Results 21-32 of 32 for garda speaker:Tom Clonan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...by a miracle, there have been no fatalities. These communities are being intimidated by these gangs. This is narco-terrorism and these are groups that have links to the Lyra McKee shootings and the shooting of gardaí up around Dundalk. There is an intimate link between organised crime, drug trafficking, people trafficking and these type of shootings and we should not allow them to...

Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...it never happened. There are moments in our co-operation when we can agree to act collectively without compromising our military neutrality. I do not believe that Óglaigh na hÉireann, or An Garda Síochána for that matter, will exist in 15 or 20 years time. Whether we like it or not, and whether we are ready or not, we are heading at considerable speed towards an...

Seanad: European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I commend this legislation. I have an abiding interest in transnational crime within the European space. The Garda Síochána is the primary intelligence agency within the State, although we have new emerging structures. The discussion of this legislation prompts me to comment that we, as a House and a Legislature, need to be...

Seanad: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...confronts us in the next ten or 15 years, that is, what will happen on this island in the next two decades. I do not believe that Óglaigh na hÉireann will exist in 20 years' time, nor do I believe An Garda Síochána will exist. They will have been replaced by some other entities such as the police service of Ireland or land forces Ireland. I do not know, nor does...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Voices of All Communities on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (30 Sep 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...communicate in other ways and we all know where that leads us to. From my area of interest, I believe that in ten or 15 years' time Óglaigh na hÉireann, or the Defence Forces, will no longer exist. An Garda Síochána, our police force, will no longer exist on this island and I do not know what will have replaced them. Perhaps An Garda Síochána will be called...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Tom Clonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an Aire Stáit and I thank all of my colleagues for their responses. If I heard the Minister of State correctly, his father was a garda.

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Tom Clonan: That is something we have in common. My grandfather was a garda. He married a woman from Drogheda and had nine children. He lived in the community he policed. He had his own home and was able to send his children to school. Even back in those days, some of them actually went to university and became engineers, teachers and nuns. My dad became a garda himself and, like my grandfather, he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Tom Clonan: .... We really need to draw attention to this. In conclusion, I raised 22 years ago that all matters of sexual assault within our Army, Naval Service and Air Corps should be investigated by An Garda Síochána. I raised this 22 years ago and it has not changed. They are still doing it internally and still covering it up. This is not just a case of "me too", but a case of "we...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...and systemic sexual assault and rape of female soldiers. You can make a moral argument for theft, lying, even killing. That is the premise upon which we use force in the armed forces and An Garda Síochána. However, there is one thing we as a species cannot tolerate and that is sexual assault, sexual abuse and rape. That organisation did everything in its power to destroy me...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...was imposed on them. This is typical of Irish organisations. I have been contacted over the past two decades by whistleblowers from all aspects of Irish life, including the Law Library, charities, An Garda Síochána, religious orders, hospitals, the ambulance and fire services, corporate entities and banking. It is everywhere in Irish society. This legislation does not provide...

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...is more akin to what I would have encountered in the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia. We must be very careful, as Europeans, about how we proceed. In 15 or 20 years, for example, I do not believe An Garda Síochána or Óglaigh na hÉireann will exist. They will have been replaced by something like "police service Ireland" or "land forces Ireland". Who knows? We must plan...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Tom Clonan: I wish to thank Sinn Féin for proposing this motion. In a previous life, I worked on the hard Border in the early 1990s prior to the ceasefires in armed support operations for An Garda Síochána. As a young man from Dublin with no experience of living along the Border, it was immediately apparent to me that any border on this island makes no sense for socioeconomic or cultural...