Results 21-40 of 87 for garda speaker:Mark Ward

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Ward: ...and it can be improved. I have several questions. Can the Minister clarify if an individual who gets a warning at one site can move to another site, get another warning there and then move on again? An Garda Síochána has stated the force does not have the appropriate facilities for recording these warnings and so an individual could receive multiple warnings across different...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Mark Ward: ...does not state "the general public", how the general public feeds into this and how they would be made aware of this. It states that a person may contact the Minister, the policing authority, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Data Protection Commission, and IHREC, but how will the general public be involved in this consultation?

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: ...They do not run our communities. Our communities are run by hardworking and decent people. Our communities, however, have been let down by successive governments through a lack of funding and low Garda resourcing. Our young people in these communities are being left behind as a result. Sinn Féin has long pointed to community resilience as being paramount in the prevention of...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: ...and Criminal Courts. However, the postcode lottery faced by victims in respect of court waiting times is adding to their trauma. While organisations such as Women’s Aid have complimented An Garda on its roll-out of Operation Faoiseamh during the pandemic, and the Garda pro-arrest approach in situations of domestic and intimate partner violence, the same compliments have not been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: ...the authorities are regulating the use of nitrous oxide outside the medical and catering industries. This Bill would not criminalise the young person at the end of the process but it would give the Garda the power to seize the canisters from young people. As said, young people are playing Russian roulette. This is something on which we could work on a cross-party basis. I hope to get...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel across the Dublin area by year from 2011 to date, broken down by region; the number of Garda stations across the Dublin area from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young people who have entered Garda diversion programmes from 2019 to date; where these programmes are in operation; if follow up data is collected on those leaving the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18052/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work and Integrated Care and Education: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Mark Ward: ...a minute ago. At present, youth projects are holding young people in many areas, including that of mental health, as I mentioned because the services are not there, in judicial areas because the Garda diversion projects are probably full or are not always there and in respect of early school leavers. Moreover, poverty underpins all that, as we know. The people in the youth projects are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Mar 2023)

Mark Ward: ...options available to offer your constituent. If emergency accommodation is not available in the county or there are no vacancies in the hotel system, your constituent should present to their local Garda station for a safe place to stay. The Tánaiste did not answer the question posed by Deputy Doherty earlier. Will he answer my question? In the context of the next mother - and...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: While Sinn Féin welcomes the idea of expanding responsibility for community safety beyond An Garda Síochána, it is not clear what the purpose of the group is separate to the role of the Policing Authority. While establishing these committees could be a welcome move forward, the Government must also stick to previous commitments. A task force was to be set up to enable the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: ...a very worrying response to parliamentary question this morning outlining the number of people being spiked with drugs without their consent. In 2021 there were 62 incidents reported to the Garda. Last year that nearly doubled to 106. These are only the ones reported to the Garda. Very often they go unreported. Just this week, third level student bodies issued warnings in the lead-up...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: For many years, Sinn Féin has been calling for the introduction of body cameras for gardaí to assist them in keeping communities safe. The Bill has been long delayed and the Government should have got its act together many years ago. As noted by previous speakers, other European countries have been using body cameras for more than a decade. Fine Gael has been in government for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: 860. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a redress scheme for people if their property is damaged by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54648/22]

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...and disadvantage leading to children being vulnerable to grooming by drug gangs is something that we, as legislators, need to break. Our Bill will help address that, and will ensure that the Garda and the Courts Service can charge a criminal with what is effectively the exploitation of our children. It basically targets the grooming of our children into criminality. The legislation is...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...violence. I am a member of South County Dublin's joint policing committee. Only last month, we received a report stating one in three women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes. An Garda Síochána deals with between 500 and 600 calls of this nature weekly. This amounts to 30,000 such calls annually. In reality, this means that every 17 seconds a call is made to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Sep 2022)

Mark Ward: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that her Department has had with the Department of Justice to review the way that special needs assistants are Garda vetted; if a single Garda vetting process with an ongoing review will be accepted in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44972/22]

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: ...use. As mentioned, that seems to be happening fairly regularly. I am interested in that drug related intimidation reporting programme that was mentioned. Who is that led by? Is it led by the Garda and who is it funded by? Has it been rolled out anywhere else?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Clondalkin, Ronanstown, Lucan and Rathcoole Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24872/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: ...amendment No. 52. On page 35, line 8, it seeks to insert “accidental, homicide, undetermined or suspicious deaths” after "violent". It seeks to expand the criteria in this section in which An Garda Síochána is alerted to evidence of human remains. The current requirements are too limited. There is real possibility that some deaths would not be adequately...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: ...are considered in the Post Recovery Analysis and that these are noted in the Director’s report to Government;”. Amendments Nos. 40 and 41 relate to the director's obligation to report to the Garda and the coroner evidence gathered from post-recovery analysis of people who appear to have died in violent or unnatural circumstances. We believe this should be included in the...