Results 61-80 of 111 for garda speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...at the pace required to address the housing shortage. The Department has placed to many hurdles in the way. Despite all that has been said, rural Ireland is still in decline. Post offices and Garda stations are closing and services are being centralised. To take the centralisation of the ambulance service as an example, last Sunday evening a person in Sneem spent an hour on the road...

European Parliament Directive on Victims of Crime: Motion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...am asking the Minister of State to do that now. I am talking about the victims of crime and the people who have been robbed. I know of a case where the person whose money was taken went into the Garda station to identify the people and he asked had the person the change or the money he took or had he money left. The answer was that he had but it was being kept until later. That is...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will. I am sorry, but I am cross with what is going on and what is being attempted in Dáil Éireann today. I am suggesting that if the crime is so serious and a garda, on the instructions of the Minister, says that the rule is broken in such a fashion, there should be a court organised immediately and the defendant, the publican in this case, should be given a chance to defend...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...It has lost control. We have the Minister for Justice, who is sitting beside the Taoiseach, saying that she will send migrants back to the UK. Who does the Government have to round them up? The Garda National Immigration Bureau is not properly resourced. It cannot follow up on these people. The Government must take action because it clearly has lost control in places like Killarney...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...same again. Antipsychotic drugs were pumped into them regardless of the problem they manifested, and no time was given to them. What happened was criminal. If it was any other place, I am sure the Garda would be called in to investigate what was going on. The HSE is not at the races when it comes to dealing with young children. Why is it the case that the most of those who are waiting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...prove that in spite of the new law accidents and fatalities have increased. It is not the people in rural Ireland who have caused that. I ask again that the Government to probe the idea that the Garda would give permits to people who are rurally isolated for class three and cul-de-sac roads and if they stray outside those roads to nail them then. It would be for these roads only, not...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...and places like it, is that in a vast area from Killarney, through Killorglin, into Cahersiveen, Valentia Island back up to Waterville, Sneem and Kilgarvan and all around that entire ring, only one Garda car will be available from 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. That is not acceptable. We were already told this morning on the radio that there is a 4% reduction in the force in Kerry. The other thing...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...fashion. I have the same couple of accounts for God knows how many years. Surely with all the modern equipment the bank now has, it would be able to notice any unusual transaction and notify the Garda, Criminal Assets Bureau or other relevant authority. It would be entitled to do so. That would be sufficient. It is unfair on all politicians that they are asked to sign a document that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review: Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...Sneem and even Kilgarvan, the big problem is sourcing or meeting requests for insurance cover. They will all be wiped out. Given everything else that has been taken from them, including post offices, Garda stations, local shops and service stations, many local communities have very little left with which to retain their identity. They have been trying their best. This year some of them...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...about little babies for the past few days and weeks, but they are human beings too and we need to protect them. Legislation and technology together must protect them from these threats. The Garda does not have the resources to trace the phone numbers of those who make threatening calls or do different things. Only now does it have the capability to follow someone who has committed a...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...that. Some 77 men were landed in alongside a 90-year-old woman, whom everyone worried about because no one knew where these people were coming from or anything. The honest truth of it is that Garda cars are there regularly outside this building. It is not a good sight. People are very angry. The other item people are worried about is that they feel that refugees are getting better...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...put in 400 asylums seekers from 14 different countries. On New Years' night, they stabbed each other and they fought and there were court cases. People were terrified. There were ambulances and Garda cars around the place like they had never seen before. That is not acceptable. Until such time as the Government has accommodation in place and proper services, please, it has to call a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...are going to do to help people in rural Ireland to get around. They do not have the train, taxi or DART services that are available here. There can be no checkpoints on roads around here. If a garda was to stand there for five minutes, there would be a five-mile tailback. It is very easy to have a checkpoint at a crossroads when people are going to mass on a Sunday morning, but I do...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...the East Avenue Hotel attended by more than 350 people who had concerns. When we talk about the Harmony Inn, I can say it was anything but a place in harmony because I am being told day after day that Garda cars are outside of it. When people from all over the world are put into 22 rooms, you will have conflict. We have a serious lack of services. I am sorry. I needed a lot more time.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...want is more work. They could deal with motor tax, licence renewals, registrations, identity verification and community information. When the country was broke and we had nothing, we had post offices, Garda stations and GPs in every parish. Deputy Griffin talked about the local improvement scheme for rural roads. We only got enough money for ten roads in County Kerry this year out of...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...would go out past the gate. They are primarily responsible for the safety of the children. It is a fair responsibility to be entrusted with the safety of another person's child. They have to be Garda vetted, and they have to be correct in every way, because this onus of responsibility is upon them. As other Deputies stated, school secretaries are the point of contact between parents...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...up immediately, I do not see anything wrong with that. What is happening is ridiculous. Drugs and drug lords are causing mayhem in every part of the country. I have said here previously that the Garda needs many more resources to deal with the drugs problem. Drugs are so available now it is like going into a sweet shop; one can get them anywhere. How is that happening? The Minister...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ..., Killorglin and Killarney. It does massive work with young people. The drugs issue is something that is prevalent even in every small parish now, and we must ensure that we help the Garda to combat this in whatever way we can. When it gets hold of young people, it does untold damage. We have to ensure that young fellows and girls have enough to do. It has been highlighted to me...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...or whether those in other countries can still evade our laws and operate criminal rackets from afar. This is important. There are drugs coming in around our shores. We must congratulate the Garda on the great work done and for much of the apprehending of people caught bringing drugs. People are serving time in many cases. However, the problem remains because of the people who put...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...of drugs and that it is used by these villains who supply and are in command of drugs and who are destroying our communities. We hear so much of it every day. I know it will be difficult for the Garda to apprehend these fellows. I believe now it is coming close to the time when the gardaí themselves have to be armed because the criminals going around now are getting more serious...