Results 21-40 of 79 for garda speaker:Paul McAuliffe

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...the first to listen to us. He worked with the Tánaiste and the Attorney General to try to get solutions. At our local safety forum, we were asked when those powers will be made available to the Garda. I met with the Garda Commissioner on the issue. I understand that between the Attorney General's office and the Garda Commissioner's legal office, it is being operationalised. I ask...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...That was evident to many commuters across the city. People coming from Finglas, Ballymun and Glasnevin, all using that N2 road and also the N1 road, experienced very significant delays. There was no Garda presence at junctions to ensure flow and there did not seem to be any evidence of either the local authority or the Garda being there. Could the Tánaiste raise this with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if operational guidance has been issued to An Garda Síochána in relation to implementation of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, in particular the new s.109A of the Road Traffic Act 1961. [40061/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...switch to the departmental officials because I think they got a little off the hook. We have spoken about IFI for a long time. There is a senior counsel review, a McCann FitzGerald review, and a Garda investigation. Effectively, there is no fully functioning board. Will the officials give us an update on where we are as regards a full board appointment, the McCann FitzGerald report,...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...'s policy on drugs, child poverty, investing in Tusla, rolling out the north inner city model and an interagency approach to tackling disadvantage all feed into youth justice. In many ways, the Garda is the most accountable version of that State response. It deals at the coalface of it, but, unfortunately, many other agencies are not accountable to Members of this House, local...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...who will be very grateful for this legislation and I hope the President will sign the Bill into law quickly to allow the Minister to introduce the regulations to put in place the key provision that allows gardaí the power to enter the curtilage of properties, to have a fixed penalty notice of €5,000, to give the Minister the ability to regulate certain vehicles and to introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a dedicated public transport section of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...2021 is on Fourth Stage in the Seanad and, I hope, will be completed soon. It contains important amendments relating to the illegal use of scrambler bikes that will give crucial new powers to the Garda to limit such activity in our communities. Will the Taoiseach ensure the Government does everything it can to make sure that Bill is passed and signed into law before the summer and that...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...organisations and areas of public life here in Ireland as well as in other countries. We would be naive to think that level of infiltration by organised crime does not happen here. Members of An Garda Síochána have been accused of it, as have members of political parties, although there have been no accusations pertaining to the Judiciary. The financial resources available to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a dedicated public transport section of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...people out there in dire places of addiction. The Minister referenced this in his comments. They need our support. They need a doctor, nurse or counsellor. They do not need a barrister and a garda to help them to solve their problems. There is also that middle bit about what is acceptable use and is it acceptable, and all of the issues around regulation. However, the first step of...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...find themselves having problematic drug use. Let us just think about a situation where we, our sons, our daughters, our mothers or our aunts ended up with problematic drug use. Would we want the Garda calling to their doors or would we want a counsellor, a doctor or a nurse to do so instead? This very simply answers the question of whether we want a justice-led approach or a health-led...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...there are threats of violence, we have to respond with a criminal justice approach. People can show all sorts of frustrations in a democracy but crossing that line, by threatening politicians, gardaí and youth workers, is unacceptable and it made a very significant difference. The layering on top of it of allegations around sexual assault meant, in what was an appalling situation,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The NAS was probably based on a model similar to An Garda Síochána, where members are centrally trained and then distributed around the country, but we are in a very different employment market. On the role of the NAS, there are other private operators it is competing with as a potential employer. That degree of flexibility is very important. I am jumping around here; I often...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: ...The scheme the Minister opened in Finglas was very good. The legislation also deals with the issue of scrambler bikes. It takes a very strong line on how they should be dealt with, giving the Garda increased powers to ensure bikes can be seized from the curtilage of the property and bringing in a new classification of vehicles and so on. That is very welcome. As a first-time Deputy,...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: ...of the amendments. So much of it has been about certain accusations being made by members of the Opposition. I suggest they refer those to the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, to the Garda or to whatever forum they believe appropriate. I am going to speak about the amendment. I will be guided by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, because as a new Member of the House I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The point is there will always be those fringe areas, no matter what happens - Garda divisions or whatever. What can the Department structurally put into the review to make sure those fringe issues are addressed?

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: ...in any meaningful way with the Passport Office to identify the problems and try to get them solved. One of the biggest frustrations is the contact with witnesses. Some work has been done with the Garda to try to improve this. Outside Ireland we allow other people to witness first-time passport applications. In the North, for example, many people use their local priest, school...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of community gardaí and sergeants to Finglas Garda station in the K district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26118/22]