Results 21-40 of 152 for garda speaker:John Lahart

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: ...voluntarily registered on the existing register? Will it be a requirement, under this new register, if the State is awarding contracts for the building of schools, Government buildings, offices, Garda stations, libraries, community centres and local authority homes, for example, that those contractors who tender successfully for it must be on the register and that it is a mandatory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: ...this, but it is certainly part of addressing it. Policing comes in when the wholesale, open, visible sale of drugs outside schools or shops is taking place. In the Dublin south metropolitan division, the number of An Garda Síochána personnel per 1,000 people falls well short of other policing divisions in Dublin, never mind other counties in the country. I ask the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (7 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: ...ánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of domestic violence recorded in 2021 to date; the way it compares to previous years; the additional training that has been provided to An Garda Síochána in dealing with domestic violence incidents; and the additional resources that have been allocated by An Garda Síochána to deal with this issue. [60044/21]

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: .... I listened to the previous discussions about restraint. I am aware it is a comfortable place for legislators to comment on this and that there are extreme circumstances. It is like asking the Garda to be physically restrained with prisoners. Sometimes that is regrettably not possible. Our role as legislators is to ensure those occasions when it has to be used are appropriate, humane...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...development. All of this was overruled. The latest planning permission was for 13 storeys and we cannot even get 13 storeys in the city. The permission has no library, community centre or Garda station and it is an example of multiple SHD decisions, all build to rent, granted in the Citywest area, with more in Tallaght. The SHD process became so sullied that developers are probably...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request statistical information from the Garda Commissioner on the number of instances of spiking that have taken place to date in 2021; if she will request the views of the Commissioner in this regard; if such spiking took place in the form of an injection into the body of a third-party by syringe; the number of...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...to say to the people of Tallaght, and one of the previous speakers mentioned it, that legislation takes time and to become law it has to be good and well teased out. We are introducing this and it will give the Garda powers to confiscate and destroy scramblers being used in an antisocial manner. I also want to say how mindful I am that this is the stick and there also has to be a carrot....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: ...colleague, why Bray Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force gets significantly more funding than Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force. Riddle me that one please. The four of us meet the most senior gardaí - in fairness, they have been very accessible - and they have told us they have no handle on crack cocaine. That is probably the scariest piece of all. I will read a brief excerpt from...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: In recent hours, the Garda Commissioner has gone on the record saying that proposed legislation to overhaul oversight of An Garda Síochána would lead to him spending more time reporting to oversight bodies than overseeing policing and leading the service. He said that the policing, security and community safety Bill 2021, as it currently stands, would lead to dysfunctional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drug squad in the Dublin south Garda division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51551/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: ...approach of the national youth justice strategy, which I welcome. Any increase in supports for young people, and particularly in my constituency, are to be welcomed. Reference was made to the Garda youth diversion project. It is hugely welcome that this is to be enhanced to cater, in particular, for children with additional and more complex needs. As a public representative, one also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (24 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the PRSI classes reckonable for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds announced in February 2021; if there are plans to extend applicability to An Garda Síochána and Defence Forces personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: 1202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated value of cash discoveries by An Garda Síochána and CAB in 2019 and 2020; the steps taken in relation to the cash seized; the use which is made of these funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14161/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: ...has never had this previously. I came away from the meeting with great enthusiasm about that aspect. People who earn up to €42,000 per annum can qualify for social housing. However, the stereotypical bank official, nurse, garda, teacher, technician or plumber earns between €45,000 and €80,000 per annum. These people do not qualify for social housing and they are...

Road Traffic (All-Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motorcycle) (Amendment) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

John Lahart: ...entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to further regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles and scrambler motorcycles in a public place, to make further provision for the seizure, by An Garda Síochána, of said vehicles and motorcycles in certain circumstances, to provide for the confiscation and disposal of same when a person contravenes the law in relation to the use...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

John Lahart: ..., will be familiar with it. That has been warmly welcomed by people in the sector. My constituency covers the areas of Greenhills, Templeogue, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Ballycullen and Citywest. It has two major Garda stations in Tallaght and Rathfarnham. Obviously, Tallaght would be considered the mother ship. I am delighted with the additional Garda resources, including Garda cars...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: ...up above me, who makes a lot of sense on Covid and who chaired - very intelligently - the Covid committee, a committee that is missed. The idea that legislation is planned by the Government so the Garda can fine and criminalise parents who visit their child or children who visit their parents is catastrophising what are modest proposals. It adds to the stress of people listening. To...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

John Lahart: ...premises owners which has had cause to bring the entire licensed trade business into disrepute. That is unfortunate. I think of my own constituency, for example. I would have liaised with the Garda superintendent in my constituency over the period of the closures and when the food pubs were allowed to open. There are 40 to 45 licensed premises in my constituency. There were three...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Policy (21 Nov 2019)

John Lahart: ...arrest. There has been a gradual creep across the public transport system. In my constituency, a stone was thrown through the window of a bus and bus services were withdrawn. The answer from the Garda Commissioner is not robust enough. What is the Minister's view on ensuring the safety of passengers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Policy (21 Nov 2019)

John Lahart: Does the Minister, as is the case with his counterparts in other jurisdictions, have the ability to investigate the possibility of a dedicated transport police corps not under the Garda Síochána's remit - just like the airport police - but with exactly the same powers as the force? Two new bus routes will operate in Dublin on a 24-hour basis, which is very welcome. My constituents...