Results 1-18 of 18 for garda reserve speaker:John Lahart

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

John Lahart: ...that the track record in previous years regarding the management of some of the colleges, and some of the so-called colleges, left a lot to be desired. At some stages it involved raids by various units of the Garda to check whether they were gold plate or silver plate businesses. There seems to be a significant degree of evidence now to suggest that many of those colleges have upped...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (14 May 2019)

John Lahart: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an advocate for the Garda Reserve has been established within An Garda Síochána as recommended by the commission on policing; if so, the role of same; and the success to date of the objective of advocating and promoting An Garda Síochána which has been achieved. [20577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (14 May 2019)

John Lahart: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken since the beginning of 2018 to achieve a greater role for the Garda Reserve within and without the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: ...have a strong track record of devising schemes to put money away. The much maligned former Minister, Charlie McCreevy, apart from having almost cleared the national debt, set up the National Pensions Reserve Fund and but for that, the crash would have been significantly worse. Those nettles that needed to be grasped for future generations were not grasped and have been delayed for...

Topical Issue Matters (4 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: ...) Deputies Michael McGrath and Margaret Murphy O'Mahony - to discuss waiting times for child autism spectrum disorder assessments in Cork; (2) Deputy Bríd Smith - to discuss the appointment of the Garda Commissioner; (3) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to develop bus services in rural parts of County Clare; (4) Deputy Willie Penrose - to ask the Minister of Finance what proposals his...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for a well read response. He says the distribution of gardaí is exclusively a matter for the Garda Commissioner, but he fails to explain why there is a huge increase relatively speaking in the Garda station in Portlaoise, one of the stations in the Minister's constituency. The Minister of State referred to Templemore, but its closure does not explain the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: It is a pity the Minister for Justice and Equality is not here. We want to highlight the decline in the number of front-line gardaí in Dublin, particularly over the past year or so. The figures tell us that Dublin has lost almost 100 gardaí since last year, despite what the Minister and the Government are telling us about increased resources and increased numbers. In real terms,...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: I will begin where my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, concluded, namely in public confidence in the gardaí. Irish confidence in the gardaí has been maintained quite consistently. It is testament to the standing in which An Garda Síochána is held but it is not infinite which the force can take for granted. I acknowledge and will elaborate on something which Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (4 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves in Dublin in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of Garda Reserves on duty since the formation of the government in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30857/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (4 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves that have been recruited since the formation of the government; the number that have left the force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30858/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (2 Feb 2017)

John Lahart: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members on duty nationally and in Dublin during December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (16 Dec 2016)

John Lahart: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the programme for Government commitment to double the numbers in the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40445/16]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: I welcome that, but we are still short when one compares the numbers, for example, in Limerick city and county with this metropolitan region. The number of gardaí serving in Limerick city and county is almost twice that of those serving in Tallaght and Rathfarnham. I appreciate that there is a great deal of investment in cars, and certainly they are visible around the constituency, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (21 Jul 2016)

John Lahart: 50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the target of 15,000 gardaí, as outlined in the programme for Government, includes Garda reserves or is it exclusive of Garda reserve numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits who have opted out of the Garda Síochána Reserve, by division, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (31 May 2016)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the Garda Reserve from 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the numbers of new recruits to the Garda Reserve in each of those years; the numbers that have left the reserve each year from 2010 to 2015; the gender breakdown of the Garda Reserve; and the numbers of reserve gardaí by Garda division, in tabular form. [12782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (31 May 2016)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs of the Garda Reserve since its establishment and the detail of these costs, in tabular form. [12783/16]

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

John Lahart: ..., which were varied, dealing with everything from the Government's response to the policing issues we have faced over recent years to the roots of crime. I have lived in the Rathfarnham Garda district for almost 52 years. Burglaries have risen in that district by an unprecedented 66% in the past year and a half. I have never witnessed anything like that spike in burglaries in my 26...