Results 1-7 of 7 for garda reserve speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...on 27 June that 540 personnel had left the service in the past five years and that because of an inadequate number of personnel, he had taken the decision to place two ships in an operational reserve capacity. In response to that information making its way into the public domain last weekend, the Minister of State with responsibility for defence, Deputy Paul Kehoe, dismissed it, as he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda Reserve in the Dublin metropolitan region north and Dublin metropolitan region north central by division, district and subdistrict, for each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [12878/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: As Deputy Burke established and the Chairman has confirmed, it is a reserved function for the Garda Síochána to make that decision, which brings us back to the point I made earlier that the political system - in this case the Cabinet or members thereof - intruded on a decision that rightfully should have been taken by the Garda. The Garda is the body to set criteria and decide...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...referral by State agencies – from industrial and reform schools, health and social services, county homes and psychiatric hospitals to the criminal justice system, including the Courts and An Garda Síochána. She has reminded us that some of these Magdalen women were sent to the laundries because they were unmarried mothers. Others were sent because they had physical or...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...If I have it, I spend it" approach did not serve this State very well. Annual budget announcements have traditionally been used by outgoing Governments as a pre-election giveaway with the harshest measures reserved for the beginning of a term in office. Multi-annual budgeting and medium-term budgetary processes are a step in the right direction. The legislation includes the necessary...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (31 Jan 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to lift the Garda recruitment ban following the loss of hundreds of gardaí from the force as a result of retirements up to and including 29 February 2012; and if he will confirm the number of these new recruits that will be drawn from the Garda Reserve. [5670/12]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the current numbers of gardaí in each Garda division and the corresponding number of Garda reserves for each division in tabular form and the number of gardaí stationed at Garda headquarters and at the Garda college in Templemore, County Tipperary. [16633/11]