Results 321-340 of 689 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...money from account to account and move it here and there. Lots of property was bought out of their ill-gotten gains. I salute the journalists that investigated it. I also salute the members of An Garda Síochána, Interpol and other police forces. We must always recognise the support of Interpol and other police forces that have to painstakingly follow and untangle this web....

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...previous speakers, I praise the brave officers who put their lives at risk when the Criminal Assets Bureau was set up. They did this to try to have some impact on guys who were dancing around the Garda Síochána and the courts, who knew the law as well as Deputy O'Callaghan knows it and who had lawyers at their disposal to find loopholes and to challenge every court from the...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...accountability. I have dealt with a lot of families who have been in terrible turmoil. Only yesterday a family received no protection from the courts and their house was repossessed by the law agents of this State, An Garda Síochána on behalf of KBC bank. Deputies Michael Healy Rae and Michael Collins and myself made representations that to bank six weeks ago but have not...

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (25 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...fora as well. It is a problem for both those who are male and those who are female, though mainly the latter as we have seen from horrific cases in the past. The situation in Dundalk in which a garda lost his life while protecting a very distressed and traumatised woman was mentioned. On facilities in Garda stations, I see the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is present. He knows from his...

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (25 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am not inviting any interruption. I am just saying that Garda stations need to be more user-friendly and such issues must be dealt with in a room or space where there are not other people within earshot. As I have said, I am supporting the social workers and all those services that need to be rolled out to deal with people in distress, from whatever side they come, in situations like...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...in dealing with unintended consequences. They are dealing with the heavy hand of the law. As I said last night, any legislation must have the broad acceptance of the general populace for the Garda Síochána and so on to police it. As I said, I am a big supporter of An Garda Síochána, community alert and people supporting one another. Any police force anywhere in the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: .... Ar an gcéad dul síos, I do not want to see anybody drink-driving. I do not want to see anybody hurt by an accident. However, laws Members pass in here must be accepted by the people. The Garda cannot police the country, nor can any police force police any country in the world, without the support of the people, na daoine go léir. If the Minister brings in draconian...

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...and make my few comments. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis na daoine go léir a bhí ag obair chomh dian. I thank all the people, the emergency services, An Garda Síochána, all the different agencies, the Civil Defence, especially the Red Cross, the Order of Malta and the Fire Service, all those people who went above...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: .... He attended the event and walked down the street with Mr. Colm O'Gorman of Amnesty, which has received €150,000 from George Soros. The Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, and An Garda Síochána are currently investigating that donation. If a Member of this House does wrong, he or she must be held accountable, and rightly so. For the Minister, in such a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if serving Garda personnel may assist with voter registration on third level campuses or institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/18]

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...today referred to the inaccuracy and the falsehoods in the reporting of serious accidents and serious crimes. The Road Safety Authority should stand condemned. It should get the records from An Garda Síochána and other agencies correct first. It is appalling to have so many miscalculations of homicides and road accidents. We are talking about sharing data and we cannot even...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...of service to the public not only in Tipperary but the United Nations and everywhere, at times of flood or emergency. That is gone. It would be nice to see the lights on and a new functioning Garda station. I would go so far as to say, because it is a spacious site, that the Minister should consider locating the horse element of An Garda Síochána there. We have plenty 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (28 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug driving arrests made by county in the south eastern Garda division in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10341/18]

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...being on. If the house beside those vans was robbed or on fire they would hardly even get out or pick up a phone to ring up about it. As I said here previously, they might even punish and penalise the Garda car going to the event. They are just sitting there. The scheme is wrong. It is a money-making one for the company and it is taking too much money that should be put into road...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach cannot sit idly by and allow thuggery to be perpetrated by a third force, neither the Garda nor the Army. We do not need such people here. They did their deeds elsewhere and have retired on pensions. They should not be allowed come to Ireland-----

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...ejected from the house along with his family. This is the same bank that put 2,500 people on the wrong tracker mortgage rate, resulting in the loss of 33 properties, including six family homes. Gardaí were present all day at the scene in Balbriggan and stood idly by but, thankfully, neighbours and friends of the family arrived late yesterday evening, at which stage the gardaí...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: .... The staff were just moved into other positions. There are bound to be teething problems, but in this instance, they were more than teething problems. They are continuing and serious. I meet gardaí every weekend in my constituency, as others do in their constituencies, if they were to be honest. They receive calls at 3.20 p.m. and 4.20 p.m. on a Friday evening. I am referring...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...and in Offaly and all over the country. I am told the legislation is already there so why would we not enact it? Can the Minister for Justice and Equality say why there is a reluctance in An Garda Síochána, for example, to have tagging for repeat offenders? We must protect our citizens and this debate must be about victims rather than criminals who want to continue their...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...8 for reservoirs or for bigger issues? I also have an issue with the masts for health reasons. They must be located a distance away from schools and other public buildings. I note they are on Garda stations and many gardaí and their families are unhappy about them as well. The issue I have with Irish Water - I tried to amend this - is that the combined sewer at the rear of...