Results 221-240 of 689 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want to highlight the serious and alarming low levels of Garda availability across County Tipperary. There are supposed to be 380 gardaí to cover the county. Unfortunately, 45 of them are out on long-term sick leave. I wish them well as many them have injuries from the line of duty. I also raise this issue in the context of the proposed divisional reorganisation, a move that will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I will give the Taoiseach the roster I was given. It has the facts and is from a member of the Garda Síochána who is afraid for his community and the people he wants to police. I am astonished with the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, because he has not engaged with the GRA or anybody else. The GRA stated the Government’s policing reform plan looks like it has been...

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...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...on the day John O'Brien and Patrick Esmonde's boat was torpedoed and the resulting wave almost upended their boat. They came forward as witnesses. Both have since gone to their eternal reward. They were never properly engaged with by An Garda Síochána, not to mention the Marine Casualty Investigation Board. On a broader note, I hope the Bill will also act as a timely reminder...

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...police also has considerable involvement in State and ceremonial occasions. We saw them in the wonderful 100th anniversary of the first Dáil organised by the Ceann Comhairle and his officials. It works closely with An Garda Síochána which also assists in providing specialist training to the military police in the area of crime investigation, which is to be welcomed. ...

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...members of the Army have to have the wherewithal and the tools of the trade to provide for their families and to put a roof over their heads, which is a noble gesture. It is the same for the Garda Síochána. We heard blunder and bluster this morning from the Minister for Justice and Equality about all the new policies. I met a garda outside this building today. She told me...

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

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister to consult gardaí. He might also consult the Garda Representative Association, rather than insulting it.

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

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that sufficient consultation with members of an association (details supplied) occurred prior to the Garda restructuring proposals being published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40299/19]

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

Mattie McGrath: Is the Minister satisfied that sufficient consultation with members of the Garda representative associations occurred prior to the Garda restructuring proposals being published and will he make a statement on the matter? I am told by the organisations that there was no consultation with them.

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

Mattie McGrath: I heard the Minister speaking earlier about Garda reform. Garda reform without Garda support is a nonsense and he must know that. I will cite a statement issued by the Garda Representative Association, GRA. It stated that Government appears to be oblivious to the right of the gardaí and the communities they police to have been consulted about the location of new divisional...

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...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of most other things the Government has done. He stands up here shadowboxing all right, saying he is not in favour of this and not in favour of that. We had that last week with the removal of our Garda headquarters in Tipperary. Deputy Cahill opposed it, and rightly so. He would because he is from Thurles. However, Deputy Martin said he was in favour of the policy, as was Deputy...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...menace with society, namely, knife crime. I found it disturbing to hear Deputy O'Callaghan refer during his First Stage introduction of the Bill to the fact that the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána has increased by 66% since 2016. In 2017, 1,600 knives were seized by An Garda Síochána and in 2018, 2,000 knives were seized. Clearly, the problem is getting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (1 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to An Garda Síochána against activists protesting against the termination of pregnancy in the vicinity of hospitals, general practitioner offices or other health centres from 1 January 2019 to date in tabular form; the locations of these complaints; the number of arrests made on foot of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39783/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...in the Chamber, what the Government have against County Tipperary. It has taken our local councils and our Army barracks. It has taken our mental health services but now proposes to move our Garda divisional chief superintendent's office to Ennis. It will be 125 miles away from people in Tipperary. The Government is treading down on the people, worse than what Cromwell did to the...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...de Vere Hunt, who travelled to Dublin for the talks and who was not treated nicely in the Minister's Department. I have said that to him before. I also thank Superintendent Denis Whelan, the gardaí in Cahir Garda station, and the workers who went in and out of the factory and were so peaceful and respectful of what was going on. Many of them brought food to feed the farmers and...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...? I have tried all through this situation to negotiate cattle in and cattle out, meat in and meat out, and for unimpeded access by all kinds of repair and maintenance crews in Cahir. I thank the Garda for its involvement and the protestors for being cordial. Management is trying to bully people such as this. As Deputy Fitzmaurice said, those of us who employ people would not dump them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in his Department that were or are members of An Garda Síochána in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34977/19]

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ..., we come to one of the biggest episodes of collusion ever. Those killings were needless. They should never have happened. Information was passed on. I have that at first hand from a retired garda from my own neighbourhood. That information was not acted on because to do otherwise might have blown the cover of an undercover agent. Shockingly, 29 people lost their lives. Michael...