Results 161-180 of 252 for garda speaker:Pa Daly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: ...fortnight, the Circuit Court trials which are supposed to start in Tralee and have done for generations will once again commence in Limerick city, which means all the jury members, the legal teams, Garda working in Kerry and witnesses will be taken out of the county for a period of five weeks. Not only is this inconvenient for all of those people, it flies in the face of the Government's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: ...its representatives. On some the comments made, I have points more than questions. I probably agree that there are, like the man from the GRA said, layered obligations and duties on members of An Garda Síochána, but that is in the context of the massive powers they have, not only for stopping and searching but also for arresting and detaining people for what could be regarded...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: To follow on from what Deputy Kenny said about the ombudsman, and what the Minister said, I did notice a case recently where a nurse in the hospital in Kerry was dissatisfied with the nature of a Garda complaint. She appealed to the ombudsman and she was not happy with the response. Since then, the Garda has reopened an investigation. Perhaps there is a difficulty with independence. Are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: ...ground in Kerry, however, is that the forthcoming Circuit Court criminal trials, which commence for five weeks at the end of this month, are still going to be held in Limerick. It means that members of the Garda, witnesses, family members, and defendants must all travel out of the county. That is inconvenient for the people involved and for criminal justice. It is not good for business...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: ...and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 19 October 2021, the number of projected recruits, actual recruits, newly attested trainees and retirements in An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2019 to 2021. [5705/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bunriachtanais Teanga sa Gharda Síochána: Plé (2 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: Was that HR in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bunriachtanais Teanga sa Gharda Síochána: Plé (2 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: Tá Shirley Comerford ag rá gur tháinig an eligibility ón nGarda Síochána féin. Is it the case that An Garda Síochána decided on that itself?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bunriachtanais Teanga sa Gharda Síochána: Plé (2 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: Tá a fhios agam go ndéanann an Rialtas an beartas ach conas a thuirling sé sin isteach do dtí an cruinniú agus go dtí an Rialtas? Was it a proposal from the Department or from An Garda Síochána? Who proposed it?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bunriachtanais Teanga sa Gharda Síochána: Plé (2 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: Tá ceist dheireanach agam do Anne Marie McMahon, más féidir liom. Nuair a d’fhreastail Coimisinéir na nGardaí ar an gcomhchoiste, luaigh Anne Marie McMahon na rudaí iontacha atá ag tarlú agus atá á ndéanamh ag An nGarda Síochána maidir leis na fáinní, etc. Is é an príomhrud a bhí á rá...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Pa Daly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the time today. The recent "Crimes and Confessions" series has shone a spotlight on the interrogation and investigation of innocent people by some members of An Garda Síochána: people including Nicky Kelly, Osgur Breatnach, and the Hayes family in my own constituency. We have heard allegations of bullying, assaults and torture. We heard about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I welcome all the witnesses. Like Senator Ward, I will start with head 42 since I worked for 25 years as a solicitor in the court in Dublin, in addition to Garda stations in Dublin and Kerry. I always think back to the introduction of the drug trafficking law with the power to hold people in detention for seven days. The first person I saw who was held under that legislation was a homeless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I will go back to what Senator Ward said about consultations happening out of earshot of gardaí. I am not sure why that is there. One should be allowed a consultation with a solicitor in a private room if one has been arrested. I would be interested to hear the reasoning for that. Certainly in my time, there were Garda stations, one in particular in Dublin, that routinely would make...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I have a general question on the money that might be left over in the context of the Covid pandemic. Many Garda stations, particularly in rural areas, were closed during the austerity years. Barraduff Garda station was recently reopened. With the need for distancing to avoid the spread of Covid, are there any plans to expand reopenings? For example, are there any plans to reopen the...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...left a void in James's life which can never be replaced. Later in life, compounding this injustice, James was forgotten by every redress scheme. He was not recognised. He was denied a full Garda investigation. At every hand's turn, the State told him that there was nothing it could do. Why, having listened to James, is the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, continuing to ignore him?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...and the British seem to be way ahead of us in analysing complaints and prosecutions by age, gender, etc. Is there any such information available either from the Central Statistics Office or the Garda on these types of complaints and offences?

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...such as those proposed in the Bill are not sufficient by themselves and some of these crimes relate to a lack of social care or social work in many cases. We must provide resources for the Garda and others. The Minister mentioned reintegration into society, with which I will deal in a moment. I note Adult Safeguarding Day is this week and it is important to acknowledge that...

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...na Seirbhíse Sláinte, in Aer Lingus agus ar na comharthaí bóithre that there will not be any change. There will not be any change in what happens on the ground unless it is mandated. Asking the Garda nicely to do it will not work. As referenced by Deputy Connolly, when we listened at the coiste today, at least the HSE representatives came in, held their hands up and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...be changed. Ms McDermott mentioned statistics in her opening statement. It is the same with sexual assault and rape cases in that we find difficulty in obtaining up-to-date statistics through An Garda Síochána for recent domestic violence offences. It is easy to get them for public order and criminal damage-type offences but it can be difficult to get up-to-date statistics in...