Results 81-100 of 197 for garda speaker:Bríd Smith

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (27 Feb 2018)

Bríd Smith: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a Garda station in the Cherrywood area of Dublin; and the details of those plans. [9608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of a garda to County Donegal following the arrest of an employee of the Department of the Taoiseach will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Data (16 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: 472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Travellers that have been evicted by An Garda Síochána from their accommodation due to fire safety concerns in 2016 and 2017. [55107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Investigations (12 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: 563. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases since 2010 of incidents of sexual assault and harassment of female Defence Forces members that were subsequently referred to An Garda Síochána by the Defence Forces authorities; and the number of prosecutions that have taken place. [52788/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Ms Liz McDermott, One Day More (22 Nov 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...to make them change their mind and have an abortion. Has Ms McDermott never dealt with a parent who would make a complaint to the Irish Medical Organisation, the management of the hospital or the Garda about this sort of harassment? If she has not does she think that encouraging these people to complain, so that this type of treatment is dealt with, would be a good role for her charity?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...the Minister of State could email me the beginning of his reply. I am particularly interested in the list of those who are informed of these decisions, which seems to consist of everybody from An Garda Síochána to the lighthouse keepers. Is there any chance he could inform the Deputies and Senators who sit on this committee and try to grapple with the challenge of climate...

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

Bríd Smith: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the Garda investigation and subsequent prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/17]

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

Bríd Smith: ...in the investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied) 40 years ago in County Donegal; his plans to commission a public inquiry into the person's disappearance and the subsequent Garda investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32968/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...a measure that would put a stop to this. Last Saturday, I stood on the Ballyfermot Road to prevent a woman and her two children being illegally evicted. Last night, 30 homeless children were left in Garda stations and parks. What sort of society are we living in? The focus of the Government and media is on the beauty contest between two failed Ministers, one of whom failed us on health...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...this situation has raised. The Minister is really arguing in her statement that the Government is about to close the stable door now that the horse has bolted. I will ask about the role of An Garda Síochána. It is usual practice for gardaí to question witnesses and take statements. They should have done so in respect of the EY auditors, who were questioned by Mr....

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: ..., he is up to his neck in it. It is a bit ironic for him to say that ministerial intervention is never required in industrial disputes given that not so long ago, the threat of a blue flu by An Garda Síochána led his Government to intervene by finding €40 million to settle the issue. The provision of that €40 million was announced by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe....

Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (7 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: 25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a formal request has been made to An Garda Síochána to investigate the loss of weapons and ammunition in the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if she will ensure that any report on this issue will be made available to the public. [11716/17]

Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (7 Mar 2017)

Bríd Smith: Has a request been made to An Garda Síochána or any outside body with regard to weapons and ammunition held by the National Parks and Wildlife Service? Will the Minister of State ensure any report emanating from such an investigation will be made available to the public?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...for a Tús initiative in November and interviewed for a Tús placement for January, at which point he went onto a panel. He was interviewed again in January for a placement with a host company and was Garda vetted. Prior to taking up the Tús placement he was then randomly selected for JobPath. I contacted Intreo and the official got in touch with the JobPath centre to...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...has been caught out in such a disgraceful manner over a very serious claim that at the heart of the State there is something extremely rotten that is punishing Sergeant McCabe, and possibly many other gardaí, with smears about being involved in the sexual abuse of children. There is probably a pattern with regard to that, and we need to get to the heart of it. However, as well as...

Other Questions: Employment Rights (9 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...have never seen before in any contract of employment. It sets out that a person who is subject to a serious investigation of ill discipline may be suspended without pay pending the investigation. Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan, should she be suspended, will be suspended with pay because that is in the contract of most employees in the country; the opposite is the case...

Other Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: The Minister may believe it is appropriate, but it is in fact wholly inappropriate not to open a public inquiry, not just because there is an investigation into the behaviour of gardaí but because there is no investigation into the behaviour of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions which allowed a case as serious as this to slip into the District Court as a minor offence....

Other Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether she will consider an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent Garda actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40437/16]

Other Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: .... Does that preference take into consideration the gravity of this case? It must do so. A man who had committed 42 offences was out on bail in both states on this island. He was stopped by the Garda and he was let go on his way. In fact, his partner was told to move over and he was told to drive the car. He was let go on his way and then he proceeded to murder a citizen of the State....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: .... In this country, many sex workers have complained openly, and it has been reported in the media over recent years, that they can be persecuted, harassed and often put into troubled areas by the gardaí who are pursuing them. There is no attempt to separate the dangers of sex work from the reasons people are engaged in it. They can be driven into it or they could choose this work...