Results 21-40 of 81 for garda speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Would Dr. Mac Gabhann put the Garda in that category of people who are trauma-informed?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps An Garda Síochána is taking to address the issue of bike theft in Dublin as highlighted by a recent RTÉ piece (details supplied). [3802/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...of legislation. Some of the questions around the timelines and so on which were a concern have been asked. I found the document we received in our briefings around the witnesses' response to the Garda Síochána really useful. I direct attention to page three, the second last item there, part 2, head 8. I guess this is from the Garda Síochána and it reads that due to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: No, that is a very comprehensive way of answering. I will outline my concern on involving the DPP. From our interaction with the Garda, we gathered that there is concern about the implementation of this law. I have a concern that, if it becomes an established standard within this legislation to involve the DPP where it is not really in the public interest actually to prosecute, and there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: My response to that, if the Garda was here, would be that, until a case is prosecuted and tested, that cannot really be known. Sending it to the DPP just creates a kind of artificial barrier before the law even gets tested. If we continue to use the DPP as that barrier, we will never get to the point where it gets challenged and tested. It is very useful to do that. I have outlined my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That would be very useful because there is significant interest in the legislation. One of the conversations we had at length with the Garda was the recording of offences as it stands now and whether it was possible for gardaí to gather data in a meaningful way as they relate to these kinds of events. At the time the Garda did not have that data. Has it provided any additional data to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Garda has not produced any further data or anything. Does Ms Mason know of any plans the Garda has from any of the discussions the Department has had with it?

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...are major problems there which need to be addressed and about which we need to be honest. It is very easy to point the finger and say that the problems are all the fault of Dublin City Council or of An Garda Síochána and that there are simple solutions such as better management or changing the management or changing our way of policing. Like so many simple solutions, they will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: .... Rightsizing might be a solution if they are in bigger houses they literally cannot heat. I want to ask one quick question. I know the ICPOP teams have been involved in training members of the Garda and things like that. Is that correct, that they are training gardaí in how to deal with dementia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It should not be an issue for the Garda. Ms McMahon was asked to appear before the Joint Committee on Health to discuss legislation relating to a very particular type of protest. I presume it is possible to know how many times the Garda has been called to a protest without necessarily giving a location. I actually do not see what the problem would be with giving a location. Does Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it on a system somewhere? Is the Garda collecting data specific to this type of protest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...conference centre and witnessed protests with about 2,000 people. However, in Limerick and other places protests outside hospitals involve 15 to 25 people. I am not sure it is analogous. Is the Garda collecting and collating data on protests outside healthcare facilities when it comes to reproductive health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Let us get back to the data. Is Ms McMahon saying the Garda has no data about its ability to police protests around healthcare facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...is legislation on intimidation and harassment coming down the line. The basis of it seems to be the creation of a catalogue of repeated offences, so this is happening in other legislation. Has An Garda Síochána, as implementers of the law, done a piece of work on how it will deal with that? Whatever about this legislation, it seems like that is coming down the line and there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry, Chair. I am out of time. I do not mean to cut across Ms Mulkerrins, but if the Garda does end up collating some kind of information or data on this, it would be really helpful for the committee to receive it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, this has been coming since 2020, when the programme for Government was signed. Therefore, the Department of Justice still not having sat down in respect of it with An Garda Síochána is concerning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ..., my understanding of the 2020 legislation on intimidation and harassment is that it kind of relies on a catalogue or recording of multiple instances. That is coming down the line towards the Garda. It seems to me that what the witnesses are describing is such that there would have to be three engagements with an individual before any actual record of engagement. Am I right in thinking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...where the 100 m is, even with the curtilage or the front door. Are healthcare providers or GPs expected to draw a line on the ground, as when we were queueing for a shot during Covid, or will the Garda take on that role? Within that, I also have a concern around some of the requirements if service providers continue to see people outside. I am wary of anything that relies on a service...