Results 181-200 of 1,057 for garda speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Bill seeks to extend the powers of audience that members of the Garda have before the District Court. Although it is a very short Bill, its brevity should not disguise the fact there is a very complex and lengthy history to the rights of audience that police officers have had before our courts, particularly for minor offences. Prior to independence, it was the case that in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals that exist to extend the retirement age of members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (31 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in putting the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27962/22]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: We must recognise the regrettable fact that virtually every member of the Garda has been subjected to assault or acts of violence in the course of his or her career. It is, unfortunately, a very common occurrence. I know from speaking to members of the Garda that frequently when they are out, particularly in the evening time and at weekends, they are subjected to assaults and violent...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...any members of the public who are listening is to recall what happened in this House and elsewhere back in 2016 and 2017, when there were significant debates about what was done to a member of An Garda Síochána, namely, Sergeant Maurice McCabe. We all remember the reprehensible, dishonest and false campaign that was waged against him and the statements made about him in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new Garda Síochána Capital Building Programme 2022-2026 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars and vans allocated to the Garda dog unit in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of vehicles withdrawn from this unit during same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time Garda civilian staff by job title working in the Garda mounted unit as of 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with possession of drugs for sale or supply within the Donegal Garda Division in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of external experts consultants on retainer or engaged by the Garda national cybercrime unit and the Criminal Assets Bureau; the number of cases that units secured a conviction in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda forensic collision investigators; when the last competition for new forensic collision investigators was held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21895/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available to replace any of the helicopters or aircraft in the Garda air support unit during 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the Garda fleet within the Waterford division that are aged less than one year, between one and three years, three to six year, six to ten years, and over ten years of age as of 22 April; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21898/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...the insurance sector to reduce premiums? We enacted the perjury legislation, introduced the judicial guidelines and established the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicators of the High Court, the Garda insurance fraud unit and the database. Every time we introduce something, the premiums do not come down. Are the insurance companies taking us for a ride here or what?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome that extra resources have been allocated to An Garda Síochána. However, the issue is the deployment of those resources because, unfortunately, it does not appear that we are seeing a greater number of gardaí on the streets in the inner city. That is the solution to this. How many gardaí are doing roads policing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...that Dublin needs to become more like other European cities. If you go to other European cities you see a good number of policemen policing those city centres at night time. We do not have enough gardaí on the streets at night time. I thank the Minister of State for coming here today but I would ask him to get the answer back to the Minister for Justice and, through her, to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to date since 25 February 2022 of providing an additional Garda presence in the environs of the Russian Embassy. [16013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Louth Garda division as of 1 February 2020 and 8 February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division as of 1 February 2020 and 8 February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8238/22]