Results 1-20 of 1,131 for justice speaker:Pearse Doherty

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...changed the lives of so many forever, and not just those who were killed or injured. I want to acknowledge the presence, as my colleagues have, of some of the families of the victims. The Justice for the Forgotten group has done so much in its campaign for truth and justice over the years. It is now undisputed, except by those who have a modus operandi to hide the truth and frustrate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for inquests, per county, for the past five years, in tabular form; the number of coroners, per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20105/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Sanctions (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: .... Worse still, it does so with foreign money and weapons of war. We are not bystanders. Ireland can and should act in solidarity with the Palestinian people in defence of human rights and justice and holding Israel to account for its war crimes. It is time for the European Union to impose economic and financial sanctions on the State of Israel to ensure it pays a price for its war...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...were involved in the murder of Sean Brown and that up to 25 people can be linked by intelligence to that murder. I commend the family of Sean Brown, who have remained steadfast in their pursuit of justice and the truth for more than 27 years. Revelations of collusion between MI5 and loyalists this week resulted in the coroner halting the inquest. The coroner did so because MI5 has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a public inquiry clear to the British government; what steps the Irish Government is taking to aid the family in their quest for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/24]

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...case. This case was concerned with the processes and procedures used by the WRC, when it adjudicates on employment-related disputes. The Supreme Court judgment found that the WRC's adjudication processes amounted to an administration of justice for the purposes of Article 34.1 of the Constitution with, therefore, ramifications for a number of issues, including the holding of public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is considering the establishment of a shared fraud information database to permit financial service providers to share information on accounts or payments which are suspected or known to result from fraudulent activity; if her Department is considering legislative provisions to give effect to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Tusla have not yet committed to a budget for the Donegal Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre for the following year, if she can provide any assurances to staff who still await confirmation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4978/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...that the Government allow this so they can share live information with the Garda regarding fraud. It is bonkers that we do not have that, and that legislation has not come from the Department of Justice in that regard. Despite the fact that other jurisdictions have taken action to sanction online platforms that host fraudulent content scams, there has been no action here whatsoever.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, it is for the Department of Justice. Let us share the information about fraud.

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...a trace of morality or respect for human life. Sinn Féin stands with the Palestinian people. Ireland stands with the Palestinian people. Our support for the cause of Palestinian freedom and justice has never wavered and has never been stronger. It is time for this Dáil and this Government to stand with them and hold the Israeli Government, a government fuelled by racist...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1035. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; how many are assigned to each Garda station; how many are fluent in Irish; how many vacancies there are, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56856/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Given Fine Gael's disastrous handling of policing and justice and the reduction in the number of gardaí we have also seen in County Donegal, whether you look at the figures from 2002, 2012 or the past three years the numbers for our county have gone down. On top of that more than one in ten is out sick. These are either people who have been assaulted or injured in the course of their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the shortage of Irish-speaking gardaí working in County Donegal and in Gaeltacht regions; if any plans have been put in place to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54263/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that the Minister of State has put new information on the record. I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice, which gave me the breakdown of every Garda station in the Gaeltacht regions, including County Donegal. It comprised more than 300 gardaí in County Donegal and suggested there were only nine with Gaelic as a native language or with proficiency. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 244 and 245 of 1 June 2023, the number of reported cases made to An Garda Síochána with respect to financial fraud; the number of cases investigated with respect to same; the number of cases closed with conviction with respect to same; the value of money recovered with respect...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 244 and 245 of 1 June 2023, the number of reported cases made to An Garda Síochána with respect to authorised push payment fraud; the number of cases investigated with respect to same; the number of cases closed with conviction with respect to same; the value of money recovered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Preventing Bid Rigging in the Public Procurement Process: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...five years after the review. Is there a serious issue in terms of Departments not taking these matters seriously? This same Hamilton review called for an anti-fraud strategy in the Department of Justice, but four years on we still do not have it even though thousands of people are being scammed. The scams are increasing. We do not even have an anti-fraud strategy that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (5 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he or officials from his Department have held with companies (details supplied) regarding the fraudulent content with respect to financial fraud and scams on their platforms in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [53849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a public inquiry clear to the British Government; the steps the Irish Government is taking to aid the family in their quest for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/23]