Results 81-100 of 252 for garda speaker:Pa Daly

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: ...substitute the following: "(d) to carry out, at its own initiative or at the request of the Minister, inspections in relation to any particular aspects of the operation and administration of An Garda Síochána relating to policing services (including in relation to adherence to human rights standards and cooperation with other public service bodies to enhance community safety)...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: It states the authority shall consult any such persons as the authority considers appropriate. It does not exclude the Garda Commissioner at all. It is just that we do not feel it should be necessary to name anyone specifically, because such a person would be covered by the wording "any such persons as the Authority considers appropriate".

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: ...and 26, to insert the following: “Language 7.Following the commencement of this Act, all titles of bodies or officers of those bodies established in this Act, including ranks of members of An Garda Síochána, shall, for official purposes, be referred to in the Irish language only.”.

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: The introduction of an element of formality to these extra powers being given to An Garda Síochána is welcome. On amendments Nos. 3 and 4, I agree that, if there have been two authorisations, notwithstanding that they have received approval from a superintendent and a District Court judge, in order to concentrate minds as to how serious these powers are, it would be more prudent if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: The motto of the Garda is always to address not only the causes of crime but also the fear of crime. Of great concern in recent months has been the situation on O'Connell Street and serious incidents which have happened on the streets close by. One of our Dublin Deputies told me recently about a bus driver who was badly assaulted, with cuts around his face and neck, when he tried to fight...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: As I said earlier, the Garda recruitment targets are continually missed. We are faced with a potential net loss of gardaí this year despite the promises of an additional 1,000 officers. The workers and residents in the north inner city deserve better. I hear what the Minister says about the scrambler legislation she has introduced, and I understand that the Road Traffic (Amendment)...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: ...the Second World War legislation, there were 497 prosecutions back in 2008 under the renewable sections, while in 2022, there were seven. There is a contradiction between what is said in the annual report - the views of the Garda authorities that the second Special Criminal Court is indicative of the use of the court and why it is necessary and what the Minister said, which is that only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 866. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost associated with any current planned updates Garda ICT structures. [27345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 867. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the pilot mental health de-escalation programmes within An Garda Síochána. [27346/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 872. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 25 May 2023, the projected cost of doubling funding for Garda diversion programmes and extending the programmes' eligibility criteria to include those who are aged 25 years. [27354/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 875. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing an additional three staff members to Garda DPSUs per annum. [27364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 877. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of GDPR and data protection training for at least four members of An Garda Síochána per district headquarters. [27366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a tabular breakdown of the projected and actual numbers of Garda recruits, resignations, retirements and overall force numbers for 2018 to 2023 year to date. [27831/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...to transport or hold money and drugs. They are less likely to arouse suspicion and can be treated as expendable. The Government needs to get serious in this area. Our demoralised and depleted Garda force is stretched too far to be able to deal with the problem. Clearly, the targets that have been set for recruitment into An Garda Síochána this year are unlikely to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Can the Minister for Justice to outline the measures he is taking to remediate the current prison overcrowding crisis? The depth of the crisis was indicated to me recently when I spoke to a Garda regarding the proposed increased sentences for assaults. His response was quite cynical, in that he asked where we were going to put those who are convicted. In his experience, a lot of people are...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...on the Bill when it comes before the House on Second, Committee and Report Stages. In the other part of his statement, the Minister of State went into some other issues about support for An Garda Síochána, including the unprecedented budget which will support the recruitment of up to 1,000 new Garda members in 2023. It is my understanding that in the first five months of...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...led directly to a dangerous incident on the streets of Dublin. We cannot separate the risks to international protection applicants from the risks to the public and the risks to members of An Garda Síochána. There were a number of developments last week in regard to the protests outside the accommodation centres and we can separate these out. Gardaí cannot be expected to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The Taoiseach stated there were not enough gardaí in Dublin to combat the violence we saw on Sandwith Street. The Minister may recollect he stated funding was in place to recruit an additional 1,000 members, but that is incorrect. If the Taoiseach checked, he would see that only 288 people entered Templemore this year. He should do the maths on that. The Garda Representative...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I will also speak briefly in support of those amendments. It is important that there is consistency and that An Garda Síochána is referred to as An Garda Síochána, and not as anything else - particularly not as the force. I do not like that phrase. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh has said, when one speaks to members of the Garda, they always refer to the inspector as the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 19: In page 26, lines 31 and 32, to delete “, having regard to the resources expected to be available to An Garda Síochána,”. This amendment, in lines 31 and 32, would delete “having regard to the resources expected to be available to An Garda Síochána”. Simply stated, there should be an absolute obligation on the board...