Results 141-160 of 756 for garda speaker:Catherine Connolly

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ...been commenced in full. The system where people are deemed wards of court is progressing until such a time as this office is up and running. We clarified that recently. The final two matters are Garda overtime and the cost of the asylum process. I welcome the fact that there are two committees. I wish that they had been set up much earlier in a proactive manner. The increasing...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Has any progress been made on multi-annual budgeting for the Garda? I understand that the Garda Commissioner stopped all overtime at some stage in the past year for a while. It is not the overtime that I am objecting to. What analysis has been done on overtime and how to deal with the multiple challenges facing the Garda in a more effective manner? The Department of Public Expenditure and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I had asked what policy analysis had been carried out. That was a recommendation of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I have the greatest respect for An Garda. I want to see more gardaí on the street and out among the communities. To do that, we have to use finances effectively. The money has to be allocated appropriately. I am not making an issue of overtime. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 23 July 2019, if a response has issued form the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50271/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 940 to 944, inclusive, of 23 July 2019, if a response has issued from the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes purchased in 2018 and to date in 2019; if funding has been secured in 2020 for the purchase of extra mountain bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda national cybercrime unit in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the budget allocation for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda national economic crime bureau in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the budget allocation for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ...which are both fascinating and frightening. The survey found that 22% of victims wanted to keep the abuse private, 18% feared reprisal and 16% cited shame. If we add the three figures for An Garda Síochána, we get a total of 19%. A total of 8% believed the police would do nothing about it, 6% felt it could not do anything about it, while 5% thought they would not be believed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That concerns me because following the Morris tribunal alone, the final cost to the public accounts was €70 million, and arising from that, there was the Garda Síochána Act 2005. I am highlighting only some examples. There was also the Toland report in July 2014. I have to congratulate the chairperson of that committee and the civil servants who sat on it. It was a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I have a copy of the Toland report. It quoted the Morris tribunal report, which stated, “An Garda Síochána is losing its character as a disciplined force." That was a long time ago. There was an absence of oversight from the Department and that remains an ongoing issue. Mr. O'Driscoll referred to the comment from the ERG group to the effect that gardaí often ended up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am more interested in the Department and what was said about it back in 2014. Reference was made to a "deferential" relationship with An Garda Síochána, with a lack of proper strategic accountability being brought to bear on the force by the Department. Is Mr. O'Driscoll telling me that era has ended and that going forward, there will be------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ...process for us because there is no simple solution. I acknowledge the points made by the witnesses, especially those from the ICCL, regarding the balancing of rights and the importance of the Garda, the State and the Oireachtas in addition to the platforms. I am aware that only some of the bigger platforms have appeared before the committee. The witnesses have pointed out that there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. Herrick. That is very helpful. When An Garda Síochána was before us it was clear that we did not have enough data on the breakdown of resources. Some unit that was supposed to be set up was going to be set up next year. With regard to Dara Quigley, the failure to hold anyone to account in that matter goes to the heart of what we are talking about. Things happen...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ...A simple answer here would have been very helpful to us. We asked a very simple question, namely, whether bullying and harassment were recorded in the exit survey. Instead of responding that the Garda has a system in place and its analysis found that bullying and harassment did not come up, the response was that An Garda Síochána had no record of any person citing bullying....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ..., between freedom of expression and the right to privacy and the right not to be harmed? We had a number of witnesses before us last week, including a representative of Rape Crisis Network Ireland; Professor Joe Carthy from UCD; Garda representatives; and a representative of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. There were two common themes, or points of agreement,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: .... Having the maximum data available and transparency is in all our interests to help us to formulate policy and legislation. We asked the same questions last week over data collection by the Garda. What data about harmful content has Twitter published? Where can we find it? What can we learn from it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: These would be requests from the Garda.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (8 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2020 if the budget for the Garda Criminal Assets Bureau increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (8 Oct 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2020 if the budget for the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40924/19]