Results 21-40 of 104 for garda speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...féidir leis nó léi í a úsáid go saoráideach i gcomhlíonadh a dhualgas nó a dualgas faoin 31 Nollaig 2025.”.”. D’admhaigh Coimisinéir an Gharda Síochána os comhair Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge i mbliana go bhfuil an dlí á sárú ag An Garda...

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...Mar gheall gurbh é seo an leasú deireanach, tá sé doiligh é seo a chreidiúint nuair atá Coimisinéir an Gharda Síochána os comhair an chomhchoiste agus á rá aige go bhfuil an dlí á shárú ag An Garda Síochána toisc go bhfuil gardaí le Gaeilge le bheith ag an tseirbhís sa Ghaeltacht. Nach...

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...thar a bheith náireach nach mbeidh siad á soláthar fiú 100 bliain tar éis é a bheith molta ag Coimisiún na Gaeltachta in 1926 agus geallta ag an Stát seo go gcuirfí bunsheirbhísí ar fáil trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht. Thuig an Stát chomh fada siar sin go ndéanfadh seirbhísí i mBéarla amháin daoine...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Nov 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...In taking on board all of the legal and technical points that some of our more learned friends have made already during this debate, we must also be alert to the needs of communities and the lived experiences out there. We must ensure that the Garda is involved at every level and that community policing is front and centre in tackling repeat offenders. We must also ensure that...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...for the Director for Public Prosecutions, DPP, as there must be a connection to this State, either in the commission of the offence or indeed after it. While we discuss and, hopefully, ultimately get to a stage we can pass this legislation, there is need to reduce the time it takes to process asylum applications. To assist in overcoming this time delay, the Garda National Immigration...

Seanad: Offences against the State Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (22 Jun 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...a guardian of the public's welfare and well-being. On this primary objective of protecting the public, Sinn Féin is crystal clear that it must be protected with the full resources of the Oireachtas, An Garda Síochána and the Judiciary. These three agencies are interdependent, one on the other, in their responses to the challenges they face by organised criminals. Last...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: .... For years now Sinn Féin has included in its alternative budgets the need to significantly invest in improving and modernising ICT systems within the broader health sector. It is for the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, GNCCB, to pursue the criminal element but there is a need for this to have minimal impact on health services as we move ahead. Some hospitals had to cancel many...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuarascáil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...gCathaoirleach mise a stiúradh chuig an taifead. Ní miste liom amharc siar air sin. Cuirim fáilte roimh an gCoimisinéir Harris, ar dtús báire. Ba mhaith liom díriú isteach ar an gceist arís faoin riachtanas Gaeilge fá choinne na ngardaí. Mar is eol dó, roimh 2005, bhí Gaeilge riachtanach le bheith i do gharda. Ní...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...and issues related to discovery. The discovery aspect is particularly important due to developments in technology and complex books of evidence. The report on the future of policing envisions better Garda resources in cybercrime. Complex discovery and admissibility matters are well suited to pretrial hearings and it is important to maintain a balance between prosecution and defence at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...cheart dó nó di úsáid a bhaint aisti. Má tá duine ag iarraidh an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim, níl le déanamh ach ceist a chur ar na Seanadóirí Garvey nó Clifford Lee, nó orm féin, agus déanfaimid ár ndícheall cuidiú leis an duine sin. Like Senator Hoey, I extend my solidarity to the members of An Garda who were...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Mar 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...Front-line workers continue to be faced with uncertainty as they still face the burden of holding the line while the Government wobbles from one position to the next. Only today, it is shocking to hear the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors state that members of the Garda have had no operational guidance or instructions on how to enforce the quarantine restrictions. In the...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...Ireland is one epidemiological unit. We all share this big lump of rock. That is the reality. When I travelled down here before Christmas, as people crossed the Border towards the Carrickdale Hotel, they were was asked to divert off and there was a Garda checkpoint, which was no big deal. It was right and proper. This was replicated throughout this State and in the North. That is how...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...bring to their new homes. That is precisely why as elected politicians, we argue, campaign and lobby for them to be allowed to stay where they are. The Minister has said that her Department and An Garda are taking a pragmatic approach to the enforcement of deportation orders during the pandemic. I am glad that deportations have almost stopped during the pandemic and I acknowledge this...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...can be in tackling hate crime in society. We cannot sit here in splendid isolation and say "Sin é, we have done enough" because the questions will then be, as rightly acknowledged in earlier contributions, how will the Garda implement and give effect to this legislation and how will those who are committed to hatred and intolerance be effectively dealt with in a way that stops hatred...

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...January, that the new owners would reopen it as a direct provision centre within three days. This hotel manager was given three days. No proper training was provided and there was no time for proper Garda vetting. Was it solely a case of getting people in to start generating profits to go into private coffers? That is the crux of the problem with direct provision. This system cannot...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (29 Jun 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ..., I followed with great admiration her work in her previous role during a very challenging and difficult time. She served in that position with great distinction. I begin by echoing the condolences for Detective Garda Colm Horkan. I also wish to take the opportunity very quickly to send condolences to the family of young Noah Donohoe from Belfast who, unfortunately, went missing and...

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Sinn Féin has been consistently clear and firm on the need for the Garda and the PSNI to be adequately resourced to deal robustly with the threat posed to people throughout the country by organised criminals and opportunistic criminals. Our members live in the communities most affected by criminal gangs and see at first hand the impact of their activities on people in going about their...

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is an excellent report and I commend it to Members. I am sure the Minister is familiar with it. In some ways we have already done that work, so let it be a guide and a tool for gardaí and for the Department of Justice and Equality in policing rural areas more effectively and for listening to the needs of people on the ground. Many of my colleagues have raised the issue of the Garda...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ..., CAJ, in the North and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, in the South have raised very real concerns and fears about the potential for racial profiling people travelling on buses. The Garda appears to be carrying out immigration checks. The CAJ and ICCL are deeply concerned and ask under what legislation these checks are being carried given that there is a common travel area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...on public transport. I have three questions, which I will ask in bulk to save time. I have asked this first question of Mr. Harris's predecessors. Has there been a strategic policy decision by Garda leadership to increase checks of passports on public transportation along the Border? Under what legislation are these checks taking place? If the Commissioner has not seen the...