Results 21-40 of 200 for garda speaker:Seán Crowe

Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...areas should be inclusive spaces, but in many cases they are not. There is also clear evidence these bikes are being used by some to transport drugs within our communities. I would like the Garda to be empowered to be more proactive in tackling that through seizures, but that is part of the difficulty we have faced in the past. I recall raising the issue years ago with the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Seán Crowe: .... Some 29% reported sadness while 24% reported loneliness. Those are the highest levels since the surveys began. The Samaritans have been getting an unprecedented number of phone calls. The Garda has reported unprecedented levels of domestic violence. There are difficulties in getting space in a safe refuge for many people who are crying out for help. We know the pandemic has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2021)

Seán Crowe: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not vaccinating members of An Garda Síochána as front-line workers. [25245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Crowe: 1249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial value of cash and assets seized by An Garda Síochána as the proceeds of drug-related crime in the south-west area of Dublin in 2014. [14872/21]

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...involved the child's face superimposed on a graphic picture which went around the whole school. It often started in the school but ended up in the community. In some of the cases I know about the Garda was involved. The cases did not really go anywhere, however. There is an impact on the family and the victim. It will live with them for the rest of their days. The biggest worry...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...other Deputies referred. I can often hear that buzz from my garden as the bikes go up and down the road all day, seven days a week. It is particularly bad at the weekend. I have talked to the Garda about how I have witnessed incidents where scramblers have been used on main roads and in green spaces. There is any amount of video evidence of such activity. Other speakers have talked...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...of them in our laws and approach. Everybody would agree that we need to resource properly those who are tackling this. People will mention in this debate the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, and the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, and that we would allow them to be proactive in their fight against these gangs. One of the criticisms that many people have, particularly in the drugs...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...for months in our communities. People are looking for answers and the idea for tonight's debate is to have the Government focus on it and to look for action that will come as a response from the Garda. I appeal to the Minister of State to perhaps go off his script and address some of the issues affecting our communities. This is not an anti-Garda motion. We want to work with our...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...is to tie in the heating system in order that excess heat would go to the council, the local IT, and eventually Tallaght Hospital. The idea is to tie it into the heat coming from the square, the Garda station and so on, and to use that excess heat. The plan would save some 1,900 tonnes of carbon in that general area and heat 339 student units. We can do many positive things to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policy Functions (30 Jun 2020)

Seán Crowe: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she considers An Garda Síochána as falling under the aegis of his Department in respect of Government policy. [13615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 Jun 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...it is unwise and not safe to walk due to the use of scramblers, mopeds and quads in parks and greens; if his attention has further been drawn to the different approaches to this problem in different Garda divisions; and if there is a code or best practice being used in different areas. [10301/20]

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...have to live beside it. That is the other big problem. I asked in my initial contribution what one says to those people living beside this open drug dealing. Should one tell them to ring the Garda authorities? They will say they have done that, that they do it nightly but they do not get a response. They want to see this open drug dealing closed down. That is not unreasonable, no...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...Government's approach to open drug dealing in my constituency of Dublin South-West. This is a scourge on our communities and there is an inadequate and weak response from the Government and the Garda, which is more than aware of the extent of the problem but seems reluctant, perhaps for resource or operational reasons, to act and close it down. In many cases, it is happening in plain...

Litter Pollution (Amendment) (Dog Litter Control) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...person in charge of a dog in a public area to fail to produce a suitable bag or instrument to properly dispose of dog faeces when requested to do so by a dog warden, litter warden, or member of An Garda Síochána. I have co-signed this Bill with Deputy Funchion. The Litter Pollution (Amendment) (Dog Litter Control) Bill 2019 amends section 22 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997...

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014, with necessary adjustments to accommodate the specific military context. That Act provided for the establishment of a DNA database for use by An Garda Síochána and replaced the arrangements for the taking of samples for forensic testing. As Sinn Féin did with the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Wildlife Conservation (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Crowe: The wetlands in Seán Walsh Memorial Park were a vibrant, multilayered ecosystem more by accident than design. There was a murder in the area and the Garda needed to dredge it. Silt was taken from the pond and put on grassland which over a couple of years fostered the creation of an ecosystem. I was one of those involved in clearing the lake, removing plastic bags and so on. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Safety (17 Sep 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...to provide bodyguard services, armoured transportation, vehicle tracking and route planning for diplomatic staff; if so, the reason he is seeking private security assistance and not using An Garda Síochána or personnel from the Defence Forces for same; the value of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37236/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...attack on a taxi driver was shared online. That incident happened at 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday on the Malahide Road in Donnycarney in north Dublin and a man has handed himself into a north Dublin Garda station with regard to the attack. The Immigrant Council of Ireland has interviewed taxi drivers from various ethnic backgrounds and its report on the racist attacks noted that many of them...

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...need to focus our attention on Shannon Airport. An estimated 3 million US troops have passed through Shannon Airport since 2002. Like many others in this House, we have consistently raised the issue of the failure and the need for the Garda authorities to investigate and search flights carrying military personnel through Shannon. These foreign military airplanes are guarded by Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2019 to replace the boats in the Garda water unit. [9980/19]