Results 141-160 of 874 for garda speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 414. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps pilot officer who recently admitted taking cocaine had access to flight plans by either Air Corps or Garda aerial surveillance platforms used for illegal drug interdiction; and if they were tasked at any stage with duties associated with such flights. [18984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Operations (12 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 377. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda surveillance helicopter can operate without the need for air traffic controllers; and the number of times in 2016 it took off and landed without such ATC in situ. [18473/17]

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...No. 10, motion re report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs entitled Committee Travel to Brussels 7-8 February 2017 (resumed). Private Members' business shall be No. 98, motion re reform of An Garda Síochána selected by Fianna Fáil. Wednesday's business shall be No. 10a, statements on the report of the Fennelly commission, and No. 9, statements on Brexit, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... It was also dealt with by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality this morning. I am still trying to grapple with the question of whether the Tánaiste could have confidence in a Garda Commissioner who did not inform her of the scale of the problem or the issue at hand prior to announcing it to the world in a press conference. Has the Tánaiste asked the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...Tánaiste raises this matter with the Commissioner. Given that the Tánaiste says she was not aware and was as astonished as the rest of us, I hope she expressed her displeasure and admonished the Garda Síochána for the way in which it handled the release of these figures. Separately, the Garda Commissioner suggested last week, although she now seems to be rowing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When was the Tánaiste first informed of the serious discrepancies in the way in which the Garda recorded roadside alcohol tests and the reasons 14,700 persons convicted in the courts were prosecuted without fixed-charge notices first being issued? What are her plans to address these issues?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If I owed the State money and then made a deal with the State and welched on it, the sheriff, the Criminal Assets Bureau or An Garda Síochána would be knocking on my door looking for payment. At this stage, the Taoiseach said that there is no further contact with the orders. Is the Taoiseach intending to contact them? Is he intending to have the meetings that I suggested earlier?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...in mother and baby homes, but those assets need to be frozen pending the outcome of any inquiry, commission of inquiry, truth commission or otherwise and pending possible criminal actions by An Garda Síochána in the future, if such is intended or required when the full horrors of what we have seen emerge from Tuam in particular have been revealed. The Taoiseach met Pope Francis...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the UN and identified under UNSCR 1325; and the status of the engagement with other stakeholders, such as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána, to explore the contribution of gender-focused measures, particularly regarding the appropriate deployment of female personnel. [12819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a person's Garda vetting application (details supplied). [10616/17]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...or a recovery scheme would have to be put in place to ensure the State was not suffering the expense of seizing cars. In the past, when a car was seized and the owner went to recover it from the Garda station, or wherever it was stored, there would have been a payment of sorts to the Garda, which was forced to confiscate the vehicle. Far too often, I have been driving around the...

Statute Law Revision [Seanad] Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...Bill deals with legislation from the founding of the State to the 1950s. Most of the Bills are definitely superfluous, although some are of major interest. I raised a question yesterday about the Garda Síochána legislation, particularly the Act initiating the Garda Síochána that is being repealed with this Bill. I hope the Minister of State will be able to reassure...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...State to which Eamon de Valera changed it. It is a little more difficult to look at these laws because there are connections with today. For example, one of the Acts that is being repealed is the Garda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923. When that was introduced, the Title referred to the Civic Guard, not An Garda Síochána. The amendment to change the Title...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any cost to An Garda Síochána in protecting the memorial wall in Glasnevin cemetery since it was unveiled in 2016. [33347/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Oct 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current active members of An Garda Síochána, excluding members on secondment, career break, maternity and paternity leave or prolonged sick leave, and civilians based in Dundrum Garda station. [31549/16]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...machines to scan trucks and cars in every port in the country, it would be money well spent. Earlier this week, I presented a report to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly specifically on visa systems. One of its recommendations was that smaller ports would be properly resourced. We met An Garda Síochána and immigration officials last week in Rosslare, while Baroness...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...year and for each previous year. In recent years, the reports have outlined how these provisions have been used or abused. The vast majority of them are not used at all, which suggests that the Garda Síochána cannot use them, never mind all the existing laws it could apply to its work. I looked properly at this issue when I was my party's spokesperson on justice. I found that...

Restoration of Private Members Bills to the Order Paper: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014 Second Stage Protection of Minimum Wage Earners Bill 2013 Second Stage Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015 Second Stage Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014 Committee Stage Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013 Second Stage Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Miscarriages of Justice (17 May 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...further to a television programme (details supplied) regarding the miscarriages of justice in the Sallins mail train robbery case, her plans to review the alleged behaviour of members of An Garda Síochána. [10257/16]

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...an Teachta Seán Crowe. Gabhaim buíochas as an deis labhairt ar an ócáid seo, go háirithe nuair atáimid ag caint ar cheist na coiriúlachta. Ba chóir dúinn ár mbuíochas a ghabháil leis An Garda Síochána as a gcrógacht agus as an ghairmiúlacht a léiríonn siad san obair os a gcomhair. Cosúil le gach...