Results 21-40 of 44 for garda speaker:Holly Cairns

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...there are suspicious or unlawful deaths. Therefore, absolutely, we are trying to change the scope of the Bill because it is very narrowly framed. The Minister says that this might restrict the Garda or the coroner in what they are doing. This is an age-old problem. The Garda and the coroner have not intervened. I agree that this should have happened a long time ago, but it has not,...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: I will say a final word on this. We know that a coroner is obliged to act when somebody dies in State care or custody or when remains are found in their district. The Garda is obliged to act when there is a missing person. Nobody has ever acted on these sites. The fact that there now has to be discretion and that the Government might act just adds to how people will feel about the long...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: It is like saying we should establish a different coroner's agency for every crime it will investigate or that we should set up a new branch of the Garda every time a crime is committed. Why would we not set up a stand-alone body to deal with every case instead of setting up a new agency each time? It does not make any sense. We would not do it for any other body that is investigating...

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...clear and it has strong political and public support. No one is naive enough to think that it will immediately stop the malpractice. It is, however, an explicit reaction that will provide the Garda and other State bodies with a means of countering this appalling trend and holding its perpetrators to account. The creation of a specific offence is a recognition of that offence and what it...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...thing. What’s the delay? I have to agree with her and with her son, who I spoke to this week. I still cannot understand why we need this legislation. Why has the coroner not investigated known mass graves? Why has the Garda not investigated the thousands of recorded unnatural deaths in mother and baby homes and other institutions? This Bill comes after years of inaction and...

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

Holly Cairns: 402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána when an unaccompanied minor migrant is identified in an Irish sea or airport when an unaccompanied minor migrant is seeking to be reunited with a family member; if trafficking assessments are carried out as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5807/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...intervention that responds to the needs of victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Safe Ireland has rightly called domestic violence an ongoing epidemic and only last week we learned that the Garda responded to almost 50,000 incidents of domestic abuse last year, an increase of 10%. Support providers, even down to local rural ones like West Cork Women Against Domestic Violence, have...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...in dealing with emergency and difficult situations. Emergency services are an essential public service. There should be no doubt or worry that ambulances, in this case, or the fire brigade or An Garda, will respond immediately to emergency situations. This has to be a bare minimum. This has to be a service the State guarantees. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Instances...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...are, realistically, a great deal higher. In 2019, more than 14,000 contacts were received by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre national 24-hour helpline. There were, however, only 3,307 offences reported to An Garda in 2019. The prevalence of sexual violence is seriously underestimated. The Realities of Rape Trials in Ireland report has highlighted the issues with our justice system's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (16 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...families, advocacy groups and campaign organisations with the intention of establishing a charter for the bereaved which will provide a clear overview of the statutory role and obligations of An Garda Síochána and other State agencies in servicing inquests, distinguishing between lawful obligations and discretionary practices and commit Government and its agencies to a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork west division; and the number of gardaí in the same divisions. [31332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 795. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training provided to An Garda Síochána and employees of the Courts Service in dealing with victims of sexual abuse and violence including physical, psychological and online abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21285/21]

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...its funding cut by 50% since 2011. These are front-line community, voluntary and non-profit agencies who have continued to deliver counselling through the pandemic. State agencies, including Tusla, CAMHS, and the Garda, often refer people to these counselling services, yet their funding does not reflect the crucial role they play. This sector represents incredible value for money. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...have been let down time and again and continue to come before committees like this in hope that this changes. I know the witnesses have had a journey in respect of this. They spoke about the Garda investigations. Now we see the coroner not acting in respect of the commission of investigation's report highlighting the mass graves in this country. What would it mean for Ms Corrigan and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1035. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise members of An Garda Síochána to receive Covid-19 vaccinations as front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/21]

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...do not need someone to examine the issues arising and propose the next steps. The adoptees in question do not have birth certificates, only false ones. It is not complicated; these are crimes and the records need to go to the Garda and courts so as to engage an inquiry immediately. There should be no more delays. People need their full records now. After they receive them, there can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on providing an exemption for the requirement of two languages to enter An Garda Síochána for persons who otherwise meet the criteria but have a learning difficulty relating to learning languages such as dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Information (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports or official responses offered to persons involved in or who witnessed to a fatal shooting involving members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3197/21]

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: ...especially vulnerable and are often hesitant to come forward to police and other State services for fear of deportation. We desperately need firewalls separating immigration authorities and health and social services from the Garda. Second, these specialised services need to be properly resourced and trained. Many workers in housing departments, public health settings and even...