Results 101-120 of 161 for garda speaker:Lisa Chambers

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Were we to go down that route and choose the easiest option of requiring a Garda report rather than a formal complaint, would that be sufficient to balance those rights? Could there be a constitutional challenge on the grounds that a termination would be too easily accessed if just a simple report or something of that nature were required? I would be interested in hearing Mr. O'Malley's...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (10 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 755. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to align equivalent industrial relations structures of the Defence Forces with changes planned for the An Garda Síochána associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42269/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...is not acceptable. Deputy Rabbitte has mentioned the out-of-hours services. Unless one presents with difficulties between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, the options are An Garda Síochána or the accident and emergency department. If a young person is hugely distressed, presents at an accident and emergency department and then has to sit for six or more...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Mayo as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32861/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...whether we are ready to deal with an incident. In that event, if there is an Islamic terrorist attack in the country - I hope we never see that day - the State's two specialist units, namely, An Garda Síochána's emergency response unit, ERU, and the Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing are both located on the east coast. Should an attack take place requiring specialist intervention...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...in terms of the standard operating procedures, SOPs, and tactics, techniques and procedures, TTPs. Both entities operate under separate SOPs and TTPs. Should a complex terror attack occur, An Garda Síochána is first in line to respond. If military personnel have to assist, then command and control is key in the context of who is in charge and how it works. The only way one...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces access to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State will be changed in tandem with changes to the rights of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (30 May 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 665. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have participated in carefully planned live field exercises with An Garda Síochána in view of assessing the State’s contingency capability for effective co-ordinated responses to terrorist incidents and ensuring it is fit for purpose; if so, if such exercises have been followed by immediate professional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (23 May 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to increase Garda Reserve numbers in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24346/17]

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Lisa Chambers: An Garda Síochána has moved from crisis to crisis in recent years. In a short space of time we have had to deal with the O'Higgins report, the Charleton tribunal and the most recent scandals involving falsified breath-tests and fixed charge notices, resulting in the wrongful conviction of 14,700 citizens. These citizens have been victims of a huge miscarriage of justice...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel to facilitate the Irish media and he has refused this. In March 2014, the Taoiseach said he appointed Mr. Justice Fennelly in the interests of having a Garda Síochána that stood up to scrutiny in terms of its competence and professionalism. He seemed concerned back in 2014 about the matters Mr. Justice Fennelly was about to investigate,...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Lisa Chambers: In March 2014, the Attorney General informed the Taoiseach that there was a very sensitive issue that could jeopardise the State because it had come to her attention that Garda stations were taping phone conversations for the past 30 years without having a legal basis. That conversation was had in the middle of all of the controversy surrounding the departure of the former Commissioner,...

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ..., often quietly and with little or no fanfare. They just get on with their job and we take for granted that we have their protection and their loyalty as a state. The Defence Forces provide aid to the civil power, assist An Garda Síochána when required, work with the Irish Prison Service, respond to bomb threats in the State, assist with flood relief, respond to national...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...highlight what contingency planning he has conducted, with whom and with what agencies? Have the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces engaged with Northern Ireland forces, customs and An Garda Síochána? Have operational plans been drafted to provide guidance and preparation timelines for operational units? What is the extent of the Department's preparations? How many...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...they are doing. He did not answer my question as to what agencies the Department or Defence Forces have consulted. Have they engaged, for example, with the Northern Ireland forces, customs or An Garda Síochána? Some 45% of Dublin unit regimental duties are now being conducted by troops from the 28 and 27 battalions. Troops from across the country are travelling up from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: While the Minister of State might remain satisfied with the current arrangement in place, I assure him that the Defence Forces are not. The Minister of State will be aware that until 2016, both the Garda and Defence Forces representative associations have been precluded from trade union status and affiliation to ICTU. Garda and the Defence Forces representative associations were granted...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...thinks the process currently in place is adequate. Let us talk about the conciliation and arbitration process in place and why I say it is dysfunctional. Government recently agreed that the WRC Garda settlement will be on the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement, and the Department allowed for negotiations to take place between the officers of the public services committee, PSC, of ICTU...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (28 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been a review of the industrial relations process for Defence Forces representative associations, in view of the new arrangements being explored for Garda associations. [15145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (28 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...parallel process and internal sectoral conciliation and arbitration scheme of the Defence Forces, in view of recent Government policy with respect to similar arrangements that were in place for the Garda associations. [15146/17]

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...the substantial funds we all know they possess. We cannot now in any way seek to bury the sins of the church and the Bon Secours nuns simply because we do not want to talk about it. I fail to see how An Garda Síochána could not be involved and, if appropriate, prosecutions should be brought on anyone who may have committed a crime against women and children in these facilities....