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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

An Garda Síochána

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what measures have been put in place to address the unprecedented number of members resigning from An Garda Síochána. [17751/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have won the oral questions lottery this week. This question relates to the issue of Garda resignations, which I have raised a number of times. There were 147 resignations from An Garda Síochána last year, which was unprecedented. The Minister decided not to attend the Garda Representative Association, GRA, conference. That was an unsurprising move in the absence of an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am absolutely committed to working with all members of An Garda Síochána at all ranks and levels to address the issues of concern to them. That will continue, irrespective of any meetings this week or otherwise. I have made that very clear to the representative organisations. I am committed to working with the Garda Commissioner as well to make sure gardaí have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What gardaí are telling me is that it is not the job it used to be and that it is harder to do the job. There are people doing it now who want to leave and clearly the statistics back up what I am saying. There are also people who, in previous generations, would have wanted to enter the profession but do not want to do so now. We can see that in the difficulties we have had with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: It is important to note that policing is a career that people are choosing. Across the recruitment campaigns this year and last year, we had 11,500 people apply to join An Garda Síochána. At a time of full employment, that is a significant number of people who still want to join. Obviously, that does not negate the fact that people are leaving on the other side. As well as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Agreements (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Attorney General's advice is never published. In voting for the Lisbon treaty, we did so in the full knowledge that migration is an EU competence and that we can choose to opt into measures. We cannot opt out but we choose to opt in to these measures. There is nothing being forced upon us, so there is no need for a referendum. With the figures we have for the distribution, if we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (23 Apr 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Crime Prevention

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the establishment of a knife amnesty to help address the problem of knife crime. [17752/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister made a move towards addressing knife crime last week. Has she considered introducing an amnesty in this regard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: There are many complex and interlinked reasons for the use of knives in the commission of offences. When some young people feel unsafe or under threat there can be a temptation to carry knives. Incidents involving knives tend to increase this trend and there are certainly no quick-fix solutions to tackling this type of behaviour, which is long-standing over many generations. Long-term,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in what the Minister of State said. I am aware of an instance in the UK where a knife amnesty was initiated. A family member of someone who carries a knife or someone who is aware of a knife in a household avails of an opportunity to drop the knife into a box, be it in a community centre, a police station or somewhere else that is safe. This takes some knives out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: We have had a number of conversations about a knife amnesty. The evidence, from the UK in particular, shows that it can have a short-term and not extensive effect because knives are so readily replaceable. In terms of it being an awareness issue, we would have to be very careful about how to manage it, if it were to happen. We would need to ensure it did not engender fear in young people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not hung up on the idea of a knife amnesty. It was just something I wanted to tease out. We need a change in culture among young and not so young people to ensure the carrying of a knife is simply not acceptable in our society, is not needed and leads to harm. I am interested in listening to public awareness campaigns. I spoke to the Minister in a committee meeting earlier about a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: Twelve months ago, almost to the day, following a parliamentary exchange between the Minister and me, it was revealed that 13,138 knives had been seized by an Garda Síochána between 2016 and 2022. This is a 78% increase over the seven years. On the one hand, it shows the extraordinary proactivity of An Garda Síochána in managing to seize those knives. On the other hand,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: The difficulty with it just being an awareness campaign is that it could terrify more young people and they may end up carrying knives, which is the last thing we want to happen. There has been an increase, albeit not very significant, in knife carrying in the country. There was an amnesty here in 2006, but it was only to hand in knives that were about to become illegal. The evidence from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2024)

Legislative Measures

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to restate her intention to pursue the passing of hate crime legislation this year. [17753/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In the public sphere, the Minister has restated her commitment to hate crime legislation. In light of rumblings from Government backbenches and from the Opposition and of people abandoning their previous commitments to supporting hate crime legislation, will she now take the opportunity to speak to her own commitment to pass hate crime legislation?