Results 161-180 of 251 for garda speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...20%, or 44,000, of all pledges. The Irish Red Cross and my Department will then begin to match refugees to properties and to support refugees to move into their new homes. The Government, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Red Cross and Tusla have been working together to develop a vetting process for donors of shared accommodation. This is where a room or rooms have been offered to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) and An Garda Síochána (AGS) travel to Lebanon and Jordan to interview refugees who have been pre –screened by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). IRPP staff conduct interviews relating to integration while AGS conduct security interviews. Following discussions between IRPP and AGS refugees are invited to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased. The IPAS Critical Incident Policy ensures that any death that occurs within accommodation centres provided by the Department is referred to An Garda Síochána as a matter of course. An Garda Síochána then refer all deaths to the local Coroner’s office. Residents and centre staff are provided with the...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in respect of the exhumation and removal of a body. It provides for the Minister for Justice to order an exhumation at the request of the coroner if the coroner is informed by a member of An Garda Síochána that a death or deaths may have occurred in a violent or unnatural manner. As we know, the commission's final report on this speaks to issues that were raised yesterday by a...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in December 2019. This change responds directly to issues raised during PLS about the need the need to address how people died. A director of an intervention will be required to inform An Garda Síochána and the relevant coroner where evidence emerges of a violent or unnatural death or where remains are not those of a person who died while ordinarily resident in an institution....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Trafficking (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Office, An Garda Síochána or the Border Management Unit contact Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when separated children seeking international protection arrive at an Irish port, to assess the child’s circumstances. Under Tusla’s obligations of the Child Care Act, 1991, and Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...should be reported to Tusla. Anyone can report a concern about a child to Tusla, and information on how to do so is available on the Tusla website. If a child is at immediate risk or in danger, An Garda Síochána (AGS) should be alerted without delay. Tusla acts urgently on notification of an immediate risk to a child. Children who are in a situation of immediate risk may...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...should be reported to Tusla. Anyone can report a concern about a child to Tusla, and information on how to do so is available on the Tusla website. If a child is at immediate risk or in danger, An Garda Síochána (AGS) should be alerted without delay. Tusla acts urgently on notification of an immediate risk to a child. Children who are in a situation of immediate risk may...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...should be reported to Tusla. Anyone can report a concern about a child to Tusla, and information on how to do so is available on the Tusla website. If a child is at immediate risk or in danger, An Garda Síochána (AGS) should be alerted without delay. Tusla acts urgently on notification of an immediate risk to a child. Children who are in a situation of immediate risk may...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...international protection who arrive unannounced at Irish ports and airports. Children who are reported missing from care are recognised as being among the most vulnerable in society. Tusla and An Garda Síochána work together on such cases through a Joint Protocol. The protocol sets out how social workers and social care workers should make a report of a missing child in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Scheme and through the legislative process there will be an opportunity to examine any issues or concerns that have been raised in relation to the Scheme. In relation to inquests into deaths and disappearances, my Department does not have the authority to hold inquests. I am aware that An Garda Siochána carefully considered the Commission's final...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...time of the abuse. All three people and the accused were volunteers with St. John Ambulance. A fourth man came forward in November 2020 and a fifth in recent months. It is my understanding that a Garda investigation is under way into all these allegations and also that a number of civil cases are in train. As I am sure the Deputy is aware, the Charities Regulatory Authority, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Trafficking (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...are reported to it and takes appropriate action. If Tusla suspects that a crime has been committed and a child has been wilfully neglected or physically or sexually abused, it will formally notify An Garda Síochána without delay.   Tusla also has a dedicated social work team for Separated Children Seeking International Protection (SCSIP). Over the past 20 years the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...children and families. Child Protection is a key concern. Children First provides a strong statutory framework for reporting concerns that a child might be at risk of abuse or neglect. Tusla works closely with the Garda Síochána in responding to reported concerns, including those relating to women and children at risk from DSGBV. Tusla has a statutory role to support victims...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (30 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 to 420, inclusive, together. The final report of the Commission of Investigation, which was published in January 2021, was shared with An Garda Síochána. I am aware that the An Garda Síochána carefully considered the Commission's final report and determined that there was insufficient information available in the report to commence...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and wellbeing of all people who avail of accommodation provided by this Department is of the highest priority to both myself and my officials. Any crime of sexual assault should be reported to An Garda Síochána (AGS) and AGS investigate such crimes as appropriate. The International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) has a sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) policy in...

Seanad: Children in Care and Children Leaving Care: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...logistical and safety considerations that this entailed. Intense planning preceded the operation in May and was only achievable through the dedicated work of Department officials, members of An Garda Síochána, Tusla's social workers and their counterparts in Europe and Athens. The final 28 young people were brought to Ireland in August and September of this year. They are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (23 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...I can confirm to the Deputy that the family in question have arrived safely into Ireland and are now receiving assistance from the Department of Social Protection, the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána and the Irish Refugee Resettlement Programme.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Official Travel (23 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...'s pledge to bring 2,900 Syrian refugees to Ireland from Jordan and Lebanon by the end of 2023, a team from my Department's Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP), accompanied by members of an Garda Síochána travelled to Jordan to meet with and interview refugees for relocation to Ireland. As part of this mission, I travelled to Jordan to join the end of their mission and see...