Results 141-160 of 383 for garda speaker:Dara Calleary

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuel Fraud (18 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...plan in place or is it just when enforcement officers come across a tanker while driving around? How many encounters have we had throughout the summer? Specific retailers have been named to the Garda Síochána and the Customs and Excise. Has traceability from the retailer to the wholesaler been initiated? Has analysis of the traceability been initiated to get back to the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...were first made a number of years ago. Will he confirm that the allegations contained in the dossier were originally referred to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the Revenue Commissioners and the tribunals that were in place at the time in 2005? Will he also confirm again to the House the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (5 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to give more powers to the Garda Reserve, particularly in respect of public order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42392/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (5 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the process used by the Public Appointments Service recently to recruit new members to An Garda Siochána; if an online aptitude test was over relied on resulting in a large numbers of suitable candidates being eliminated; if more candidates should have been interviewed as part of this process; her views that in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (7 Oct 2014)

Dara Calleary: 290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide more powers to the Garda Reserve, particularly in respect of public order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (7 Oct 2014)

Dara Calleary: 291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the procedure used by the Public Appointments Service to recently fill the post of qualified instructor in the Garda equestrian centre in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8; if the initial successful candidate failed to pass the Garda vetting test in view of the fact that the person had a criminal record; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Numbers (30 Sep 2014)

Dara Calleary: 278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public service vehicle inspectors that are attached to An Garda Síochána, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (23 Sep 2014)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of petrol stretching; if his attention has been further drawn to the pressure being placed on the Garda to resolve a series of issues resulting from this practice; if his attention has also been drawn to the financial hardship being placed on motorists who through no fault of their own have lost considerable...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...where, following the publication of the findings from one of the four inquiries to which I refer, the Taoiseach might lose confidence in the Minister and, as was the case with Mr. Flannery and the former Garda Commissioner, say, "There is unease in Cabinet about you, Alan"? If the latter happens, that will be it and the Minister will be gone. The Taoiseach will not have put his name to...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Niall Collins for tabling this motion. It is extraordinary to think that a week ago a Garda Commissioner left office or was pushed out of office yet no opportunity was given to debate it. Were it not for the opportunity presented to us by the tabling of this motion we would not have a chance to do that. It is evident from the heckles that the press office has supplied the...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: ..., and the remarks of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, who called the Minister for what he is, we would not be here and would not have heard the apology to the Garda whistleblowers. The Minister was dragged kicking and screaming into the Chamber this week. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport shamed him into making the speech he has just made. His...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The speech is also an attempt to rewrite recent history. One would imagine from listening to it that the Minister is the most enthusiastic reformer of An Garda Síochána who ever walked the earth and that he is the best Minister since Ministers were invented, according to the Taoiseach and all those who defend him. He stated repeatedly, “if I ignored the allegations”....

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...an Gharda Síochána faoin gconspóid pointí pionóis Tá sé soiléir ón tuarascáil sin go raibh fadhbanna móra ann sa chóras pointí phionóis. Yesterday the report from the independent Garda Inspectorate clarified a number of matters concerning the penalty points issue. It is clear from the report that there is no evidence...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister abused the privileges of this House to seek to sully and destroy the reputation of a serving garda, but I suppose we should not be surprised because he also abused the privileges of his Ministry to try to damage the reputation of a Member of this House. The Taoiseach stated yesterday, "In so far as apologies are concerned, I have already said that the Minister for Justice and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...the work the Minister Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has just laid out. Why does he not say "Sorry"? Is it not in his dictionary? He has committed a serious wrong, and it has been proven by the Garda Inspectorate that the evidence of Garda McCabe is credible. The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, sees himself as a champion of trying to change the culture in the health service and...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: ..., there has been an enormous vacuum in the context of information relating to the allegations made and, unfortunately, because of that vacuum, the reputations of all the agencies involved - the Garda, GSOC and the Department - have been undermined. We cannot be expected to come to the House as public representatives and accept the view expressed by the Minister and the Taoiseach that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his 4 July 2013 announcement on the disposal of closed Garda stations the position regarding the plan; if estate agents have been appointed for all of the lots identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been transferred to or leased to community groups throughout the country for community facilities; the number of groups with whom the Office of Public Works is currently engaging regarding such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal including Garda numbers in 2011, 2012 and 2013 together with the future plans for the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/13]