Results 21-40 of 114 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of specialist interviewers under the joint working protocol with An Garda Síochána currently available in Tusla, broken down by local area office. [57394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases referred to the Tusla senior management liaison forums under the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Síochána, broken down by local area office, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of senior management liaison forums meetings held as per the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Síochána, broken down by local area office, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of national children first liaison management committee meetings held as per the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Siochana for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that pension parity continues between existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána after the expiration of the ‘building momentum’ pay deal [54892/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: I welcome the Minister. She mentioned earlier the graduated response the Garda uses. The Commissioner used that term as well, but surely the beginning of any graduated response should be prevention. Particularly when dealing with groups that are deliberately organising, the prevention should be looking at and dealing with them. The Minister says that there have been 800 protests this...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: In respect of the Garda Vote, the Minister of State has made reference to the supplementary funding being principally driven, among other things, by the €10 million funding for Garda overtime to increase high-visibility policing in the Dublin metropolitan region. While we will all support high-visibility policing, which is exactly what people are looking for, I have two questions. Is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of Garda staff in each divisional protective services unit, broken down by rank. [50391/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...of homophobic attacks. There does not seem to have been anything done about this. Unfortunately, any time I try to raise the issue, I am told it is a senior operational decision, so it seems the Garda Commissioner is the person I should be addressing questions to. I am concerned that teachers will be next. We have seen some of the same people targeting teachers in their social media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...right. The aspects relating to the policing of Dublin city perhaps overlap to a certain degree with morale and the visibility of the organisation. We are all agreed that the visible presence of Garda members on the street is pretty much what everybody is looking for. From the sense of it, that is what the Garda are also looking for, as well as that they are appropriately trained and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: Are there adequate critical incident stress management procedures in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...Farrell. I have tabled many parliamentary questions about blue light training for drivers and it is just not happening. One of the issues in my head is that there are many parallels with the Garda representative associations and the Defence Forces, which also do not have a right to strike. In the past the Defence Forces have asked for an independent pay review body. There is some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...of conduct or a code of ethics, prisoners will be living under the regime that this creates. In the same way I have always argued that there should be public consultation in regard to, for example, Garda regulations or Garda codes, I fully believe we should find a way – it should not be that hard - of conducting some sort of consultation with prisoners, and that needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to amend or update the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Patrick Costello: .... I am sketching out issues I had wanted to speak about and I hope we will have a second round so that I can raise them. These include increasing referrals, workforce planning, links with the Garda and the structures of these and in-house therapeutic supports. If every child is getting an assessment will there be enough resources to provide therapy afterwards or will they get an...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...that says about us, is very clear. Ms Gallagher mentioned the gaps in the structures and the overreliance on the security and police structures. In 2015, in the case of P v.Chief Superintendent Garda National Immigration Bureau & Ors., Ms Justice O'Malley essentially tore apart the system as denying the basic rights of victims. Nothing has changed since then. We now have a...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrant Oversight) Bill 2023: First Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the various acts to remove the ability for members of An Garda Síochána to issue authority to search premises without sworn information being required. I thank the Ceann Comhairle. This is a Bill about ensuring justice and fair procedures and protecting the rights of individual citizens. A search...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...he or she is present for the purposes of the performance of his or her functions as such a member,”. Section 9(1)(a) refers to instances where cameras can only be used in a place where, essentially, a garda is entitled to be. Section 9(1)(b) allows for the camera to be placed on an animal and then to be used in a place where a garda is entitled to be. Section 9 (1)(c)...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...potential for an illegal search. From what the Minister is saying, if something is used remotely, we cannot necessarily apply the legality of its entry into places. I appreciate the member of the Garda and the drone are at a remove. That is why I seek to apply controls and limits to the drone as much as to the Garda operator. The drone is essentially an extension of the operator in...