Results 61-80 of 230 for garda speaker:Thomas Byrne

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The problem in County Meath is the population continues to increase and Garda numbers have not kept pace. There is also a significant motorway network traversing the county, which lends itself to burglaries. There are spates of burglaries in particular areas. Over a year ago, it was Duleek, then Donore, Stamullen and, most recently, the Kiltake-Moynalvey area where gardaí were injured...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister. Will she ask the Garda authorities to seriously examine this geographical issue, which is detrimental to County Meath at the moment? There are many towns on our border. If one walks up the street in Kilcock, one crosses into County Meath. It is a similar story in Drogheda while Balbriggan and Kingscourt are only over the road. The gardaí stationed in those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of holders, annually, of licensed firearms who had their firearms removed from them by the Garda as a result of producing a firearm during a trespass on their dwelling or in the course of a crime being committed at their dwelling. [23888/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which a superintendent of An Garda Síochána is entitled to remove a firearm from a holder of a firearms licence. [23889/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath showing above trend population growth, she has cause to review the current and future Garda provision in County Meath. [23232/16]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...vociferously in recent weeks and months by the teachers, particularly young teachers. Their unions have been on board but the young teachers have driven it massively and have driven it on behalf of An Garda Síochána and other young public servants. It just so happens that teachers were recruited throughout the crisis while people were not recruited in many other areas. We want...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed proposals in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to reform the training of new entrants to the Garda, including proposals for recruits to undertake training courses in other higher education institutions, such as universities or institutes of technology, and to share some courses, such as courses in forensics, with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members and Garda Reserve members assigned to the Meath Garda division in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11960/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (17 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met recently with the representative organisations of members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9971/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to ensure a full-time Garda Síochána presence in the Duleek and Donore areas of County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4992/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the criteria which the Garda Síochána Commissioner uses in allocating gardaí; the reason the number of gardaí in the Ashbourne Garda district of the Meath division is relatively low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4994/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 251. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline when the merger of the Ashbourne Garda Síochána district and the east Meath Garda Síochána district of the Meath division will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4993/16]

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I will pass on Senator Higgins's regards to Garda Connor.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Thomas Byrne: Crime is a constant worry in all communities and we need a general debate on the issue in the Seanad. Obviously, we must seek more resources for the Garda and look at how the force carries out its business. In my county of Meath, at the start of the Government's term, the Garda Commissioner, for their own reasons, decided to merge two Garda districts. The Garda district of east Meath which...

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ...is the loss of the telephone allowance, which has been much more than a financial loss. They had the security of knowing that they could stay in contact with their relatives, friends and the Garda, if necessary, but they now face the additional costs associated with having a monitoring device, which are considerable. This affects the security of the elderly and it is incumbent on us all...

Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ..., into which she has put considerable work. That has been based partly on her own experiences, which seem to have been abhorrent and worthy of condemnation. I understand they are the subject of a Garda investigation, which is as it should be. I hope prosecutions will result for some of the people under our existing law. This is a very tricky area because a great deal of harm is being...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ...fear and apprehension about the surge in the number of burglaries of premises and robberies that have taken place.In this year alone, 15 burglaries of houses and offices have been reported to the Garda Síochána and I am certain the number is higher. One was reported in January, one in February and 13 reported in March. This week alone there was a particular surge. The local...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I ask the Minister of State to inform the Minister of the details of the situation in County Meath. The Garda division based in Ashbourne covers the area from the Kilcock bridge on the Meath-Kildare border up to the outskirts of Drogheda, across to Laytown, including Stamullen and Duleek and almost over to Navan and including the Rathfeigh area. It also includes the busy N2 road which is...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ...very dangerous situation was allowed to arise in recent days. The Taoiseach has already decided the outcome of a review by denying that resource issues had anything to do with the lack of a secure Garda escort with this individual, yet the Minister for Justice and Equality has launched a review. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, would want to come into...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ...England, where he was serving 22 life sentences. We have been left with him. The Government has not protected the public from him. There is a lack of resources in the Prison Service and in the Garda, and the Government has let this man free and loose on the people of Ireland. That is what has happened. The people are angry about it. On that basis, I support Senator O'Donovan's...