Results 21-40 of 383 for garda speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed timeline for passing the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27644/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...muid in ann a fháil amach an bhfuil an caighdeán ag na daoine atá ag iarraidh a bheith sa Gharda chomh láidir agus a chaithfidh sé a bheith? Cén uair a bheidh na figiúirí sin againn chun a fháil amach cé mhéad as na huimhreacha sin a bhfuil Gaeilge líofa acu? Ó thaobh na ngardaí atá sa tseirbhís inniu, go...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...ar ais ag an méid a dúirt an Teachta Ní Chonghaile, is gá cuimhneamh go bhfuilimid anseo mar gheall nach raibh muinín ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga sa Gharda. Ní raibh muinín aige go raibh an Garda agus an Roinn chomh dáiríre faoi chúrsaí Gaeilge agus a chaithfidh siad é bheith. Ceapaim go bhfuil athrú meabhrach ann agus...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...year of Operation Thor. Can the Minister of State give an indication of the changes made to the operational detail of Operation Thor over that period to account for new trends? Of the new gardaí, how many are being positioned in rural counties or rural areas? I acknowledge the operation of An Garda Síochána is a matter for the Commissioner but I am concerned by the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken in relation to reports that a significant supplier of product to An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service made a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners; if all suppliers of services to her Department and to agencies under her remit require an up-to-date tax clearance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether members of An Garda Síochána are doing vital work during the pandemic and that they are public facing; if he made a case for their inclusion in the Covid pandemic bonus payment in this context; if so, the details of the case he made; if not, the reason; and if he plans to pursue the issue via the...

Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 air accident: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: .... All of those who opened their homes, their hearts and their lives to people coming from all over the country to assist in the search deserve great recognition and credit. Mayo County Council, An Garda Síochána, our Defence Forces, the Coast Guard units of Ballyglass, Killala and Achill, the RNLI and local medical personnel all rallied in the most extraordinary effort,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: ...the town councils by the Government that was in office between 2011 and 2016. This new structure will result in a further diminishment of community involvement in policing. I have also noted Garda Commissioner Drew Harris's concerns about the Bill. He normally takes on reform but he has said that this Bill would result in the seeping away of his authority as the most senior Garda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely. We all want that, but to have a world-class policing service we must have the confidence of An Garda, which, at all levels, is losing confidence in this Bill. The Minister has had interaction with the Commissioner but he appeared before the justice committee this week and used the phrases to which I referred so, obviously, he is not too convinced that there will be too many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Dara Calleary: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on and response to criticism by Garda superintendents of the proposed policing Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51417/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. Garda superintendents say the Bill will give more power to oversight bodies to deal with gardaí than An Garda Síochána has to deal with criminals. That is the kind of thing that is said for attention at annual conferences, but it is a very serious charge from a group of people who, as the Minister said, have co-operated with reform and are leaders in...

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

Dara Calleary: ...this island and every single member of those communities, but especially young people. There are the issues around social media and the impact that is having on our young people. I too commend An Garda Síochána on its work on the youth diversion programme and the youth awards. However, they need far greater support. There must be far greater co-ordination and cohesion. There...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 Jun 2021)

Dara Calleary: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the regulations and funding for Garda and community CCTV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29964/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 551. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to remove FEMPI cuts from retired members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19044/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1747. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the status of members of An Garda Síochána within the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out schedule given their important front-line role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1748. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received approaches from the Minister for Justice in relation to moving members of An Garda Síochána forward on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out schedule; if he considers this as important; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1091. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out to members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will increase the priority given to the force in the text of the challenges facing it in its daily duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1777/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Dara Calleary: ...representatives who may be approached by somebody looking for emergency accommodation. What resource and spaces are available there? I want to take this time to acknowledge and commend An Garda Síochána on its work through Operation Faoiseamh. It does extraordinary, often unheralded, work right across the country, particularly this year. I would like to see extra resources...