Results 41-60 of 487 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (22 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...the Minister said, Tusla has been in place for five years now. As I said at the time, many officials were simply hived off from the HSE and left to their own devices. Parents deal with Tusla, An Garda Síochána and the courts by themselves. The Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice is a group that has come together because its members are not getting a fair crack of...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Mattie McGrath: That is what I am doing. I am just pointing to where the rot really set in. It was at the top, as we know. It was not due to the garda on the beat or in the squad car doing his or her job. There is rot at the top that must be sorted out and the issue must be depoliticised. I am simply pointing out that if other Ministers had taken those actions, they would not have got away with it. It...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: ...that hooded men, accompanied by unmuzzled dogs, are trespassing across lands, including those of other landowners. The second piece of legislation I want to ask the Taoiseach about also involves the Garda. A former eminent Supreme Court judge last week used a member of the Garda to promote an issue in the forthcoming referendum. It is despicable. Gardaí have to be, and have...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: ...the Minister and I am delighted that she was reappointed to this portfolio. She has made a vast improvement since she took it over. We have a very sanitised relationship with her, as does the Garda Síochána, unlike some of her predecessors, the one previous to her especially. We need a Garda Síochána force. We have been proud of it since the inception of the...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...but criticism from such bodies means we should reflect on this matter. It should not be a matter of tokenism when we come in here annually to approve these processes for another year. The Garda Síochána needs our full support and respect, and that should work both ways. Respect is a two-way street. I do not blame the Minister in particular but if he is serious, he should...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: In light of the Cabinet's approval today of a limited number of assistant Garda commissioners, when will approval be given for the appointment of the front-line positions of Garda sergeants and inspectors, who are badly needed on the ground to co-ordinate all daily and nightly operations.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Morale is seriously low in An Garda Síochána. Will the Tánaiste speak to the Garda Commissioner about this because the real story is not getting to the top echelons or across to the Minister for Justice and Equality?

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am sorry, it is the criminal records information system Bill. How is the Garda to comply with such legislation if it cannot find the report? A full report must be filed for every manned checkpoint. If the Garda cannot find such reports-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (5 Nov 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 828. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the application process for members of the public to join An Garda Síochána to prioritise those members of the Garda Reserve whose members are fully attested and have completed their two year probation period. [47039/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (6 Nov 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who did not pass the verification tests that formed stage three of the Garda recruitment process; and the further plans in place to increase the recruitment numbers to An Garda Síochána. [42683/14]

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Page 97 of the programme for Government contains many aspirations regarding Garda resources and policing. A very unsavoury incident happened in Corofin, County Clare, last week, and such distasteful incidents occur regularly. Members of An Garda Síochána accompanied men in balaclavas and an agent of a sheriff-----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is. We always hear bad new stories. I compliment Garda Superintendent Pat O'Connor, local Garda Eddie Nugent and everybody involved in returning that prized animal to his home.

Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The many of us who met Sergeant McCabe were aware that counsel for An Garda Síochána were raising serious matters of false allegations against Sergeant McCabe, which are in the public domain, in an effort to discredit his position in An Garda Síochána.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Reorganisation (3 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Minister satisfied that sufficient consultation with members of the Garda representative associations occurred prior to the Garda restructuring proposals being published and will he make a statement on the matter? I am told by the organisations that there was no consultation with them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Comhairle, Peter Finnegan, Elaine Gunn, and the whole team here, everybody in the community, for what has been done during this difficult year and wish them well for Christmas. I also thank the Garda Síochána who are outside in all weathers minding us. It has been a trying year. There are fabulous plans and designs for Clonmel Garda station which are on public display. We...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...people provided a community centre and provide for their families and community in the excellent parish of Powerstown Lisronagh and the town of Clonmel and beyond. We have an appalling lack of gardaí in Clonmel. It is historic. To give a comparison with Kilkenny, on any given day or shift, there would be 12 or at least ten gardaí in Kilkenny whereas we have four, five or six in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the rules governing Garda vetting (details supplied) in order to avoid needless duplication of vetting processes, the wasteful allocation of Garda resources associated with this duplication practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (15 Jan 2014)

Mattie McGrath: ...Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the relevant legislation in relation to deleting the provision scrapping the €400 contribution which was payable to self-employed members of the Garda Reserve by the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1443/14]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...enormous. It could take seven, eight or even ten years before some Circuit Court cases are held. That type of predicted longevity is not good. I am not hung up on the question of whether a garda acting as a court presenter must be a sergeant, as proposed in the Sinn Féin amendment, but I would say any participating garda should, obviously, have some relevant experience of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the issue of the new Garda station for Clonmel. This issue has been going on for more than 50 years. I have been raising it for 16 years since I was elected to the Dáil. We now have a site, planning and design for a splendid new Garda station, but for some strange reason - I believe there is a window of opportunity now - it has been bundled with another Garda station, which we...