Results 121-140 of 161 for garda speaker:Lisa Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is concern that Garda transfers between stations are not happening in a fair and transparent way and that this can affect the well-being of individual members and their family life; the process for a garda wishing to transfer from one station to another; and the basis on which an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí in the Mayo division; the plans in place to increase this number during 2017; and if there are any plans to purchase new Garda vehicles for County Mayo in 2017 and to recruit gardaí for County Mayo in 2017. [7633/17]

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...on someone's desk for months on end and they are not being processed. When they are got around to, perhaps people have run out of time. People are being asked two and three times to apply for Garda clearance. These are people who are asking to volunteer for their country and they are being treated in this manner. Unless the Minister of State takes it upon himself to put set...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Garda clearance is not the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Reserve: Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (9 Feb 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...of Justice and Equality and Defence on this matter. For the information of the committee, I was initially informed by the Department of Defence that problems with security clearance arose at the Garda stage. When I tabled a question to the Minister for Justice and Equality asking how long it took for security clearance applications to be processed by the Garda, I was informed that it...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Vetting of Personnel (19 Jan 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average time taken before the Defence Forces forward Garda security vetting applications to An Garda Síochána once an applicant for the RDF has successfully completed a fitness test and interview; the average time taken before the Defence Forces subsequently apply to An Garda Síochána for Garda security clearance upon...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...that was done and we felt it undermined the budgetary process at that point. Today the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, has found another €120 million and not so long ago he managed to find €150 million for An Garda Síochána. Nobody is begrudging money going to public servants but the job we have to do as Opposition Deputies on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): White Paper on Defence (13 Dec 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...as the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, update the relevant Oireachtas committee regularly. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs, for example, liaises with An Garda Síochána and other stakeholders in the community and it manages to update the relevant committee regularly on its work. The Department of Defence could probably do the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...is a social benefit. We struggle to put a financial figure on that or its worth to our community but we should give it more consideration. I do not know how we will solve the problems of recruitment and Garda clearance. I have tabled questions to the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality asking if there is a backlog. The Department tells me there is not. It will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Undocumented Children: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ..., but they also mentioned that these people paid taxes. Where is the loss? Are they working extra hours that they should not be working? Should they be allowed to work full-time? What is the Garda's approach to this? Deputy Rabbitte referred to it being common knowledge that undocumented people were living in Gort. Is the Garda National Immigration Bureau aware of undocumented...

Other Questions: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Mayo are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Mayo have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34727/16]

Other Questions: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: Can people in Mayo have confidence that the recorded crime statistics for the area are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area? Do all Garda stations in Mayo have access to the PULSE system and, if not, will the Minister provide details of the stations that do not have access and make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I am glad the Tánaiste mentioned the Garda Inspectorate and its report on the recording of crime data. She will be aware that the Garda Inspectorate was quite scathing in its analysis of how crime was recorded. The latest figures show that one fifth of all crime is not properly recorded on PULSE. The Garda Inspectorate has published 11 reports in the past nine years. There were...

Other Questions: Crime Levels (15 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: That does not answer the question I asked. The Tánaiste mentioned that new measures are being implemented to ensure that the Garda information services centre operates effectively. I asked what those measures were and if that is being monitored. It might be of interest to the Tánaiste and her Department that there was a meeting in September of the Castlebar municipal district...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Mayo on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána keeps any records of members' stress-related absenteeism; the number of gardaí currently absent on that basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to delays in relation to Garda vetting procedures that it is hampering recruitment to other areas of the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is awaiting Garda vetting for a special needs assistant, SNA, application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27629/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (27 Sep 2016)

Lisa Chambers: ...Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; the steps he has taken to address the considerable delays that applicants to join the RDF are experiencing in getting Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27132/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (21 Jun 2016)

Lisa Chambers: I will outline some of the scenarios I have come across. A number of applicants began the fitness testing and interview process in October 2015. Their Garda clearance forms went in after that in October-November 2015 but some of them have still not heard back. The Minister of State outlined to me that the vetting process rests with the Garda Síochána. I submitted questions to...