Results 101-120 of 576 for garda speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: .... Some 120 deer have been culled but fencing has been ruled out. Senator Nash raised the important issue of the ongoing violent criminal feud in Drogheda. As he will appreciate, I do not know the Garda numbers for Drogheda, but the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, has increased the moneys available to the Garda Síochána for new cars, new equipment, recruitment, and pay and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...care taken by motorists in difficult weather conditions and how common sense should dictate that they switch on their lights. I concur completely with him on the movement to change the name of "An Garda Síochána" and the word "Garda", on vehicles in particular. I was not aware of it, but I support him 100%. An Garda Síochána is what the force is called and it should...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...repeat episodes of what was an extraordinary, horrific crime. All of us extend our sympathies and heartfelt thoughts to the families. As we all recognise, a review is being carried out by the Garda. The Garda is learning. Changes have been made in the way in which training in dealing with domestic violence is carried out in An Garda Síochána. The new sixth divisional...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and, in fact, down South. There are members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces who were killed and whose families are grieving today and who require answers. Senator Ardagh raised the issue of the INIS. As the Senator rightly said, there was a significant issue around the system put in place. The re-entry visa system has change and will again change in 2019. The...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (13 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to the need to have justice given to Shane O'Farrell and his family. I think all of us, in reading about this case and reading about his tragic loss of life, recognise that notwithstanding the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, inquiry, we have a scoping exercise, and I wish Judge Haughton well in that. Everything that we do must be about justice, truth and accountability.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...of the inquiry into Shane O'Farrell's death. We want the O'Farrell family to have full information, there has to be due process, and there has to be full accountability for those involved. On completion of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission inquiry, the Minister appointed Mr. Justice Haughton to carry out a scoping exercise. From any point of view, that should be able to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that. To be fair to Senator Ó Ríordáin, this is an important issue. It is a matter of protecting people in communities. It is about ensuring that the operations of An Garda Síochána within the community - I will not name names - are carried out properly, that a thorough analysis of them is carried out and that there is a debate between public...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...is a shield emerging, and it has emerged through its creation by the party opposite, around health in particular such that the Minister is not responsible for the HSE and that in the case of An Garda Síochána, it is an operational matter. It may well be an operational matter, but we need to be able to ask questions about operational matters and receive answers, and I will try to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...policing committees of Cork city and Cork county. We have had reports on that issue. It is important that people are vigilant.Equally, it is important to note that the Government is committed to Garda recruitment and has started a process in that regard. The programme for Government includes a commitment to have 15,000 gardaí by 2021. Last year the Minister for Justice and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and mobile technology. This House has a responsibility to legislate in that regard, but there is also an obligation on social media companies to think of the victims of tragedies and their families. The Garda addressed the issue of certain social media posts after the crash on the M50 at the weekend. The actions of some in that regard were irresponsible and, of course, illegal. It is...

Seanad: Appointment to Policing Authority: Motions (22 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann recommends, pursuant to section 62C(7) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that Mr. Paul Mageean be appointed by the Government to be a member of the Policing Authority."

Seanad: Appointment to Policing Authority: Motions (22 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann recommends, pursuant to section 62C(7) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that Dr. Vicky Conway be appointed by the Government to be a member of the Policing Authority."

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry but I was not aware. That makes it even more alarming. On behalf of the Government, and as the Leader of the House, I support the independence of the Judiciary and Garda. There can only be one An Garda Síochána, one Army and one courts system. We should always remember that. Irrespective of whether we like, thuggery happened in the Roscommon incident. I reiterate my...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is in Stepaside, at the Garda station.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...-Lee on her fine contribution as well as with Senator Bacik. The story of baby Belle in Balbriggan is one we have all been upset and moved by. I listened yesterday morning to members of An Garda Síochána making an appeal to the mother of the little baby who was stillborn to come forward. She is not being regarded from a criminal perspective; rather gardaí are concerned...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...xe1;ilte. Senators Horkan, Conway-Walsh, Norris and Craughwell raised the incident in Strokestown, County Roscommon, at the weekend. The horrific nature of the incident has captured the public imagination. Local gardaí have described it as criminal damage and assault. While I am not familiar with all the circumstances, nobody wants to see anyone evicted from his or her family...

Seanad: Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the hearings on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013, many of us were subjected to the most vitriolic emails. I was impressed that when I brought one such email to the attention of gardaí in Harcourt Street in Dublin, they were able to trace the computer from which the email had been sent to a particular location, even though it had been routed through many parts of...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...sale at a modest guide price of €90,000. I agree with him that it would be eminently sensible for the Office of Public Works to buy the property. Senator Gallagher raised an issue related to An Garda Síochána. Notwithstanding the fact that it is late in the day in the deployment to different places of 200 new Garda recruits, I suggest the Senator has selective memory,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...man who was tragically killed in Castleblayney this morning. On my own behalf and that of the Fine Gael Party in the House, I offer our sympathies to his family and pay tribute to a member of An Garda Síochána who demonstrated, in his act of heroism, the service members of An Garda Síochána do day in and day out. Like Senator Gallagher, I remember him and his family...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the beginning of the Order of Business. I remind her that the Government is committed to tackling the issue of crime. In particular, I highlight the provision of €95 million in overtime to An Garda Síochána, 800 new gardaí along with the appointment of additional civilian staff, and the reopening of Templemore. The number of gardaí operating will be 14,000,...