Results 221-240 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: There are questions to be answered. To correct something that was said yesterday, Senator Jim D'Arcy must have misunderstood me when he implied that I was trying to implicate the Garda in some way - far from it. I am sure the Garda had nothing to do with it and I wish to have the Garda completely vindicated in this regard. However, clearly there is something here and we must find out about...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: Senator D'Arcy should be saying that to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, not to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: I join with others in raising the question of what have been referred to as anomalies at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Although I do not agree with him on most issues, I support the call made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on his way into the Cabinet meeting this morning for the commission to clarify what it means by...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...must be debated in this Chamber. Will the Leader allow a debate on funding for the Road Safety Authority in the context of the criticisms by its chairman, Mr. Gay Byrne, and his call for increased Garda resources? The response from the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to Mr. Byrne's criticisms, as is so often the case with the Government, was to play the man rather...

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...by asking him how many times he had amended his own legislation in the House, I was met with silence. There are probably thousands of very good reasons to abolish the Seanad, the Dáil, the Judiciary, the Garda Síochána and countless other organisations, as there are very good ones to reform or constantly improve them. It is not valid to blame the excesses of the Celtic...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: The Government should bring in the Garda Commissioner and have a criminal investigation.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: Bring in the Garda Commissioner-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...of the Anglo Irish Bank tapes. As a finance spokesman in this House, for what little input I would have had, I, for one, would be quite happy to co-operate with any inquiry, be it by the Garda or anybody else. In fact, I would prefer to talk to the Garda because some kind of witch hunt in the committees here could prejudice criminal investigations and affect the outcome for which the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...is diverting slightly from the crux of the debate, which Senator Bacik captured very well, which is to expedite a criminal investigation. I call on the Leader to ask the Taoiseach to contact the Garda Commissioner and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement today to ask what has been happening with these tapes for the past three years, who has them, who has heard them and why...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...the normal day-to-day work of a Minister. This is not to defend the Deputy or to take the side of those promoting issues in the Lower House. However, receiving a briefing of this nature from the Garda is reminiscent of a regrettable era that is gone and that we do not want to see in this nation again. It is a concern that gardaí or the Garda Commissioner are holding files or...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: The Minister needs to discuss this issue in the House because people are entitled to know why such information is being passed around by the Garda, regardless of whether it was a throw-away remark during a briefing. I am concerned about it.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Transport Provision (14 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...sense and scheduling can achieve the required savings, while also ensuring rural communities are not further damaged because of a shortage of school transport, as they have been by the closure of Garda stations and countless other cutbacks in recent years.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 16 be taken before No. 1." As we have seen in recent days in the fallout from the Garda conferences there is the threat of suspension, as I mentioned yesterday. Rather than it being diffused, it appears to grown further legs where the Minister, the Garda Commissioner and other authorities have got involved and that those involved...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...conference of the AGSI where a number of members walked out as a protest, that those members might have disciplinary action taken against them. That would be highly regrettable. Members of the Garda have limited tools at their disposal to highlight the difficulties they have at any one time. Surely within the confines of their own conference, they should be entitled to register their...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: In essence we have more aggravated burglaries than we ever had in the history of the State. In that large area from Ballina in north Mayo to Ballisodare in Sligo, there are eight gardaí, one car and one sergeant. That sounds very good but at any one time there are two gardaí on duty. There are aggravated burglaries and in one instance, a man left his wife in the house while he went to...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: It is an important point to make. The reality is that we are not getting increased numbers of gardaí on the ground. We have fewer members of the force on the ground. From the people whom I know in the Garda Síochána, morale is at an all-time low. We have heard the story of the detective unit in Cavan, in which the six detectives have no car between them. In Sligo, there is one car to...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: Let us examine chapter 6.4 on page 28 of the manifesto document which states: "Fine Gael will put an increased emphasis on Community Gardaí and encourage members to live in the communities they serve." In the same paragraph, it outlined how it would end wasting the time that law enforcement officers spend checking passports at airports or doing administrative duties in Garda stations so...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...as the Minister can at least concede that it is a poor response to constructive criticism. As someone from regional Ireland - Sligo town in the north west - I have raised the issue of the Garda fleet of vehicles well in advance of the recent criminal tragedies. I am not being opportunistic in raising the issue again this week. There are eight detectives in the unit in Sligo, which is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...year to 46 countries across the globe. In that context, I wish to express some confidence in the industry in this country, particularly in the post-beef tribunal era. It is appropriate that the Garda has been called in, particularly if any criminality is henceforth identified. I have not yet heard anyone highlight how certain things happen within the beef industry. If beef is bought...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Marc MacSharry: I join with others in offering sympathies to the Henry family and, obviously, the family of Detective Garda Donohoe - there will be much debate about that in coming days. I would ask that, while I appreciate that my colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, has said that, given the seriousness of the crime perpetrated last week and the callous murder of Detective Garda Donohoe, this is not a day...