Results 61-80 of 141 for garda speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...register in that it is not possible to register for part of the year. When elections are called, a temporary register is in place which involves people having to complete a form and bring it to a Garda station to be signed. That needs to be sorted. If our guests have a view on that I would be delighted to hear it. Reference was made to hard-to-reach communities. Mr. Joyce represents...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...communities which are completely under the cosh of criminal elements and that we do not have the addiction services that are required to deal with the need that is there. Most of my dealings with An Garda Síochána are generally related to drug debt intimidation at this point in time where families are under severe pressure. We know that this issue needs to be health-led, there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...issues. Whatever about streamlining, it does not make sense to have a single superintendent responsible for serious crime across that entire area. There needs to be Government engagement with the Garda Commissioner and whoever else to get this rectified.

Neighbour Disputes (Vegetation) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...representatives. I remember as a councillor dealing with some incredibly serious issues with regard to drug debt and intimidation and whatever else that would involve liaising with landlords, the Garda and a large number of stakeholders in the hopes of resolving a situation regarding people's safety but a consistent constant issue to arise was with regard to trees. This happens with...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...that. We need to look at novel approaches. I do not think we can continue with the way we are going at this point in time. I do not think it will work in any way, shape or form. I am fed up that most of the time when I am dealing with An Garda Síochána it is regarding issues surrounding drugs and drug debt intimidation. I have been highly impressed by a number of cases where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...heavy lifting. That is where we are at this point in time. I expected the uninsured figures to be an overestimation. I am shocked. Mr. Fitzgerald stated that the MIBI does not have access to Garda information in respect of those people who have been caught.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...I am not great at multitasking. I can imagine that I if I was left alone with a buggy and a couple of kids who were running every which way, it would end in disaster. I would probably end up in a Garda station. That is a different kettle of fish. I would like to get into those design issues. We have spoken about young women and cycling. Are issues in that regard related to factors...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...know about harm reduction and it is hoped the citizens' assembly will come up something more novel than what we have operated. We saw a vital drugs haul operation that was carried out by the joint Garda and Naval Service task force, despite all the capacity difficulties they have. That is something that really needs to be addressed. The Army ranger wing was involved in what was an...

Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...to mental illness behaviours. These may seem to many people like a mental illness but we are told that, without a diagnosis, what is at issue is no more than behaviour etc. We end up with the Garda dealing with this. Deputy Ward has already spoken this week on the situation. Sometimes our jails are full of people who need acute services but end up in that situation. All this needs to...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We welcome this legislation. Obviously, it is an absolute necessity that we have a streamlined process to ensure compensation for gardaí suffering injury or death rather than the antiquated one we have had and that the scheme makes sense and is swift and just to those who are out there working on our behalf and trying to introduce an element of justice. It is a very difficult job....

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...there is no level of discretion in drug dealing; that it is in the street and it is obvious. It has become utterly normalised even for the kids who live in those places sometimes. I deal with the Garda regarding this and I do not have to put in the record again that drug debt intimidation is one of the biggest issues I have to deal with on a daily basis. We really need to put in those...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...where we have a single superintendent who is dealing with serious crime, murder, intelligence-led operations, and they are operating across all those three counties. I accept it is up the Garda leadership team to make the decision but in the end of the day the reviews that seem to occur seem to be highlighted by even the likes of my own colleague in Donegal, who is chair of the Donegal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will give the example of the superintendent in Dundalk arriving at a community meeting we had in Muirhevnamore. He was congratulated on some of the work the Garda had carried out and it was down to the drug squad being put back into action, there not having been one for a couple of years and at that stage there were three or four members. The superintendent said it was great and that...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...programmes are in operation must be extended to all communities in the State that are being ravaged by drugs crime. I agree with what my colleague stated earlier about the need to give the Garda the powers and ability to deal with criminal gangs. We must ensure that we focus on and intervene in the families and children in communities that are in danger of falling into difficulty....

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

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...with cases of sexual assault and rape. It is a stain on the State and we need to make sure we deal with it by all necessary means of inquiry. It is vital that we provide the capacity to An Garda Síochána to deal with the issues as they pertain to the Defence Forces. The matter should have been dealt with a long time ago but we are all very supportive of having it dealt with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: .... I understand Kerry will also be a stand-alone division. What is happening does not make sense. We all know of the issues there have been in Louth, in particular the drug feud. We know the gardaí who have been lost - I mentioned Tony Golden and Adrian Donohoe earlier. Three gardaí in Dundalk were injured recently when their patrol car was rammed by a stolen car....

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...in terms of cybersecurity. There are difficulties and questions to be answered as to whether there will be one overall body to deal with this and what the relationship will be between it and the Garda and the Defence Forces. We are talking about an issue that crosses many planes. We have spoken about straightforward crime and the fact that we have a tax on our communications...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...not take that risk and the people at the other end are probably aware of that. It is an issue that needs to be addressed. I am not entirely sure. It is not like you can make people into an almost garda, as it were. I have seen it be an issue across the board. The witnesses are talking about an increased amount of shoplifting. I have seen a huge amount. If you go through court...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...'s court. I remember having to deal with a specific issue where a loved one, the son of a family, had died away from home. There were particular issues and the interaction between the Coroner, An Garda Síochána, the family and Forensic Science Ireland was far from perfect. The case required genetic testing. I and my office interceded alongside some of the local gardaí to...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...However, I am very wary when I see that the family addiction support network in Dundalk that deals with Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan, which offers real solutions and which is often used by An Garda Síochána, is having real difficulties drawing down funding to stay afloat. We really need to look at this holistically. We are dealing with areas in our constituencies,...