Results 61-80 of 383 for garda speaker:Dara Calleary

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...show how the strategic communications unit will save money. So far, it has not and there is no indication that it ever will. Is it a virtue that instead of dealing with one of the biggest crises facing An Garda Síochána and the verifiability of its statistics for drink-driving and crime, that the Taoiseach wanted a communications campaign surrounding the role of the Garda? In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (28 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) of An Garda Síochána in County Mayo. [10426/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (28 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) of An Garda Síochána in County Mayo. [10426/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...to burnt toast - it was not just toast but burnt toast - I encourage them to go to an accident and emergency department on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night and see the real impact of alcohol. Gardaí, nurses and emergency personnel have been assaulted while doing their jobs by people with too much alcohol on board. People cannot take too much burnt toast but they can take an awful...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...the civil and public service, but I will leave that to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's judgment. The Minister might clarify issues surrounding the application of this agreement to members of An Garda Síochána. Will they get the full benefit of this agreement or are they subject to a different deal, as was agreed through the Labour Court process?

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...As my time is limited, I will focus on a few of them. The flexibility of our public service was most evident in Mountmellick last week, when members of the Civil Defence, local authority staff, Army personnel, gardaí and welfare staff mobilised overnight to provide an effective on-site response to a serious situation that was developing. I could mention some other initiatives, such...

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. We need boots on the ground. The extra allocation of gardaí is welcome. In Mayo, we need to take account of the presence of the international airport and to allow extra gardaí to be stationed there. We need to upgrade Swinford Garda station to a 24-hour facility. It is in the middle of the county in east Mayo where there is no 24-hour station. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...there are many others - and his family has been left without the benefit of a pension. This weekend last year, the Tánaiste made a statement on a Labour Court recommendation relating to the Garda and referred to "the Government's long-standing respect for the rulings of the Labour Court as the independent industrial relations body of last resort in the State". That is how she...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...approach to securing our arts. Our Department of Education and Skills needs to be involved in terms of securing the values of the next generation so they understand the importance of arts and culture. The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation needs to be involved in providing support for those seeking to develop their businesses. The Department of Transport, Tourism and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (3 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself with the operation of the Garda compensation scheme; if his attention has been drawn to delays in payment of amounts awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41657/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...in respect of the allocation of €170 million. The Minister has form in this area. He presented a budget last October and three weeks later €50 million was found out of nowhere to allocate to a Garda issue. A number of months later another sum of money was found to bring forward certain provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement. We are here as the Committee on Budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (4 Jul 2017)

Dara Calleary: 525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on whether it is appropriate for Transport Infrastructure Ireland to overrule local Garda advise on speed limits on stretches of road (details supplied) in view of the fact that local Garda advice is based on local knowledge of past accidents and the potential for future accidents; his plans to review the powers of...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...failing the State, it is other arms of the Department of Justice and Equality by putting things in front of the judges that maybe should not be there in the first place or by the management and challenges facing An Garda Síochána. Is it not extraordinary that the new Minister's first major legislative outing is nothing to do with the reform of An Garda Síochána, given...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo; and his further plans to restore garda numbers at this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30639/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (20 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 857. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a garda compensation case (details supplied). [28486/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda compensation case (details supplied). [20899/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...owing to continual upward revisions in spending. It quoted every expenditure report since 2012. To give an example, the Minister did some public service pay deals on the hoof, including the Garda pay deal and bringing forward increases under the Landsdowne Road agreement. At the Committee on Budgetary Oversight last week we questioned his Secretary General about where the money for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the Garda information technology; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the PPP investment to deliver a number of new Garda stations and facilities; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for doubling the level of investment in the Garda fleet; the amount spent to date; the number of vehicles added to the fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18819/17]