Results 121-140 of 252 for garda speaker:Pa Daly

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: Last year, there were 7,000 call-outs of gardaí to deal with mental health crises around the State. In effect, gardaí are managing mental health patients outside office hours. That is 340 per Garda division or almost one per day. The Mental Health Commission recently referred to a 2009 report recommending 24-7 social work services and enhanced training for Garda members. Will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...regard to what will be the extent of the HIQA inspections that are to be carried out before Christmas and how many of the centres will be inspected. In the meantime, I want to know what staff are Garda vetted, whether they have any child protection training and whether there have been reports of assaults in those places. Should we be concerned?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...that all of the centres, which are in effect permanent, will be subject to regular HIQA inspections or when will they all have been inspected? The Minister said the staff would be required to be Garda vetted but are those working there actually Garda vetted? Is the Minister saying that all the staff currently there are Garda vetted? The report on the accommodation crisis prepared by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...in any of the centres or has that come to his attention? Are all unaccompanied minors given a social worker or placed in local authority care when they are in the centres? The staff should be Garda vetted, and the Minister will come back to me in that regard. Do any of the staff receive child protection training in advance of or concurrent with Garda vetting?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: 102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the requirements for Garda vetting and other training or qualifications for staff in IPAS-contracted properties. [56574/22]

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...on all fours with the Bill, there were recently some disturbing events in my constituency where certain elements have claimed that there are examples of no-go areas in the county and suggested gardaí have said this. Senior members of An Garda Síochána have stated this is rubbish and totally untrue, yet a number of people have contacted me about it, some of whom are perhaps...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...it is in the interest of the defendant receiving a fair trial. The Minister said witnesses may not want to give evidence due to fear or intimidation. Is she speaking about members of the Garda?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: Does it apply to every witness, including Garda, retired Garda and civilian witnesses?

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...and mental health issues and was found dead in Crystal Palace, south London in 1993. Later in life, James was forgotten by every redress system. He was not recognised and was denied a full Garda investigation. At every hand’s turn, he was told, "There is nothing we can do." There is still no apology and nothing for those children who were boarded out. Having listened to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...it under the remit of the Minister for Justice and all the budgets. Can the officials comment on the great concerns about all that? Does Mr. Kelly think there should be a role for inspecting Garda stations? A similar body in the Six Counties has the power to inspect PSNI police stations. I attended a meeting of the criminal law committee of the Law Society where various concerns were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...this point. Heads of Bill came before the Joint Committee on Justice some months ago in relation to the treatment of prisoners in custody. They included a section that would give the power to a Garda inspector to remove solicitors from a Garda station if the inspector felt they were obstructive to an investigation and interrogation that was taking place. That followed from discussions...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...preserving the policy intent of the Bill. I will share time with my colleagues, Deputies Paul Donnelly and Cronin, who are co-signing the Bill. Nobody questions the importance of the system of Garda vetting introduced in the 2012 Act. It is an important measure to protect children and vulnerable adults in combination with other safeguarding measures. Garda vetting is used in many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...anyway. A total of 90% of the cyclists going to school seem to be male and consequently there is a big traffic problem outside many schools, in Killarney and Tralee in particular. I spoke to a garda recently and asked him to send someone to monitor what was going on, because I do not think you can go straight into schools and start handing out fines. Parents would have to be given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: -----in the community section of Tralee Garda station. A resident contacted me that morning and Sergeant Brosnan sent someone that very afternoon to look at what was going on at the school. Fair play to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...else apart from himself. Some changes were made over the years. The adult caution system came in. Close to the last minute, the possession of cannabis was removed from the list. A local garda superintendent who was dealing with one of a group of lads who might have taken responsibility for some cannabis that was in between the seats of a car, even though he might not have had any...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: .... Rather it has been expanded to "an offence". I am worried whether under the requirement in this legislation where a superintendent believes that data related to a person whom the member of An Garda Síochána suspects on reasonable grounds of having committed an offence relates to the protesters we see outside here every week, some of whom are campaigning for disability rights....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...us on the matter. The powers of the ombudsman in the Bill do not exceed those necessary to conduct effective investigations of the police. I welcome what the Minister has said about members of An Garda Síochána no longer investigating other members of the organisation. It is a basic principle that members of the police service should not be investigating themselves. I note...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...plans in place to source them from other Commonwealth countries around the world that have similar investigative procedures? We do not want to go back to the stage where there are units within An Garda Síochána doing investigations. We do not want to go back to the practices of the past, such as those used in the Sallins mail train robbery investigations, where the individuals...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister provide me with a date on which members of An Garda Síochána will no longer be investigating other members of the organisation?