Results 41-60 of 141 for garda speaker:Eugene Murphy

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...every single morning we woke up to the headlines on national radio to the effect that, for example, five people had been killed somewhere in Northern Ireland, six people had been killed somewhere else, a garda had been shot, soldiers had been shot or maybe children were not allowed pass an area in order to get to school. There is a generation that does not realise what happened and what...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...people in a difficult situation. We know they have to get help and assistance. As someone who worked in local radio, I remind people that local radio is the local doctor, the local nurse, the local garda, and the local community activist. These stations cover every aspect of life in what they do. Each and every one of them does phenomenal charity work. They raise vast amounts of money...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...in County Tipperary; (19) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett – the trial of Catalan independence leaders; (20) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss alleged criminality within NAMA; (21) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - to discuss the need for additional Garda resources in Milford Garda district, County Donegal; and (22) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the need for the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Roscommon and Galway. All Members acknowledge that the area was very badly hit during the recession. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to increase the number of gardaí to 15,000. I ask for an update on those figures.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome that the figures are improving. That said, I am very concerned by the low number of Garda reservists. Does the Minister have any explanation for that? We must realise that the role of the Garda Síochána has changed significantly in recent years. As well as serious crime and public order offences, gardaí must deal with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I very much welcome the attempt by the Minister to get gardaí out from behind a desk. They are responsible for an enormous number of duties, as I pointed out to the Minister, in addition to office work. On the demise of the traffic corps, there has been a 27% decrease in its strength in Galway with a fall from 51 officers in 2010 to 37 in 2017. I do not have the figures for 2018....

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...Ireland into this discussion. We must consider people who are living in isolated areas. Where do they go if an attack takes place, particularly at night? In many cases they do not have a local Garda station any more and can be many miles away from any Garda unit. This issue must be considered and reforms introduced in that regard. There are six sexual assault treatment units in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Jul 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the area Garda headquarters, Mountbellew, County Galway; the number of staff employed there on 1 January 2017; the number of staff employed there at present; the number of staff employed in the other stations under the area headquarters; the reason an administrator and retired members have not been replaced in...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...report crimes. This victim made the point to me - many others have made the point to me as well – that a situation arises whereby these people continuously get bail. I have long said that none of the Garda stations should ever have been closed. The amount of money that has been saved is so small. The fact that a village or town has a Garda station, even though it is not manned...

Cyber Security for Children and Young Adults: Motion (14 Jun 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...to know they are responsible for their words in cyberspace as well as in the real world. If it comes down to it, the source of the abuse, the computer or phone being used, can be identified by the Garda. I put together a newsletter with my staff and we circulated it. Of all the issues I have dealt with in my constituency, the huge response I got to this made me feel that it is probably...

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: A PhoneWatch survey carried out recently shows that there has been a 30% increase in robberies in the Roscommon-Longford Garda division and a 36% increase in the Sligo-Leitrim division. In the Roscommon-Longford area in 2017, there were 339 robberies. In Sligo-Leitrim, there were 247. I know the Minister for Justice and Equality is gone. It is clear that the policing model being pushed by...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In A Programme for a Partnership Government, it was announced that there would be an extra 1,100 members of the Garda. I welcome that this is happening throughout the country and in my own constituency. However, counties like Roscommon are far below where they were. We have lost five Garda stations and we still have a major issue with policing. About two weeks ago in Strokestown, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (1 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in counties Longford and Roscommon in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18092/18]

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Eugene Murphy: .... The Bill aims to achieve two things. First, it imposes penalties on those who put lives in danger through reckless behaviour when an extreme weather warning has been called. It seeks to give An Garda Síochána enhanced powers to pursue people for such behaviour. Second, the Bill ensures employees are not penalised for staying away from their places of work during a status...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in counties Longford and Roscommon in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/18]

Topical Issue Matters (28 Mar 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...the planning issues surrounding Larkfield House in Clondalkin; (8) Deputy Brian Stanley - the need for a plan for the future of Abbeyleix hospital; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the status of the new Clonmel Garda station development; (10) Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher - to discuss the status of the mortuary at Letterkenny University Hospital; (11) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (27 Mar 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the Garda vetting system which demands that a person working with different community groups must make separate applications; and if this system can be replaced with one overall clearance certificate which would be issued on an annual basis. [14246/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Eugene Murphy: On page 96 of the programme for Government, in the section on justice, equality and law reform there is a commitment to increase Garda numbers. I acknowledge that it is happening and that the Garda College in Templemore is open, but I am concerned about the future of the traffic corps, in which in 2011 there were 940 members. In 2016 that number had declined to 669 and in 2017, to 643. In...