Garda Síochána (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Garda Síochána - College - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Public Accounts Committee published a report of its examination of matters in relation to financial procedures at the Garda College, Templemore on 18 July last. It follows from the Interim Audit Report prepared by the Garda Internal Audit Section of An Garda Síochána and publis...

Garda Síochána - College - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the action he will take in relation to the findings and recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts report on Templemore specifically those that relate to his department. [Q. No(s) 30 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Community - policing

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 24 together. Community policing is at the heart of An Garda Síochána. It provides a means of recognising that every community – both urban and rural – has its own concerns and expectations. I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the...

Garda Síochána - Community - policing

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of dedicated community gardaí in the service of An Garda Síochána for each of the past seven years; the number of dedicated community gardaí in the Cork city garda district for each of the past seven years; and the commitment of his department to the national model of ...

Garda Síochána - Community - policing

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when the new community policing teams will be in place in each garda district as outlined in An Garda Síochána's modernisation and renewal programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 24 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Criminal Assets Bureau - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the extent to which the assets of major criminal gangs are confiscated on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 126 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Criminal Assets Bureau - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy may know, Ireland operates both conviction and non-conviction based models for the confiscation of proceeds of crime. In so far as the conviction based model is concerned, the confiscation and forfeiture of criminal assets is the responsibility of the Office of the D...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 44 together. I should say at the outset that the distribution of Gardaí is exclusively the statutory responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. I can say however that this Government is committed to ensuring a strong and visible police pre...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources unde...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, and I as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that personnel assigned through...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the number of gardaí in each garda station in the Dublin northern division and in the Dublin western division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to each division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [Q. No(s) 6 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the number of gardaí in each garda station in the Dublin southern division and in the Dublin eastern division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to each division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [Q. No(s) 14 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...the number of gardaí in each garda station in the Dublin north central division and in the Dublin south central division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to each division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [Q. No(s) 21 to Minister for Justice and Equa...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I will address Ceist Uimh. 6. Will the Minister outline the number of new recruits assigned to the Dublin north division and the Dublin west division, as of 30 September 2017, since recruitment resumed in 2014? The reason is that in the north Dublin and west Dublin area, especially the...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 14 and 21 together. I welcome Deputy Darragh O'Brien to Question Time in the justice area. I am more accustomed to engagement with him in the foreign affairs arena. I also welcome his question. I should say the distribution of gardaí is exclusivel...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply and look forward to going through the items per station in tabular format. I have raised this question because I have a concern about the equitable distribution of resources. The Minister has said it is a matter for Garda management. I...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I have made the figures available to the Deputy. They include areas of importance to the Deputy, including Balbriggan, Lusk, Skerries, Ballymun, Dublin Airport, Santry, Coolock, Malahide, Swords, Raheny, Clontarf and Howth. I am happy to be able to make the information available immedi...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I very much appreciate the fact that the Minister has given me the figures. I wish to set out some examples. Let us consider the Malahide district which includes the Garda stations in Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy. The population is 27,000 as per the last census. There are no co...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] I have been informed by the acting Commissioner that since the reopening of the Garda College in September 2014, close to 1,400 recruits have been attested as members of An Garda Síochána and assigned to mainstream duties nationwide, 631 of whom have been assigned to the Dublin metropoli...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the Garda per capita figure for each county. [Q. No(s) 109 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, and I as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter. I am advised by the Garda Commissioner that recent census data is curr...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if consideration is being given to a substantial increase in resources for the Cavan Monaghan garda division in view of the policing needs of this border division and additional demands that may arise for the security services due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if particular consideration will be given to the policing needs of the Cavan Monaghan garda division in the allocation of garda resources in view of the long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction and the reduction in garda personnel since 2010; and if he will make a statem...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of gardaí in each garda station in the Cork city division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [Q. No(s) 31 to Minister for Justice and Equality ]

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when the additional gardaí and resources committed to north County Kildare will be deployed with particular reference to areas that have been experiencing increasing incidences of anti-social behaviour and disturbances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the ma...

Garda Síochána - Deployment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the extent to which extra garda personnel are likely to be deployed throughout the country in accordance with demographic requirements and crime levels; the extent to which deployment is likely to take place in the next twelve months to address the most serious identifiable short...

Garda Síochána - Equipment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to supply additional funding to the garda air support unit; the garda helicopters that An Garda Síochána currently has; the make, model and year of purchase of the fleet by aircraft; his plans to dispose of these assets and purchase a modern fleet; and if he will make a...

Garda Síochána - Equipment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the allocation of Garda resources in the State and I, as Minister, have no role in relation to the matter. I would draw the attention of the Deputy to the fact that this is a time of unprecedented investment ...

Garda Síochána - Garda Commissioner - appointment

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Questions] As the Deputy is aware, the Policing Authority, under section 9 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, has responsibility for nominating persons for appointment by the Government to the post of Garda Commissioner. This will be the first time that the new legislative process will b...