Results 41-46 of 46 for garda speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...such incidents are for the local community. The programme for Government includes a commitment to attach a higher priority to community policing and, within available resources, a higher Garda visibility in the local neighbourhoods worst affected. The Garda Síochána operates a model of community policing that builds upon and enhances good community policing practice. Clear objectives...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Sep 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...handling, treasury planning, safety and risk planning / monitoring, accident investigation and follow up, strategic direction, severe weather planning and liaison, Irish language, data protection, Gardaí and emergency service liaison, quality of standards setting, ensuring implementation of International best practice, regional co-ordination, etc. An apportionment of the total charge to...

Seanad: Garda Recruitment (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. Due to the mismanagement of the economy by the previous Government the current situation in this country is that the resourcing of An Garda Síochána, and indeed the public service as a whole, has been very seriously eroded. Our overall position is that the State is now dependent on funding from the ECB and IMF to meet its...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: .... He added that scrutiny is a key role of Parliament and argued that the full implications of the legislation needed to be teased out and ventilated. The Minister, Deputy Gormley, spoke on the Garda Síochána Bill from the Opposition benches in June 2005 when he stated that rushed legislation was always bad legislation. I ask Senators from the Green Party to take on board their own...

Seanad: Tourism Sector: Statements (21 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...evening and never saw the place so deserted. All that was missing was tumbleweed. At 6.30 p.m. all upstairs bars and shops were shut. I could only see one other person on the whole floor, the garda on duty at the departure door and maybe 20 people downstairs including staff. The concern voiced by the contributor is real. It is reflected in the many calls I have received from people in...

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...guidelines. Eleven years later, half of local health offices do not have proper local procedures or have only recently drawn them up. Eleven years later there is no 24-hour access available for gardaí or social workers to the child protection notification system. It is particularly shocking, in light of the revelations of the past decade, that the Ombudsman's report documents the...