Results 21-40 of 504 for garda speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday we heard extraordinary accounts from senior civilian executives of An Garda Síochána in respect of the Garda Training College in Templemore. To say that the set up has been reflected as shambolic and toxic is to use very mild terms. On the Tánaiste's behalf, the Taoiseach committed that she would come to the Dáil to make a statement about the irregularities,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday marked the beginning of the annual 16 Days campaign opposing violence against women and girls. I want to raise with the Taoiseach a significant delay in the delivery of two important Garda reforms in the area of domestic and gender-based violence. In November last year, the Minister for Justice and Equality told the Dáil that the roll-out of specialised units working with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is completely at odds with what the two gardaí say. They say that in March 2012 they informed the internal Garda confidential recipient and senior Garda management of what they saw as a malpractice or abuse of the system. They have also said that their names were attached to this allegation. They came forward in good faith and they went through the appropriate system and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...child, her experience of growing up in an industrial school and then, in 1983, how she landed her dream job, and the pride she felt, walking through the gates of Templemore to become a member of An Garda Síochána. By all accounts, she was an effective garda. She was described as honest, dependable and willing. Of course, she was not to have a successful career in An Garda...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A report published in the Irish Independentpresents in very stark terms the recruitment and retention crisis in An Garda Síochána. One in four Garda stations has seen a drop in staff, and 42 stations have no gardaí permanently assigned to them. In my constituency of Dublin Central we have lost 30 gardaí in the past year. The truth is that the Taoiseach's Government has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope we would all accept that the critical building block for a policing service for our future is actually the people working within the service, in other words, the gardaí themselves. The Taoiseach's response did not reflect the fact gardaí are resigning in increasing numbers, with nearly three times the number resigning from the force last year when compared with 2017....

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In 2015, Garda Tony Golden was shot dead and Ms Siobhán Phillips, his partner at the time, was also shot and grievously injured by an individual known to An Garda Síochána, Crevan Mackin. Four days after the shooting Deputy Gerry Adams was in receipt of disturbing information as regards this individual and his relationship with An Garda Síochána. He wrote to the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: No review or inquiry, no matter how robust or comprehensive, will be successful in addressing the dysfunctionality at the heart of the Garda while Nóirín O'Sullivan remains in office. It is as simple and clear cut as that. She has presided over a litany of catastrophes and her position is untenable. In no other walk of life would this be a matter for debate. The Commissioner...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to prioritising the prevention and reduction of crime by providing investment in An Garda Síochána. Last week, my colleague, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien, raised with the Taoiseach the crisis in Garda resources in Cork city and referred to reports showing that just two gardaí were available for patrol on one particular night. He asked the...

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... What I have said and what Mr. Justice O'Neill set out is the rationale for a commission of investigation that is largely, if not exclusively, focused on the actions and activities of the former Garda Commissioner and the current Garda Commissioner. As a matter of good procedure in the pursuance of protecting everybody's rights, including Sergeant McCabe's and the other whistleblower, it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...facts on the record of the Dáil in relation to his drink-driving incident but, unfortunately, he has failed to do that. We now have an unprecedented situation where a Minister is disputing the Garda PULSE record of a drink-driving offence he was involved in and looking to have that record changed. Last week in his personal statement, the Minister stated he was "conscious that a...

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is no doubt that the closure of almost 100 Garda stations today represents a serious blow to rural Ireland in particular but also to some urban communities. These are the very communities which have already suffered under the cuts regime of this and the previous Government. We have seen in recent weeks and months a spate of burglaries targeting vulnerable and elderly people. For many...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the future of policing and justice in the State is at a crossroads. Public confidence in the management of An Garda Síochána has been shattered by scandal after scandal and there is a flagrant lack of accountability and a detached arrogance among the top brass. The extent of the damage done to the Garda cannot be overestimated - it is immense. This issue is bigger than...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of public sector workers, as well as their right to make a determination on the agreement and its cutbacks, how is it the Minister for Justice and Equality is so hell-bent on silencing members of the Garda Síochána, be they rank and file or sergeants, if they are critical of the strategy pursued by the Government? Of course, the particularities of any disciplinary issue with the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of these issues. However, for the purposes of today's discussion, I am more concerned with what the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, knew. He has confirmed that he did, in fact, know about the Garda PULSE record and that there was an allegation that the Minister had sought to evade a Garda checkpoint. He has confirmed that he knew that information as or before the Minister was making...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Party to the motion has been predictable, I would say depressingly predictable. They level an accusation at Members on this side of the Dáil that we set out to disrespect the men and women of An Garda Síochána. They level an accusation at those of us on this side of the House that we question the integrity of a member of the Judiciary. They make valiant efforts to dismiss...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...with our role and our responsibilities. Let me reiterate: we will get to the bottom of all of this. Let me also tell the Tánaiste that we and, more importantly, the internal audit function of An Garda Síochána have already established the facts. These facts, which are accepted by the Garda Commissioner, are that 50 bank accounts were opened by An Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he and the Garda Síochána have identified the increasing problem of prescription drugs being sold illegally; and the measures he and the Garda Síochána are taking to address this problem. [12737/11]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy of the Gardaí on the use of strip searching; if any garda has ever been disciplined for misuse of strip searches; and the penalty they received as a result. [22677/12]

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: At the 2010 Garda Representative Association conference, its president, Mr. Michael O'Boyce, criticised the reduction in Garda numbers and the Fianna Fáil justice spokesman, Deputy Niall Collins, called for him to be removed from the force by the then Commissioner.