Results 61-80 of 200 for garda speaker:Seán Crowe

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Seán Crowe: ..., The Global Island, references neutrality only twice. The recent and ongoing court case of Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly has done us all a public service. Like other Deputies, both have consistently raised the issue of the failure of and the need for the Garda authorities to investigate and search flights carrying military personnel through Shannon Airport. The ongoing court...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs-related Deaths (5 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: .... I do not know if it is being discussed at Cabinet level. The people affected are from communities similar to the one in which I live. Many of those active in drug prevention and rehabilitation, the Garda Síochána and other service users believe the number of drug-related deaths is much higher. The number of deaths in 2012 was 633, which is a slight decrease on the number...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...several years ago. She had started work at 14 years of age, ending up working in the Civil Service. She was single and very proud. In her late 70s, she took out a loan because she had been advised by the Garda to get more secure windows and an alarm system in her house after it had been broken into on two separate occasions. She was convinced by the bank to take out a loan for more...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Trade Union Recognition (9 Dec 2014)

Seán Crowe: 245. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to provide trade union rights for pay and negotiations to PDFORRA, similar to the rights EU courts stipulated the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors should have and as the right to withdraw labour is not being sought by PDFORRA; if this process could be advanced quicker. [47241/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (9 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...if she will provide detailed breakdown of break-ins, burglaries and crime in the Ballycragh, Ballycullen and Firhouse areas of County Dublin; and if the results indicate a need for a more overt Garda presence in these communities. [38708/14]

Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: ..., for many people school was not a very happy period in their lives. I have met people on the doorsteps who are not happy, particularly those who have literacy problems. There used to be a garda on the door. Voters have to go in and present identification, and for people who have never voted, it is not very welcoming. It would be more welcoming to have polling stations in the community...

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...from psychosis. She told me how he had beaten down the door, assaulted her and even threatened to rape her. What does one say to a mother in that situation? Should one advise her to telephone the Garda Síochána or to seek out professional help that might not be available? These are the types of difficulties facing people on a daily basis. Deputy Ellis spoke about families...

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...a matter of one or two individuals affected in Ireland. This needs to be examined. The current regime, apart from requiring a mother to adopt her own child, wastes resources. Families must be vetted by the Garda, and social workers must call out. The child has to be shown a photograph of his or her own parents to prove their identity. If this is how we enact legislation, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Apr 2014)

Seán Crowe: 444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if phone calls in Kildare Garda stations were taped and recorded as reported in the media; and if he will provide a breakdown of the stations that were targeted. [15348/14]

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

Seán Crowe: ...given today and the Minister’s apology, should he have access to the system again? The Taoiseach has said he sent the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality to meet the Garda Commissioner. I presume it was because he was concerned by what he had heard about the recordings in the Attorney General’s report. Why did the Attorney General brief the...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Crowe: .... There is a difficulty there. Even the small stimulus package put forward by the Government is causing problems. Drug dealing is increasing in towns and cities across Ireland. We have seen the Garda response and there have been huge successes in my constituency. However, drugs of all types are being sold openly only a couple of hundred yards away so that is a difficulty, a...

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...on this issue. If there is a problem there, he is telling us, there is already legislation in place that covers it. Our information is the opposite to that. The Minister of State said that gardaí have told him they do not recommend the approach we are proposing. Will he indicate the ranks of those gardaí? There is clearly a disconnect between the gardaí , of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland - Time to Deal with the Past: Amnesty International (6 Mar 2014)

Seán Crowe: .... Families in the State have initiated investigations by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland in respect of the failings of the RUC, yet there is no similar system for a GSOC investigation of the Garda Síochána. The same applies to historic inquiries. People have difficulties with that. There is a lack of support to victims and victims' advocates. Should we look at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. There are a number of issues. Looking at the television, I know what they are talking about in respect of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, policing and so on. When the Good Friday Agreement came about, it was supposed to be something that was not just set in stone, but something organic that would grow and that we would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (20 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...a breakdown of the amount of burglaries reported to be carried out in the Greenhills area of Dublin 12 in the past six months, per week; if there has been an increase in recent weeks; and the extra Garda resources, if any, are being deployed to deal with the problem. [8757/14]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...into who was conducting real time surveillance of GSOC. Nuala O'Loan, who was the first Police Ombudsman in the North, has made clear her view that GSOC lacks the necessary powers to hold the Garda properly to account. The views of the former Police Ombudsman are shared by Sinn Féin. From its inception, the relationship between some elements of An Garda Síochána and GSOC...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion with Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...Ombudsman's office to talk about pursuing investigations that the RUC was supposed to have performed in the past and its actions or inaction. There is no similar mechanism whereby people can go to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Can Ms Stone make recommendations to the two Governments on dealing with such issues?

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...processed by the office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. This entails a review of the RUC's investigation or, in most cases, its failure to investigate. These families cannot do the same with regard to Garda investigations as the Ombudsman’s office in this State does not have the powers with regard to historic actions or inactions of the Garda. The funding to Justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Crowe: One difficulty that used to arise involved people going to the local Garda station but the garda not recognising them. Is that it still a problem? There is a view that the garda will only know the person if he is a criminal. That is the answer most people give. Is that a difficulty? How can we address that? There is an issue with photographs on passports. We have heard about people...

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Crowe: ...should remain in a home. She was given to the care of Bethany Home. In January 1940, The Irish Times and Irish Independent published articles stating it was reported in the High Court that the Garda were in the habit of sending any homeless Protestant girl to Bethany Home. The evidence of State involvement goes deeper. In 1939, then deputy chief medical officer for the Government Dr....