regard to appointments, to the Garda board and the Garda Commissioner. It is significant that there were differing views on the issue of appointments within the commission itself. When the Government is implementing the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based in each Garda station in County Donegal in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [37069/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles based in each Garda station in County Donegal in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [37070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí based in each Garda district in County Donegal in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [37071/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to a drugs unit in each Garda district in County Donegal in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [37072/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Carndonagh Garda station. [37073/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (18 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the accuracy of reports that overtime has been cancelled for gardaí serving in Garda districts in County Donegal is correct. [37074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Jul 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Cork city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub district in tabular form. [32319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (12 Jul 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each Garda station (details supplied) on the northside of Cork city in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [32320/18]