Results 161-180 of 255 for garda speaker:Martin Kenny

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...confidence. We have to put the effort in to ensure we deliver for people. One of the key things is that the first engagement people suffering domestic violence often have is with a member of An Garda Síochána. In many cases the gardaí are excellent and do a great job but there are cases where they are not. Adequate training, not just for gardaí who specifically deal...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...in trying to run community services over the years with restricted budgets and are so far behind as a result. The work the Minister is doing here and the suggestion she is making that the Garda co-operate and work with other agencies is exactly what needs to happen. However, many of those agencies do not have the resources or capacity to ensure that they can deliver. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32013/20]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: My thanks to the Minister for her opening statement. One thing I mentioned to the Minister privately was the issue of administrative pay for gardaí, especially of those out from Templemore at the moment. They would have been expected to go through their training programme over a certain period and then go to Garda stations throughout the country. They were all out early last spring as...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...for some time. On the other side, there is the issue of the youth diversion programme and the resources that have been going into it. This is one of the things we see in justice in general. From Garda resources, to the resources in the prisons to the resources in the courts, they all have a trend running through them because the same people, unfortunately, end up passing through all the...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...and so on. In very many cases, we see security firms operating in a very heavy-handed way. Their operatives often wear masks and really bully and intimidate people. I have spoken to members of An Garda Síochána who have been present in these situations and they have felt very uncomfortable with what they have seen unfold in front of them but there was little or nothing they...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...place, they need to be revisited as often as possible to ensure they are fully assessed, and we have full buy-in from the public. That is one of the big issues in all of this. The Minister outlined what happens when gardaí enter licensed premises that are selling alcohol. If there are breaches of the guidelines in respect of that, the Garda can make a legitimate case for that to end...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...there is a need at times to have some level of protection to ensure the law is adhered to. What happened on Grafton Street yesterday is an example of this. Clearly, powers are available to the Garda to do what needs to be done in the vast majority of situations. The Garda has stated it has issues with this law and that if very draconian measures are put in place, it will inhibit the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs of the €70 million in the Garda ICT budget for 2020 and 2021; the total projected cost of upgrading the Garda ICT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32011/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...or the fire brigade. All of those services will be stripped of cash. They will need more money and I do not see that money in this budget. Turning to the justice portfolio, I would like to commend An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service which have done a tremendous job of keeping the virus out of prisons. We understand that the Garda Training College at Templemore...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I wrote to the Garda on this and asked if there were any other incidents where evidence of this nature went missing or vehicles were burned while in Garda pounds or under Garda custody. I did not receive any reply, which was disappointing. The thing that struck me about it was that it is not something that happens. If a file was shredded, it is likely there is at times a process where...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has contacted the Garda Commissioner about the burning out of a car that was being held as evidence by An Garda Síochána as part of the investigation into the abduction of a person (details supplied) to ascertain the way in which this occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22988/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Investigations (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Has the Minister for Justice and Equality contacted the Garda Commissioner about the burning out of a car that was held as evidence by An Garda Síochána as part of an investigation into the abduction of a person in order to ascertain why this occurred? Will she make a statement on the matter? This is a serious incident. For many years, Garda evidence used to go missing. I had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will be made available to An Garda Síochána to set up regional cybercrime units that have been planned since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23204/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Will the Minister for Justice tell us when funding will be made available to the Garda Síochána to set up the regional cybercrime units that have been planned since 2016? Will she make a statement on the matter and bring clarity to this issue?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue here is that the gardaí and the Commissioner have made it clear they need these units now. There has been criticism for many years through the Courts Service and indeed many judges have criticised the huge delays and shortage of resources and staff in regard to this. This is really at the core of this. The main issue at stake here is child sex abuse imagery and how that can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Resources (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: We are on the same page. However, I do not understand, and what the public does not understand when it looks on, is that when An Garda Síochána or any other body needs money for something vital and applies for it, that can take years to be processed. The Minister said, of course, that all kinds of systems must be gone through and there must be due diligence. We know that. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the promised phased implementation of a mobility project (details supplied); if gardaí on duty now have mobile telephones and handheld devices to enable them to access data while not in Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22991/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...in and at what time, their names and phone numbers and so on, ensuring the usage of PPE and social distancing and doing all of that properly, every pub in the country should be able to open. The Garda should be able to go in and check that all the regulations are being adhered to. If somebody is acting the maggot and not doing things as they are supposed to be done, that person is...

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

Martin Kenny: ...a scheme that will work for everyone rather than the situation that exists now. This type of legislation is required for the very small minority of situations. I have spoken to members of An Garda Síochána who told me they are in a very difficult position as they are unable to act in an appropriate way when they move into these situations. We recognise that it is difficult...