Results 21-27 of 27 for garda speaker:Gino Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (17 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on racial profiling used by the Garda National Immigration Bureau to identify persons it believes to be in the country illegally; the irresponsible reporting of these cases in the media and the impact it has on the lives and work of Irish nationals who fit the profiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (12 Jul 2017)

Gino Kenny: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet the family of a person (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into their death and the subsequent events around the Garda investigation and court proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (23 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...seeking justice and solace. Not only have the police, the prosecutor and the Director of Public Prosecutions failed the family but the Minister has failed them badly as well. Incredibly, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation has been going on since January 2012, that is to say, for five and a half years. It is appalling. The family and many other people,...

Garda Commissioner: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...;notes that:— 937,000 breath tests that never occurred were falsely recorded on the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) system, and that the existence of a problem in this regard was communicated to the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O’Sullivan in 2014; — there were 146,865 District Court summonses for road traffic offences wrongly issued and that...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...from jury duty. We need to introduce a standard in regard to reasonable accommodation. The quota for the employment in the public sector of people with disabilities needs to be extended to Garda civilian staff. More responsibility needs to be given to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. I disagree with the introduction of certain sections on Committee Stage, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...had been properly dealt with before the fatal incident, the person would not have been killed, and that the family allege there is evidence of failure, cover up and corruption at the level of the Garda, the courts, her Department and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP; if she will call for a public inquiry into the circumstances of the person's death and its aftermath; and if she...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...the context of other jurisdictions and the levels provided for were chosen on the basis that they are indicative of recent use. It is, therefore, of concern that the Bill legislates for setting up Garda checkpoints where routine drug testing could criminalise many people who are not impaired and do not pose any danger to road safety. To address these issues, I propose that the Bill be...