Results 21-40 of 252 for garda speaker:Pa Daly

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in relation to the denial of Garda pensions to former members of Garda rank who left the force for any reason before 1 October 1976, having had the required five years' service. [6539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: 479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the renewed Garda Reserve regulations; and when she anticipates their publication and enactment. [6621/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: ...was registered as a miscarriage of justice. From my practice I can think of three cases off the top of my head where a brother of the person who actually did a crime was wrongly identified by gardaí who were involved in cases. It was presented to me, as the solicitor going to the Garda station, as being cases where the individuals were bang to rights, but I could tell them in two of...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: From the Seanad (31 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: That guidance will be given by other members of An Garda Síochána. Is that correct?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: 1064. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the requirements related to BMI (body mass index) in the Garda recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: 1090. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of each cohort of newly attested recruits for 2022-2023 and the Garda divisions to which they have been assigned, in tabular form. [1330/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: 1380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who bears responsibility for the Garda vetting of foster carers. [57142/23]

Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: ...between charge and conviction, and to dismiss charges if appropriate; to encourage courts to refer cases to restorative justice schemes between conviction and sentencing; to permit and encourage An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions to refer cases to restorative justice schemes between charge and court, and to review the decision to prosecute if appropriate;...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the average number of gardaí on "ordinary absence" and "absent due to injury on duty" in each of the Garda regions in Ireland, and at Garda headquarters, in quarter 3 of 2023, and to provide comparative data for the same period in 2020. [55419/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the average number of gardaí on ordinary absence and those on absence due to injury on duty in each of the Garda districts for quarter 3 of 2023 in comparison with the same period in 2020.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: Much of this comes back to the number of gardaí being attested in Templemore. The Garda Commissioner said a number of weeks ago that the total for this year would be 714 but then last week a figure of between 700 and 800 was mentioned. Does the Minister have a figure for the number of attestations that have been brought forward for this month? Does she have a figure for the total for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: There has been a number of engagements on this Bill. I will again mention the victims of the incident, including the parents, school community, bystanders, emergency services, council workers and gardaí, in particular the resting gardaí who came in at short notice. We have been hearing for a long time that the main issue has been a lack of a Garda presence on the streets. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: I am glad that the wording has been amended to "closed to new recruits" because for a long time, many spokespersons said the Garda College was closed, which, of course, it was not. When they talk to us, gardaí demand assistance with the Garda Reserve regulations. It has not been able to recruit since 2017. I heard what the Minister said about legislative amendments. We attended the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress of resuming recruitment to the Garda Reserve. [54706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí serving in An Garda Síochána who are still within their two-year probation period as of 1 December 2023. [55391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality by what mechanism does the Garda Commissioner know, in real time, what Garda resources he has available to him to deploy. [55394/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: ...justice Ministry in 2011, the population of the State has increased by approximately 1,400,000. However, I believe the Minister would accept that, in that time, there have been difficulties with Garda numbers, Garda morale and the presence of gardaí on the streets. They are common complaints we hear and I have no doubt that the Minister has also heard them. I will pick up on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: The Minister is not answering the question, so I will move on to the next one. I think we all accept the Garda Reserve regulations need to be implemented as soon as possible. Senior gardaí have been crying out for this for the past six months at least. We now hear they are not going to be implemented, which means reserve gardaí cannot be recruited until after Easter. Will the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: .... They have been raised but they were not addressed in an adequate way. We highlighted the problems that existed and continue to exist within criminal justice. We said there was a crisis with Garda morale and the Minister said there was no crisis. We said she needs to complete the new regulations for the Garda Reserve to improve the Garda presence on the street, something demanded by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Pa Daly: 408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 13 June 2023, the projected and actual number of Garda recruits, resignations, retirements and overall workforce numbers to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53739/23]