Results 201-220 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (13 Dec 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on arrest, prisoners in County Sligo must be taken to the south County Sligo Garda station of Ballymote as the prisoner facilities in Sligo town have been condemned. [40187/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (23 Nov 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional financial supports and resources to deal with the issue of human trafficking that have been or will be provided to An Garda Síochána, particularly in the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36456/16]

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...by the revelations concerning one of the charities most associated with our nation's silent crisis, the loss of life through suicide. There are now five investigations under way between the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the HSE, the Charities Regulatory Authority and the remaining directors of Console itself. We all look forward...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (31 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, in particular, Parliamentary Question No. 70, which stated that the agency notified An Garda Síochána of the identity of the debtors in the leaked information, reported to be 800 cases, and given that a person has been convicted and that available information suggests An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (31 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, in particular, Parliamentary Question No. 70, which stated that the Garda Síochána bureau of fraud investigation provided instructions to the agency regarding the leaked information, to outline those instructions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: .... We say, "Sorry, you can join the queue over there and we will get to you when we can". There is an issue in that regard. In the context of the murder this morning in Dublin, what we have at the top of the Garda is the same as what we have at the top of the Health Service Executive. There is a senior crew and everything they say is laundered through a public relations agency to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (17 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the members of An Garda Síochána in Sligo town will have a new station; her plans to reconfigure Garda resources in west County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9996/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (17 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda Síochána investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9997/16]

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...a series of actions throughout the country which have compounded the difficulty caused by the Government and previous Governments in shutting down rural communities, in particular the closure of Garda stations. In west County Sligo we had the closure of Easky Garda station some years back and despite officials from the OPW visiting the location with me and members of the community, who...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...prohibit over-the-counter cash withdrawals under €700. Representative groups of the elderly community have said this is of serious concern. We are moving away from our entire culture. Rural Garda stations and post offices have been closed, but far from saving money we are murdering our very culture. Cultural decay and rural decline are endemic throughout the country. It is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...I am sure that all Members at different times, certainly those based in rural and regional communities, have raised it. I believe that one reaps what one sows. The facts are the Government has closed 139 Garda stations and the latest recruitment drive which produced 200 gardaí nationally has resulted in none of them being deployed to Sligo and Leitrim and only five to Donegal. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...every county in Ireland that has suffered desolation and wipe-out at this Government's hands in its actions on rural and regional Ireland. We could debate rural crime in particular. The Government closed 139 Garda stations. Yesterday we heard that a whopping €500,000 was saved with that great move. What value have we taken from our rural communities? Yesterday we heard of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...that the litany of broken promises does not follow if the Government is returned to power. One of the details that has emerged is that there will be approximately €18 million for the refurbishment of Garda stations. It has not been missed by the public that the closure by the Government of 139 Garda stations throughout the country has saved just €500,000. I am sure the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Marc MacSharry: ...'s interim report was published. It would be useful to do that in the interests of everybody, including the Taoiseach. I do not believe the rumours about the Taoiseach having shafted the then Garda Commissioner are useful. Whether they are true or not, we need to get the facts of the matter and the people are entitled to it. Announcements of additional gardaí being recruited will...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Marc MacSharry: I seek a debate in early course with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on public sector pay and specifically regarding pay for gardaí. I note the Labour Party leader in the House has mentioned the new recruits in Templemore and all Members of course welcome that. However, I wish to quote briefly from an e-mail I received from one of them. It states that each of the 300...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...units do we have in local authorities throughout the country, where councils do not have the money to do up such facilities to accommodate people immediately? How many Army barracks, fire stations and Garda stations have we closed down around the country? Surely there is no shortage of property. What we need is the political will, rather than - as with the suicide crisis - aimlessly...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Marc MacSharry: On Senator Pat O'Neill's point about the Garda Commissioner, while on a personal level I wish her well and hope she will do a good job, Senator Mark Daly was perfectly within his rights to make a legitimate point. It is a fact that the person in question was deputy commissioner when many of these issues came to light. That is worth noting and remembering.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...a previous Government tried to close, will be under attack once again. At what stage will the Government's relentless attack on rural Ireland stop? We have seen small and rural schools closed, Garda stations have been closed, health services have been centralised and we have seen the first ever reduction in CAP payments. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar,...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...an amendment to the Order of Business: "That in accordance with Standing Order 56, the Attorney General be invited to attend the Seanad today to discuss the taping of telephone conversations in Garda stations." The Attorney General should attend to give an account of the incredible affairs of recent weeks in order that this House can participate on behalf of the public in getting to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...In the event that he is not available due to affairs of State, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, the pioneering Minister who appears to have forced the hand of the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan, and presumably the Minister, Deputy Shatter, as he prepares to make a statement in the Dáil, could make himself available today. There should be no...