Results 41-60 of 114 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

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

Patrick Costello: ...cause a public consultation and public information campaign to be carried out,". We talk a lot about policing by consent and that fundamental principle. I brought similar amendments to previous Garda Bills we have dealt with here. It is incredibly important to include public consultation from the beginning and make it a requirement. This serves several purposes. It first ensures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (29 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will carry out improvement works to the processing area of Crumlin Garda station. [31770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (28 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on measures the Government, including all relevant Departments, in collaboration with appropriate agencies including An Garda Síochána and the RSA, is taking to eradicate the use of mobile phone use while driving, in line with targets laid out in the Vision Zero strategy. [31558/23]

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...back to the marriage equality referendum as a moment of hope and optimism when the people of Ireland came together in the name of equality. Things are very different nowadays, unfortunately. Garda statistics on hate crimes show they are on the rise, including those that target the LGBT+ community. We know for a fact that many hate crimes are not reported or are not reported as hate...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...but the applicants are not customers. They are applicants and service users. The International Protection Office is not a business. It is a Government Department. We see this language. An Garda Síochána talks about its customers. Customers implies that people engaging with the service have a level of choice. I am not sure any of the people who find themselves on the...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...the victims are children. Behind the women are families and we need to remember them. I implore the Minister for Justice to remember that, while the divisional protective services within An Garda Síochána are doing an excellent job, they could be much improved by the secondment of duty social workers from Tusla into them. I recently said the exact same thing in a Topical Issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection (4 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...support victims need. I will be honest. There have been some improvements. We saw liaison management teams put in place in many areas inside Tusla. The divisional protective service units in An Garda Síochána constitute an excellent innovation that provides an excellent service and should be continued and supported. They are really improving how the State responds to these...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection (4 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...Women's Council of Ireland report, which is the most recent report that looks at DSGBV, inter-agency issues come into emotional abuse, child sexual abuse and neglect. We must remember that gardaí often see a lot more of the community than many others and are a vital source of support for the work of social workers and referrals, so it involves that broader piece. While there are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Patrick Costello: Ms Finlay mentioned that CAS workers have received appropriate training. How many people have completed the specialist joint interview training with An Garda Síochána? Does the training work? My experience is that many of the people I know who did that, and they were excellent social workers, never did a single interview and have since left Tusla. So a lot of money has been...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...say we are not doing enough. While I welcome that we are trying to upgrade and improve the EU anti-trafficking directive, I point out the judgment in the case of P v. Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Immigration Bureau & Ors. Ms Justice O'Malley was very clear in 2015 that the State had failed at that point to properly enact the directive as it stood at the time and that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each Garda station in the Dublin south west regional division as of 1 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Garda Operation Préachán; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...not impacting or filtering through and the community is not necessarily seeing the benefit of that. Part of that is about community confidence in the process and community confidence in the Garda. In the short term, we need to accelerate the work of the implementation board and accelerate the provision of resources available to the Garda. In the medium term, we need to think about the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: Yes, there has been yet another attack on gardaí doing what they could to protect the good people of Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard. There is disgust and revulsion in the community because of the attack. The words of the Garda Representative Association come to mind. It has stated gardaí feel vulnerable on the streets. We have seen a 25% decline in the number of gardaí in...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: There are many positive things in the Bill. The use of body cameras will be a very important improvement for An Garda Síochána in terms of its members' safety and the safety of the community. These represent a technological advance that we should welcome. I spend a lot of time talking about parking in bus lanes. Automatic number plate recognition is essential to combating...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...and said it does not think facial recognition technology is appropriate, to try to introduce it in a Committee Stage amendment would sidestep the debate that is much needed whenever we give the Garda more powers. I also question why the rush. The EU is working on an artificial intelligence, AI, act which would regulate things such as facial recognition technology, AI and algorithmic...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...Citizen and increased policing on transport, if short of a dedicated transport police, but without extra recruitment we are simply moving around inadequate resources. If we are putting extra gardaí on O'Connell Street, where are they coming from? If those posts are not being backfilled, then what are the gaps? That is a headache for the Commissioner and it will be a bigger headache...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Promises were made in the budget of 1,000 extra gardaí. We need a clear timeline of when these will be delivered, partly so that communities know when they will get the resources they need but also to ensure that they are actually delivered. At one end of my constituency, in Dublin 8, four community Garda sergeants and 25 Garda officers has become one sergeant and four Garda officers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ..., will be an issue throughout the justice system. Prisoners find themselves in this position struggling against issues of translation, but their experience of the justice system began in the Garda station and moved through the courts. What was their experience through that? We have had sessions here with people talking about the difficulty of translation in the courts. It is a much...