Results 41-60 of 81 for garda speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the new Garda roster resulting in members who witness passport applications being unavailable over multiple subsequent days and that this is leading to applicants being obliged to submit new witness forms and unduly delaying the processing of applications; his proposals to address the matter; and if he will make a...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...city, just as for months before that, she had told us that Dublin city centre was safe. No amount of mud-slinging by the Government will take away from the facts of its failure. There are fewer gardaí on our streets and fewer Garda stations in our communities than there were when Fine Gael came to power 12 year ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...is satisfied that it has the resources to carry out its work efficiently. It should also outline the basis of the action that has resulted the letters being sent out. We should also write to An Garda Síochána seeking an update on that action and its impact on GSOC.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultation carried out with An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice and Equality, the Defence Forces, and the Department of Defence with regard to the draft EU Commission regulation amending Annex 27 to EC Regulation No 1907/2006; if all materials, correspondence, briefings and reports relating to such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...involved in a fund before it enters into an agreement with them? Would it ensure there was nothing untoward or that no constituent party of any fund had been found in breach of the Central Bank or Garda fraud, either domestically or internationally?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Security Clearance (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...for personal security clearance received from those not employed by a Government Department or body under the aegis of a Government Department; the number of which were subsequently directed to an Garda Síochána in each of the years 2019 to date; the average processing time, by category, academic, enterprise, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...for personal security clearance received from those not employed by a Government Department or body under the aegis of a Government Department; the number of which were subsequently directed to An Garda Síochána via the Department of Justice in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form, by category (academic, enterprise); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Regulations (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultation carried out with An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice, the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence with regard to the draft EU Commission regulation amending Annex 17 to EC Regulation No. 1907/2006 to ban the use lead gunshot over and within 100 metres of Ramsar defined wetlands; if she...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: If I recall correctly, and obviously I was not a member of the committee, but the Garda and-or the Department indicated that they would not fulfil the financial element of their examinations entirely until GSOC had completed its report. That is why the committee had contacted GSOC for an update in the first instance. Considering they said in January that they were at a latter stage of their...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...conveyed to him or her. Mr. Gridziuska was in breach of multiple bail conditions of multiple courts. A short period before Shane was killed, Mr. Gridziuska was actually stopped by members of the Garda. He was the passenger in the car in which he was travelling. That car was unroadworthy. None of the individuals in the car was adequately insured to drive it and they were well known to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...director of Irish operations. The Central Bank fined those Irish operators €443,000 last year, which is not ancient history, because they had failed to submit a fraud report either to the Garda or Revenue over a two-month period. Would Coillte consider such an incident to be reason enough not to enter in to a construct with a company with that type of track record?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a report here from The Sunday Timesby the journalist Mr. Mark Tighe, which says that the Garda Commissioner "revoked fines and findings of negligence against two of the three gardaí who faced disciplinary sanctions over their handling of prosecutions against a Lithuanian driver who killed Shane O'Farrell.". Shane O'Farrell was a young man from my home town who was killed in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...first instance in health terms. It is clear from reading the reports that there will be a significant financial outlay in potential legal proceedings and in the resolution of the matters. There is a Garda investigation and a review ongoing but this is not the first time we have had a case like this. In fact, our health services are littered with stories and scandals of this nature. ...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...prayers are with those who remain in hospital. The events at the school last Thursday were horrendous. I commend those who came to the scene and demobilised the attacker, the emergency services, na gardaí, the fire service and the ambulance crews who were first on the scene. Their collective efforts undoubtedly saved lives. Above all else, we hope that those who were injured and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...Shane was killed by a man who should have been in prison at the time and five years since the Dáil and Seanad adopted resolutions calling for an independent public inquiry into the actions of An Garda Síochána and other State agencies both before and after Shane's death. The Taoiseach's Government at the time ignored those resolutions and instead established a scoping...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: Dublin is clearly underpoliced. There are not enough gardaí in our capital city and I do not think anyone disputes that after last Thursday. However, it needs to be said that the rest of the State is also underpoliced. In County Monaghan, I regularly hear from people in each of our towns and villages who tell me they feel unsafe walking up their main street for the first time in their...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...concerns that issues outside this State that pertain to outside of the country, particularly on overseas missions, will still be subject to investigation, essentially, by the Defence Forces rather than An Garda Síochána. This Bill will ensure than anything inside the State will be under the jurisdiction of An Garda, and that is correct. However, there are serious questions to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...breeding establishments, there is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and then there is every local authority and the Garda. Anybody who follows any piece of work knows that is a recipe for failure. There were some welcome announcements this week but my fear is that if we keep the underlying problem, which is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Unfortunately, there is no current investigation because gardaí have completed their deliberations and GSOC has completed its deliberations. This event took place 11 years ago. The man who was driving the car that killed Shane O'Farrell should have been in prison at the time. He had been stopped in his car by gardaí about a half an hour before the incident. He was in breach of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...that it would be happy to have discussions with the committee at any stage? We could invite GSOC to appear, presumably separately rather than at the hearing that we have scheduled with An Garda Síochána. I would like clarification as to whether we can do that.