Results 41-60 of 391 for garda speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...such payments. This begs the question as to whether this is a common practice and if it extends to other public utility company. What does the Taoiseach and Government propose to do about it? Is An Garda Síochána involved? Will there be an investigation into this practice and will the Government set up a confidential reporting line so that those who may have been asked to...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...speak about children in particular. As I said, we have seen that 3,442 of those currently accessing emergency accommodation are children. No child should be in that situation of housing insecurity. No child should be faced with having to sleep rough or sleep on the streets. No child should be sent to a Garda station in the middle of the night for want of a place to go. No child should...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ..., unfortunately, is create unnecessary stigmatisation, particularly of young people. We are seeing so many prosecutions, arrests and convictions for possession for personal use. As others said, this is not a good use of Garda time. This is creating unnecessary stigmatisation for young people, in particular those in disadvantaged communities. In 2020 - a pandemic year - there were...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: .... I acknowledge the horror of the abuse perpetrated upon children in this way and the immense harm caused to survivors, their families and communities as a result. I stress the importance of the Garda continuing to investigate where alleged perpetrators are still alive. Last week, the Spiritans issued a public apology to victims and announced the initiation of a restorative justice...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I endorse his comments and his encouragement of anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse, in school or elsewhere, to report that matter to the Garda. I would also be glad to engage constructively with the Tánaiste and the Government on the structure of an inquiry. Survivors have contacted me to express their view that an inquiry and a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...current issues and a person against whom serious allegations of abuse have been made and who continues to live on the grounds of Blackrock College. I am not going to name the individual. The matter with the Garda, as it should be. The reality is that this is not just an historical issue. Not only are perpetrators still living who have evaded any sort of sanctions to date, but there are...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...caused will be with the area long after the physical debris is removed and the physical damage repaired or demolished, even after survivors have been physically healed. We are all conscious that the Garda investigation into what exactly happened is still ongoing. We have seen experts from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Analysis Service and Technical Bureau involved....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...to me about safety. One local resident spoke about someone having been arrested outside his house who was wielding a knife at 11 a.m. Clearly, therefore, a stronger response is required from the Garda. I have tabled several parliamentary questions on this matter. The Ministers for Justice; Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and Enterprise, Trade and Employment have...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...areas. I was in County Westmeath on Monday, in a wonderful community hall in Rochfortbridge. I heard about real concerns about rural degeneration there with the closure of post offices, banks, Garda stations and many of the other settings and community facilities where people would have had the face-to-face contact that is essential for a vibrant public realm and space. The report...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...intends to move back to a governance structure that would effectively replace the Policing Authority and reinstate what may amount to an old way of governance, namely, an internal, non-executive Garda board, to take responsibility for governance and to be reinvested with the power of appointments. Legitimate concerns about this model have been raised by experts such as Dr. Vicky Conway...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars and vans allocated to each Garda District in Dublin in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from each Garda District of Dublin in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14543/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that scammers in response to the launch of the Garda National Immigration Bureau new phone number are contacting applicants who previously sought their help with fake appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports of difficulties contacting the new 1800 phone number of the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3118/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that appointments with the Garda National Immigration Bureau are being booked and sold online by a non-authorised entity; the steps her Department has taken to investigate this matter since it was raised in a parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...urgent and practical Bill. Clearly, it is important that we have certainty and clarity in the law around outdoor hospitality for licensed premises. It simply was not good enough, either for the Garda or for those running such premises, to be told that it would be left to the discretion of gardaí. Nor, indeed, was it good for those seeking to partake of outdoor hospitality. My...

Seanad: Offences against the State Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (22 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...used. I believe all will agree with that. Similarly, if there is a consistent pattern of usage and if provisions have clearly become an important part of the package of measures available to the Garda, what is the purpose of the sunset clauses if we are simply almost routinely renewing them because we see they are being used routinely? These are questions that must be answered, and I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...reopened, but it is not satisfactory for those running premises or those seeking to enjoy hospitality on such premises to have a discretionary approach and to be unclear about what the licensing laws and Garda powers are. I join others in wishing everyone a happy Pride. I commend Senator Buttimer on his remarks. I welcome the rainbow crossings that Dublin City Council has instituted....

Seanad: Children Amendment Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (19 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...the experience of a young University College Cork, UCC, law student, Alicia O'Sullivan, who was a victim of image-based sexual abuse and identity theft, effectively. She reported the matter to the Garda under Coco's law and, unfortunately, did not receive a very empathetic or helpful reception.It reminds us that it is not only about passing legal reforms to assist victims but also the...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...work with Deputy Howlin on Coco's Law. I ask again, however, that we look again, in the light of the experience of a young UCC law student, Alicia O'Sullivan, as recounted at the weekend, at how gardaí who take complaints, particularly complaints relating to sexual abuse, including image-based sexual abuse, are trained to respond in an empathetic manner and then to refer to the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...of money laundering which is directly addressed in the legislation. Deputy Howlin raised on Second Stage in the Dáil the issue of resourcing of the enforcement bodies and I will refer to those briefly. We have the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, GNECB, formerly the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation, GBFI. I understand the GNECB is now the main entity that will oversee...