Results 81-100 of 114 for garda speaker:Patrick Costello

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Patrick Costello: From what Mr. Collins has said, the key elements are that the accountability is public, that there is transparency, and certainly that it is something external to An Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Oct 2021)

Patrick Costello: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose for which a Garda Síochána or PSNI report would be requested from an application of Irish citizenship through naturalisation. [49187/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Patrick Costello: Like many areas of youth work and many areas in general, the Garda youth diversion projects have been under significant strain in the past 18 months or so as a result of Covid. This has allowed many of these projects to reach out and find new ways of working. Much of this outreach was effective in reaching out to young people who might not have been involved previously in the centre-based...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: Like previous speakers, I agree that this is a welcome Bill in terms of its reform of Garda structures. Many Members have spoken about the lack of community gardaí and the lack of gardaí on the ground in general. The Dublin metropolitan region has made a lot of strides over the years towards small-area policing. This needs proper resources and more community gardaí....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (21 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...in particular, is a reflection of the housing crisis, which we all talk about, but also a reflection of how difficult it is to take the steps you talk about when things are a matter for DCC and An Garda Síochána. The Robert Emmet Community Development Project also identified a huge number of apartments - I think it was 82.8% or 83% - affected by damp. The total refurbishment is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...parts of the legislation. The Bill states: "In addition to the consultations undertaken [with certain named persons] the Commissioner may consult with any other person or body appearing to the Garda Commissioner to have an interest in the matter." I would argue that we should be looking at full public consultation on these codes of practice in regard to their initial creation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...be used for head 9. It is not just the issue of the time with regard to head 15. It is the urgency test. The Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Act 2012 sets up three criteria: a member of An Garda Síochána must not be below the rank of superintendent; he or she must be independent of the investigation; and there is an urgency or an expediency, meaning that it would be...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...we saw, as Deputy Paul Murphy said, a pandemic within a pandemic. Many Deputies present in the House today have quoted the figure from Women’s Aid of a 43% increase to its helpline, and the Garda is reporting a 22% increase in domestic assaults. The pandemic has heightened and highlighted the challenges we face in terms of dealing with domestic violence. It has also highlighted in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...in his submission. Paragraph 12 references that several cases have emerged where the data controller deleted or destroyed information after the complaint was filed. I am conscious that An Garda Síochána have a duty to seek out and preserve all evidence bearing on the guilt or innocence of an accused. Does this not apply to the commission or to other judicial bodies here and is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls that were received by the Garda Traffic Watch Service in 2020; the number of those calls that are allocated a number in the Garda PULSE system; the number of investigations under the road traffic acts that resulted from those calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is official policy that Garda traffic watch do not inform persons calling the service of PULSE numbers for their complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Feb 2021)

Patrick Costello: 602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of districts and divisions of An Garda Síochána that have protective services units; and the number of personnel assigned to each, in tabular form. [8228/21]

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

Patrick Costello: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is Garda policy to leave the engines of Garda vehicles running while at checkpoints; if the effects of the emissions of these vehicles on the occupational health of members of An Garda Síochána, the health of the public, the cost of fuel to the State and the damage to the environment are assessed; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (13 Jan 2021)

Patrick Costello: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will seek an explanation from the Garda Commissioner for the reason all relevant Garda files into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the Glenanne gang have not been handed over to Operation Kenova; and if the necessary arrangements will be made for all relevant unredacted files to be handed to same without further delay....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has plans to implement an historical investigations directorate to deal with crimes committed in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. [42864/20]

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...are being cut off due to the lockdown. We all accept the idea that domestic violence is a very important issue and something that we need to respond to. We have seen from excellent work by the Garda and from awareness-raising that it is an issue that we all need to be aware of and provide support to. Since 1996, 230 women in this country have died violently, with 61% having died in...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...and aggression, and disrupting the community. The way to tackle that, in the first instance, is via better community policing which is visible in communities on the ground. There is a move in An Garda Síochána towards small area policing which will support such front-line enforcement, which is absolutely necessary and is to be welcomed. We must also back up that approach...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: On the matter of policing and An Garda Síochána, I would like to pick up on the rise in domestic violence which has accompanied Covid. I understand that work is still in progress with regard to the transfer of responsibility for domestic violence between the Minister and her colleague, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. Will the Minister give us an update on what is happening in that...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...up on. One final matter I will try to squeeze in in the time I have left is that relating to policing. Obviously, we are all working to avoid a hard border. That should be stated as a given, but the Garda recently referred to needing the Army to support it in policing the Border, particularly if it is to be a hard border. If we look at what the Defence Forces have now compared with...