Results 101-120 of 120 for garda speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Every week, I receive complaints about Garda vetting and how people must be vetted for each sports club, educational facility or youth organisation. In one case, a man was vetted 18 times across various sports clubs. He was waiting weeks for authorisation to volunteer for a small club which needed his services because there was too much paperwork.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The resources are not available and the Garda is put to the pin of its collar. People are not being vetted in enough time.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...burgled, machinery and tools are stolen and people are assaulted and killed, we are all living in fear and we need to take back control of our towns and villages, motorways and streets. A visible Garda presence is vital for all small rural villages and towns - a strong show of action, joined-up thinking and all of us working together to condemn criminality wherever it occurs. That is the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... Nurses have been to the fore when it comes to assaults on medical staff, accounting for almost 70% of total assaults on hospital staff over the past ten years. These are all HSE figures. In An Garda Síochána, there have been 1,267 assaults on members since 2012. In 2016, this figure was 259, an increase of almost 50% over four years. It is frightening that more than 5,500...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...year, it will occur on 5 February. I raise this matter because we were appalled last week when we heard of the sharing of a video of a deceased person following a fatal crash on the M50. That the Garda had to issue a request shows how far we have sunk as a nation. We need to have the conversation that is called for on 5 February about what we can do in these cases. We need to debate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral and Referendum Reform: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...in his or her form to be added to the electoral register. There is always a deadline a few months, perhaps two or three months, before general and local elections when a person has to go to the Garda station with identification to get the form signed. That is one of the main deterrents and it puts young people off going on the register. I refer to having to go into the local Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...he intends to support his Defence Forces in the upcoming budget. I also raise the policing report. It is very important and I have listened to people speaking on it. We know the members of An Garda Síochána work extremely hard which we must respect. The biggest issue is resources. We need more gardaí and to give them more funding. Community policing is the biggest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Water went to a house and said he was there to deal with a problem with pressure. The lady rang Irish Water who told her it did not know the man and that he did not work for them. She called the Garda. With that, Irish Water came back and said he was a contractor but it did not realise he was in the area on that day and that it was sorry. This is unacceptable. Irish Water is stating...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...prosecutions. What the Minister of State is saying is that this new body will just make recommendations and produce reports for the Ombudsman, the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, or An Garda Síochána but it will not have its own powers to prosecute. If the office of the planning regulator is to be effective, it must have the capacity to undertake its primary...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...was run off a road by five cars protecting a sulky race. If I decided to block off a public road with some of my friends to set up a snooker table to play a few shots, we would find ourselves in a Garda station.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...appetite for sulky racing on public roads. Accordingly, it needs to be regulated. I received hundreds of calls over the past several weeks on this issue. When I rang the local authority and the Garda, I was informed it is not regulated. The Minister needs to introduce regulations. We cannot afford to lose another life on the roads because of sulky car racing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...regional youth service has 14 other projects that provide services to the young people of Carlow. It is an excellent project. It has projects in disadvantaged area and works with liaison officers and the Garda. Last year, it worked with over 5,000 children. Some €20,000 was recently allocated to the structure and providing help but that does not go far enough. That organisation...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Everyone deserves a home. I say "well done" to those who are protesting outside Leinster House today. The Minister for Justice and Equality came to this House last week to discuss an issue with Garda overtime which has since been addressed and sorted. During the debate he said he has recruited 800 gardaí so far this year, but he did not give the names of the Garda stations to which...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As long as we get the Garda station reopened, I will be happy.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...to their entitlements. I raise the issue of boundaries. In my area late last week, there was an accident on the Portlaoise Road, which is on the Carlow-Laois boundary. When the elderly gentleman rang Carlow Garda station, he was told he had to ring Abbeyleix Garda station, which is nearly an hour away. He was told by the person in Abbeyleix that there was only one Garda car available,...

Seanad: Report on Use of Section 12 of Child Care Act by An Garda Síochána: Statements (31 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...placed back into extremely abusive and dangerous situations because of poor co-operation between State agencies. The audit covers the use of section 12 of the Child Care Act, which refers to An Garda Síochána. It provides for a Garda member to remove a child from the care of his or her family or persons acting, in a case where the Garda member believes there is an immediate or...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...back. I welcome that. It is a three-year programme. It will cost €1 million. I have great concerns about the scheme because in my own home town we applied, with the local authority, through the Garda Síochána programme for CCTV in our town park three years ago. We have been waiting for three years. Last week we were told again that we will not be receiving funding...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... They will not do it because they are afraid of their neighbours, which is the reason they take up the matter with the local authority. The same applies when a person raises this issue with the Garda Síochána, namely, the person is told to either keep a record of what is happening or to lodge an official complaint. The Minister needs to step in and to introduce legislation to...

Seanad: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...support the call for a public inquiry to be conducted in this matter is are supporting this motion. We welcome the other whistleblowers, and we believe that the public inquiry will ultimately benefit An Garda Síochána and the general public. I would also like to say "Well done" to my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, for his work and commitment and I wish Mr. Justice Charleton...

Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...rural areas such as Carlow have been forgotten. In the constituency where I live, Carlow-Kilkenny, the post office is a major issue. We still need to focus on post offices, schools, doctors and Garda stations. The opening of Garda stations is vital and is a crucial element of this plan. I hope we will get extra gardaí, but we need to have the presence of gardaí in a Garda...