Results 21-40 of 49 for garda speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...have been destroyed since 1840. That is very stark. The destruction is continuing at an alarming rate. Since 2007, only nine prosecutions have been taken by the DPP on the recommendations of An Garda Síochána for alleged offences under the National Monuments Act. What are the views of An Taisce regarding the heads of this Bill and ignorance as a defence? Is it aware of any...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...on bed sheets and there has been a complaint from a privately run emergency accommodation operation in Dublin of a lack of duvets or bed sheets. We know that in many of them staff are not Garda-vetted or trained, there are no safeguarding policies or procedures in place and they are not checked for them. The Government should show us it is serious about homeless people by introducing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to follow up on the previous question I asked. To be fair, the Taoiseach may not have fully understood me. The question was not one about Garda vetting. It is welcome if Garda vetting is being extended and, in particular, that must include staff in privately run emergency accommodation for homeless people, which is essential. With regard to what happened earlier this year to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...Taoiseach about safeguarding and vulnerable adults. I raised this with him previously. I specifically want to ask him about the need for guidelines or legislation to be introduced to require the Garda when they have credible allegations of sexual assault and rape to inform relevant organisations, including where alleged perpetrators work or volunteer, in order to protect and safeguard...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...have gone in, but it is a systemic problem, with half of the provision not regulated or subject to proper inspections by HIQA, as called for by the Oireachtas housing committee, and staff not being Garda vetted. I am not tarring all private providers with the same brush here. There is a variance in standards but there is a problem in terms of the whole sector not being properly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: .... Over the past year, I have been raising with him and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the conditions in privately run emergency accommodation. There is a complete lack of Garda vetting of staff, a lack of proper policies and procedures, a lack of safeguarding procedures and a lack of proper training of staff. There is a complete failure to implement or apply the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 6 October 2021, the result of his Department’s engagement with the Garda National Vetting Bureau and the Department of Justice in relation to Garda vetting under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...The latest figures show there are 95 people sleeping rough in Dublin. I have met people on our streets who say they feel safer sleeping on the streets than in emergency accommodation. There is no Garda vetting of staff in privately run emergency accommodation. The basic national quality standards are not applied. The local connection rule is used to prevent people from progressing from...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I raise the issue of safeguarding procedures for vulnerable adults. Recently, An Garda Síochána had detailed knowledge of credible allegations of sexual assault against vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. I have raised that with the Taoiseach before. The Garda did not pass this information on in a timely manner to the organisation where the alleged perpetrator worked....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy or guidelines in relation to when An Garda Síochána are investigating credible allegations of sexual assault relating to passing this information onto relevant organisations in which the alleged perpetrators are working or volunteering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49266/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I asked the Minister three specific questions. He did not answer any of them so I will put them to him again. Specifically, will the Government introduce legislation to require An Garda Síochána, when it has knowledge of credible allegations of sexual assault, to pass this information on to relevant organisations where alleged perpetrators are working or volunteering? I did not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have three specific questions for the Minister relating to people who are experiencing homelessness, the first of which is about safeguarding procedures. Recently it was reported that An Garda Síochána had detailed knowledge of credible allegations of sexual assault against vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. Despite having detailed knowledge of credible allegations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (6 Oct 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...the action he is taking to ensure that staff working in privately-run emergency accommodation and services for persons experiencing homelessness and that are in receipt of public funds are Garda vetted; when the National Quality Standards Framework will be applied to privately run accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...organisation, they were subjected to serious sexual assault. This highlights how crucial it is that everyone working with vulnerable people on our streets and in emergency accommodation be Garda vetted. It is also critical that the national quality standards framework for homelessness services be applied to all services and emergency accommodation for people experiencing homelessness and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Management (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 869. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide more funding to An Garda Síochána to conduct traffic management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to commence Operation Tombola again in 2021 to tackle the increased use of fireworks and bonfires in Dublin; if she will provide additional funding for the operation to take place at this earlier point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a dedicated transport division of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 24 February 2021, the number of incidents reported to An Garda Síochána; the number of arrests made relating to knife crime during the same ten-year period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19493/21]