Results 101-120 of 487 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ----are contributing to an all-time low in morale. I ask the Taoiseach and his colleagues to listen to the Garda Síochána. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, refuses to listen to them and demonises them, saying that the GRA has "form". This is different and anyone who watched the rally last night could clearly see the frustration on the faces of all of the...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...Minister. A public appeal for information was not made when the accident happened. If there is an accident tonight anywhere, and I hope there will not be, and there was a casualty or a very serious injury, the Garda would put out a public appeal for information. Then the area would be sealed off. There were diversions created on country roads in my area last night, between Clonmel...

Written Answers — Garda Divisions: Garda Divisions (18 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on the jurisdiction boundaries in the SouthTipperary/West Waterford area; the Garda Division that has jurisdiction for the mountain area on the Newcastle to Cappoquin road inside the Tipperary border; if he is satisfied that those living in this area who reported crimes to the nearest Garda station...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I heard mention earlier of the €1.7 billion in funding for the Garda. Clonmel, County Tipperary, has one of the smallest contingents of gardaí in the country. The contingent is less than half the size of that in Kilkenny. Clonmel is a big town under the guidance of Superintendent Willie Leahy. Extra officers are needed. There is also a severe shortage of cars. I do not know...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...before us. I also want to thank the people in Cuan Saor refuge in Clonmel and in the rape crisis centres around the country who have done so much valuable work. I also thank the members of the Garda, who help where they can and everyone else involved. As Deputy Healy-Rae has just said, we are talking about very traumatic situations. That said, I know of situations of coercive control...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...a shame that neither the Taoiseach nor the Tánaiste could turn up today after the recess. It tells a lot about what they think of this House. I want to raise a serious issue relating to the Garda, on which we want a debate in this House. Almost 99% of Garda Representative Association members - it was almost unanimous - voted no confidence in the Garda Commissioner, yet he is...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...that from parents and grandparents. I agree that the best thing we can do for victims of crime is prevent the reoccurrence of crime. In this regard, we need to put in place a sufficiently robust Garda Force that does not fall below the recommended minimum of 13,000. The lack of Garda visibility, vehicles and equipment has been a huge problem since the recession. Gardaí have been...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...to be the longest night of the year for the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality but could the Tánaiste or the Minister enlighten us? So many questions have been asked about Stepaside Garda station. I know it was debated around the time of the programme for Government. When was the decision to reopen Stepaside Garda station taken and when will we see the reopening of...

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...deal of trouble - it talks about that every day in the House - but it is time to move on. Its members are in charge now. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, is in charge now, and the ten additional Garda stations he will close in ten minutes is an indication of the contempt with which he treats the Garda.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste visited Clonmel Garda station in her role as Minister for Justice and Equality over ten weeks ago and made a commitment, which we welcome, that there will be an announcement in a number of weeks. We greatly appreciated that. Could she ask the current Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the situation? I welcome to new Minister and wish him well. The gardaí...

Army Barracks (24 May 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I too am concerned, as Kickham Barracks is in a strategic location in the south east, with valuable personnel. I am sure the Defence Forces and the Garda Síochána were of great assistance in the past week with the visits of the Queen and President Obama to Tipperary. I would like to be associated fully and wholeheartedly with the comments the Minister made about the Garda. However, I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (16 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister for committing to visit Clonmel when I asked her to about three weeks ago. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Clonmel Garda station is draconian and unfit for purpose. As I said, it is an early 19th century building. The public office is not as big as the Clerk's table in front us in the House. It is tiny. It was refurbished lately in small bits....

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

Mattie McGrath: .... We are down to a matter of two words. On Sunday, I heard a representative of an organisation - I cannot remember which one it was - questioning the uncertainty and the unclear guidelines under which gardaí must operate in the context of Covid-19. We all support, salute and compliment the Garda, including in Tipperary and elsewhere where I have engaged with it. It has been great...

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister's own backbenchers are not here. An Garda Síochána is the same. Her own constituency is the worst in the country for numbers. Will she wake up and smell the coffee? PR exercises and stunts such as walking down O'Connell Street flanked by senior gardaí are no good. It does not cut it. I salute the members of An Garda Síochána for the bravery and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if he accedes to the Garda proposals a very large number of firearms which are currently licensed will be banned and licence holders will be required to either sell them in what will then be a non-existent market or have them destroyed as under the Garda proposals there will be no scheme of...

Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...as possible breaches of privacy, legal confidentiality and so forth, I will limit my remarks to putting on the record the findings the commission made with respect to County Tipperary and the Tipperary Garda division. There is an old adage that where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows. Unfortunately, in this case I hope it did not, although it appears that it did. There were 23 divisional...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: ...Deputy Ó Fearghaíl said. I am very concerned. There is a third force acting in the country. I got a telephone call that night at 3 a.m. when that situation arose and there were members of the Garda, including a superintendent, present. I am worried that gardaí are being forced into these situations. They have told me that they have to go but the Garda superintendent...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...incident in 2011 as an accident. I do not - I call it outright and wanton slaughter. That individual and his comrades were careering around in an uninsured and untaxed car without an NCT. Worse, gardaí had stopped them that night. I am not here to point the finger of blame at any individual garda and I do not know whether the gardaí did not bother to check or did not have the...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...that Ennis is 120 miles away; crime levels - they are way higher in Tipperary than in Clare; future growth - there is a huge expansion in Tipperary; and workload - the Minister read out numbers of gardaí but he did not account for the number out sick or those who have left the service. The decision to remove the Garda HQ from Thurles is a travesty of justice for the people of...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Station Refurbishment (28 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...else involved. Carrick-on-Suir River Rescue carried out a huge search for nine days and located her body. The funeral of this little 14 year old from Carrick-on-Suir was today. I salute the Garda Síochána for co-ordinating the whole event, tragic as it was. Thankfully, her remains have been located. The funeral was very sad. I salute the local Garda because they do...