Results 21-40 of 45 for garda speaker:Gary Gannon

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...or, as we have seen recently, incidents where motorbikes have been burnt or where there have been large congregations of people engaged in fights and that sort of carry-on - there have not been any gardaí around. That is probably indicative of a trend emerging throughout the country whereby we simply do not see gardaí on the streets. When a call is made for whatever reason, be...

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

Gary Gannon: ...not just in this city but throughout Ireland. The council will often say it can only go so far in light of its remit. When issues pop up around the city that pertain mostly to addiction, An Garda Síochána will rightfully say that it can police the problem of addiction. I agree with that up to a point. The HSE has a responsibility, as does the Department of Housing, Planning...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...xe1;naiste that the issues on O'Connell Street are vast and complex and require a multi-departmental approach. Dublin City Council is pointing at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Garda is saying it cannot police what are ostensibly health-based issues. In six weeks' time, the Tánaiste potentially will be the Taoiseach. Will the Tánaiste commit to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Substance Misuse (20 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...will deal with a small part of the problem, and it should be done. There is aggressive behaviour happening on the street, with people being attacked. The perpetrators certainly should be removed by the Garda at the first opportunity and held to account. However, that is very different from what has been happening down the laneways off O'Connell Street and in streets and laneways all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Substance Misuse (20 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his statement, which I will go through in my response. He refers to a multi-agency approach that crosses the Department of Justice, the Garda Síochána, Dublin City Council and the Department of Health. Will he tell me when representatives of those bodies were last in the same room to discuss this issue? If there is a multi-agency approach, when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Sep 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...Equality if her attention has been drawn to an increase in violent attacks in Dublin city centre on women, members of the LBGTQI+ community, and other minority groups; and if she has liaised with the Garda Commissioner or local Garda stations to develop plans to ensure the city’s safety. [46553/22]

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...of a global community, and that a security threat anywhere in the world can affect Ireland. Since the late 1950s, Ireland has committed its diplomats, members of the Defences Forces and members of An Garda Síochána in some instances to remote and far-reaching places to undertake crisis management for natural disasters and tackle the effects of interstate and intrastate conflicts...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policy of his Department in relation to Garda stations that are not contactable by phone in relation to witness signatures for passports; if his attention has been drawn to this issue; his views on whether training is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24022/22]

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

Gary Gannon: ...any accommodation that is unethical or immoral. There is a dearth of information when it comes to this practice, which is extremely worrying as the extent of the problem is hard to quantify. The Garda PULSE system does not record sex for rent complaints as a specific category. However, recent research done by UK housing and homeless charity, Shelter, found that 30,000 women in the UK...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...during the founding years, the Emergency period and the Cold War, members of the Defence Forces prepared for and met any eventuality presented to them by way of domestic or foreign threats. In partnership with An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces have, time and again, protected the State from internal threats and, in more recent decades, the aid to civil power relationship has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (17 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the immigration facilities at Transaer House; and if plans launched in 2017 to open a dedicated immigration unit at the Dublin Airport Garda station are still in train. [56558/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: .... I hope this Bill brings some resolution to this serious issue but there will have to be amendments made on Committee Stage for that to happen. There will have to be broader engagement with the Garda and other sectors on some peculiar aspects of the law, regulation and enforcement with regard to scrambler bikes. Scrambler and quad bikes have been discussed at length in the political...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...at the moment, people simply do not feel safe. There is an onus upon us in this Chamber to confront the issues that give rise to these attacks. I took the opportunity today to visit Pearse Street Garda station to meet Superintendent Dermot McKenna, who is a really good guy. One of the issues I relayed to him is that we simply need to see more gardaí on our streets. We need to see...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...to be the outstanding questions surrounding the death of Terence Wheelock. Until that is addressed, every year, like tomorrow, that community will continue to march on the Dáil and on Store Street Garda station and will continue to have a mistrustful relationship with the State, and all these nice initiatives will fall on deaf ears. Once again, therefore, in advance of Terence's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: On 16 September, the day after we return to the Dáil, we will mark 16 years since the death of Terence Wheelock following injuries sustained while in Garda custody in Store Street Garda station. On that day I will once again join Terence's family and members of the north inner city community outside Store Street and march to the Dáil to call for an independent inquiry into the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...alongside the family of Terence Wheelock and the community of the north inner city. We met peacefully and in a socially distanced way at the Garden of Remembrance and walked to Store Street Garda station. I was there not only to support a family I have known since I was a child, although that certainly was one of the reasons, and in recognition of the collective trauma that still exists...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...were not all in this together, some of us were viewed as lesser and the plight of some workers was considered less significant. The facade of solidarity and goodwill has fallen. Earlier this week, the Garda mobilised in greater numbers than the number of workers on the picket line in Waterford. Gardaí used physical force and intimidation against these workers. Let us remember...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (10 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; if the second phase of works is currently on schedule to be completed in March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (3 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: 589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the use of anti-spit hoods by An Garda Síochána has been completed; if so, when the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the reopening of the Fitzgibbon Street Garda station that was due in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/20]