Results 261-280 of 504 for garda speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: This really is a disgraceful and astonishing turn of events. The Taoiseach should not try to hide behind the good work of gardaí on the beat right across the country. Very clearly, what is at issue here is the management and leadership within An Garda Síochána. We have heard many times the story about reform that the Taoiseach told again today. At this stage, with yet...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Over recent days we have heard of yet another controversy surrounding the management and operations of An Garda Síochána. We have heard of 14,700 unsafe convictions for motoring offences and almost 1 million breath tests recorded on the PULSE system that were never carried out. This is simply another episode of scandal surrounding An Garda Síochána. Perhaps we should...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...all human remains found at the site must be recovered, although I realise there are mixed views on that subject. An appropriate and respectful burial is central to our atonement to these victims. The Garda Síochána must have the appropriate resources and approach in investigating the deaths and potentially appalling crimes. Victims and survivors have travelled a long and...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE's Patients' Private Property Accounts 2015
HSE Financial Statement 2015: Note 13 re Fair Deal Scheme
Health Repayments Scheme Donations Fund 2015 (9 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...given. He will recall this turn of events. I am very concerned that he has given inaccurate or misleading information to the committee in respect of the Devine report and what he claimed was a Garda insistence that reports could not be published and disciplinary actions could not be taken against HSE staff on the instruction or advice of An Garda Síochána. We now know because...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE's Patients' Private Property Accounts 2015
HSE Financial Statement 2015: Note 13 re Fair Deal Scheme
Health Repayments Scheme Donations Fund 2015 (9 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: If that is the Chairman's ruling, I will of course respect it. However, to clarify, the contact with An Garda Síochána to which I refer is in respect of publication of the Devine report. Mr. O'Brien misled the committee on that score. If the Chairman's ruling is as he has outlined, that is his ruling. However, let us be absolutely honest about this: nobody should hide behind...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...access to files held by Tusla and the Bon Secours Sisters on his infant sister, Marian Bridget. He believes that she died in Tuam and was buried there but he cannot be sure. In the past, An Garda Síochána believed that the Tuam site was a famine plot - not so. Now, as we discover the grim reality that the site is the scene of a mass grave and potentially a crime scene, where...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... The worry for many people is that we enter into another process of a commission that comes out at the far end with zero in terms of accountability. That is why I asked the Taoiseach about the Garda investigation. We need to know the status of those investigations. We do not need every detail but we need to know why the Garda Síochána deems it appropriate now for these...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...files may have been deliberately destroyed by persons unknown. That is a disturbing and damning allegation. The five-year delay in the publication of these reports is, we are advised, as a result of Garda concerns that they may impact on criminal investigations. Can the Taoiseach tell us today where are those criminal investigations at? Have arrests been made? Do they concern the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...I asked the Minister to set out very clearly what the Government has agreed with its Independent colleagues. It is important that he does so. He seems to be suggesting that an inspection of the Garda Inspectorate is what is envisaged. I find that deeply implausible. I suggest that if the Government's Independent colleagues agreed to that, one wonders about the clarity of their thought....

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Seán Canney, Kevin Boxer Moran and Finian McGrath, for keeping Deputy Enda Kenny, an incredibly incompetent Taoiseach, in power? We know the Independents were promised some unspecified review of Garda operations by international experts, something that already falls within the remit of the Garda Inspectorate. However, there is a suspicion that more was offered to the Independent...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...understand that now. The truth will out and the public inquiry is now agreed because of Maurice and Lorraine's tenacity and endurance. They alone have done the heavy lifting. Others, such as Garda Keith Harrison and his family, have made the same journey. The Government's response has been characterised by evasion, spin and "he said, she said" incoherence. The Taoiseach misled the...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have made a bit of progress in the session. We have established that the Taoiseach was made aware of allegations of sexual abuse against Garda Maurice McCabe in May 2014. He was well aware of the narrative around this man. The Minister, Deputy Zappone, has finally clarified that she briefed the Taoiseach in advance of the Cabinet meeting of the meeting with Maurice McCabe and the false...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Deputy Micheál Martin write to the Taoiseach and report that he had a meeting with a woman who made a complaint of sexual abuse against Garda Maurice McCabe? Yes or no? It is reported that this happened in May and that the Taoiseach was to instigate an investigation. I ask the Taoiseach to confirm this.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...made against Maurice McCabe. Let me help him. It was reported in theIrish Independenton 12 April 2014 that Deputy Micheál Martin met with the woman alleging sexual assault or abuse by a serving Garda. On 15 April, the same newspaper reported that the alleged victim wished to meet with Deputy Micheál Martin. On 2 May, it was reported that Deputy Micheál Martin wrote to...

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... Let me repeat what I stated to the Tánaiste this morning. These are not minor issues. If even a fraction of these allegations are held to be true, then we have a deep, deep problem within An Garda Síochána. If it is a practice to target individuals in a way that is vindictive, malicious and dishonourable, if that has happened in any way in respect of a serving member...

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. I asked about the An Garda Síochána's contact with other State agencies in relation to Maurice McCabe. Perhaps I was not clear.

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Tánaiste is she aware of contact by An Garda Síochána with other State agencies in relation to Sergeant Maurice McCabe?

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: This afternoon, we will debate the establishment of a commission of investigation into whistleblower allegations that go to the heart of Garda administration. I welcome that. It is long overdue. The protected disclosures that are the subject of the commission outline an alleged orchestrated campaign by some in senior Garda management positions to undermine Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Those...

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... What I have said and what Mr. Justice O'Neill set out is the rationale for a commission of investigation that is largely, if not exclusively, focused on the actions and activities of the former Garda Commissioner and the current Garda Commissioner. As a matter of good procedure in the pursuance of protecting everybody's rights, including Sergeant McCabe's and the other whistleblower, it...

Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...that offers a road map to full pay restoration. Meaningful dialogue is required now, which lays out a clear, sensible path to full pay restoration. The demands of teachers, and, indeed, of An Garda Síochána for that matter, are not insurmountable. The restoration of allowances for all post-2011 entrants would go a long way to satisfying their concerns and this issue of pay...