Results 21-40 of 62 for garda speaker:Verona Murphy

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...good. It is a Department with which I have a lot of engagement, unfortunately, but it is generally not its fault. In the age of technology we live in, surely we can devise a system whereby if a garda signs a passport photograph, he can hit a button and put the application number of the form on the system to say he signed it. We do not need a record or phone calls. It is there, just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: ..., however, he applied online and was put at the back of the queue. It is the same issue Deputy Carthy brought to the Tánaiste's attention, namely, his passport photograph was stamped by the garda involved over that garda's signature on the form and the application was rejected. When the gentleman went back, the garda did the same thing. However, the gentleman addressed the issue...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: I will quickly move onto Garda recruitment. I do not have much time left but I am very concerned. I receive an awful lot of emails from constituents about Garda transfers being delayed and about Garda recruitment in general. One particular individual tells me that, having waited for years to join An Garda Síochána, he has been rejected based on his body mass index, BMI, despite...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am, at all times, hearing that we do not have enough in Rosslare Europort, which is in my constituency. I am told that a request needs to be made to An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: When it comes to the national policing plan, is the Department of Justice party to advising Government with regard to Garda numbers?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: It does, but in the same vein, we are putting policies in place which, if I was joining An Garda Síochána, would make me look at them and say, "Rubbish, pension wise and transfer wise". I refer to the entirety of how we are recruiting gardaí at the moment. If there is a garda travelling from Wexford to Dundalk on a daily basis to cover his shift, there is something...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...to ascertain what Ms McPhillips’s role is. Is she as concerned as I am? I cannot fix it but she is in the Department. I am telling her what I am hearing day on day, week on week from senior gardaí. Even people who are involved in the recruitment process who have waited years are then being turned down on things such as BMI. I am sure when people get into the Garda, their...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...suggestions. If an extension of working age beyond 70 years of age for the Judiciary is a solution, let us have it on the table as soon as possible. We need to take a similar approach to the Garda. We are in a crisis of recruitment and retention. It is becoming a joke. Each day, a member of the Government repeats the targets for the Garda. In 2023, we already know those targets are...

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

Verona Murphy: ...a year ago and no response has been received. Perhaps the Minister of State might have a look at this. It has been reported that in 2022, 106 instances of drink spiking were reported to the Garda. This compares to just 22 reports in 2021. This shows either a major increase in drink spiking, a major increase in the willingness of people to report it or, perhaps, a combination of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Given that there are standards in public office, this clearly was a breach of ethics or standards. Have we gone beyond making a complaint in this regard? I understand why it did not go to An Garda Síochána because there was no loss of Exchequer funding but the transaction itself or the behaviour probably warranted a complaint to SIPO.

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

Verona Murphy: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda motorcycles in the Garda fleet as of 15 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9489/23]

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

Verona Murphy: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Wexford division as of 14 February 2023; if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 31 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9491/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: In 2016, EUROSTAT reported that Ireland has one of the lowest police to population ratios in Europe, with 278 gardaí per 100,000 citizens. That is 40 less than the EU average of 318 per 100,000. Since these 2016 figures were compiled, Ireland is reported to have increased its population to over 5.1 million people as of April 2022. A recent report based on Garda website figures and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...units come through. However, we have seen no increase in resources, despite numerous business plans being put forward by the hierarchy in the force in Wexford. We have seen a 75% reduction in gardaí in Courtown - from four gardaí to one - even though it has seen population growth. Bunclody is a sizable town, although it is not a town as named in Wexford. It is a big area, but...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: ...in the Vote. What is the proposal from the OPW? Strictly speaking, that €500,000 is to reinstate the building, which has experienced deterioration in recent years. We heard in March that the old Garda station in Wexford may be repurposed. I thought the site was being sold. In respect of how we spend our money, many of these things seem like closing the door when the horse has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: ...;500,000 is a lot of money but it is still nothing in comparison with what is required if we are to give value for money. Perhaps Ms Collier would come back to me on that point. I also asked about the Garda station in Wexford.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: That said, the Garda station has been empty since 2018.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: ...the deterioration in the building structure, inside and outside, and its current value compared with when it might have been sold. How does it arise that we have a newly built, state-of-the-art Garda station that is not big enough, three years after its completion? How did that happen? It is being reported in Wexford that an extension is required to a building that is approximately four...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Buckley mean a project for a new Garda station? Does Mr. O'Connor wish to come in?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Nobody in Wexford Garda station has asked for an extension.