Results 361-380 of 689 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: .... The people need to do whatever it takes to get out of pain so anyone who has loved ones, friends, neighbours or anybody else, I urge them to go up the road to Belfast, it is not that far over the good Border, while we have no border. I will move on to the whole area of An Garda Síochána and the row over Stepaside. I visited Stepaside with the Minister, Deputy Ross, during...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...the resistance that took place whereby working people were intimidated, bullied, threatened and spat at by so-called Right2Water campaigners who bullied and threatened them in their homes while the Garda was in the middle trying to keep the peace. There is no place for that in a modern democracy. What happened the former Minister, Deputy Burton, in Jobstown should not have happened. It...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Taoiseach ask the Garda Síochána to deal with it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as of 30 June 2017; the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Committee of Public Accounts Investigations (26 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the Public Accounts Committee with respect to financial mismanagement at Templemore Garda training college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...voluntarily at 5.30 p.m. any evening - if it is a Friday evening I do not know what they will do - they have to sit on a chair in the hospital until 9 a.m. the following morning until an ambulance arrives. The garda fills in if it is an involuntary admission, but they have not the time either. Therefore, there are no services in south Tipperary. I salute those who are involved in the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: .... We have had ludicrous examples of legislation having unintended consequences. In many cases, the common man is unable to use, work with or manage legislation. This applies in respect of An Garda Síochána and in other areas. The issue must be addressed to ensure we do not pass unworkable legislation that makes a bad situation worse. I am a member of the Committee on...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...some mothers and small children. Where are all the men? We cannot sleepwalk into allowing undesirables into this country, but it is happening under our noses. The Government might not wish to see it but the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and other associations have said that they are coming to this country unnoticed. That is my worry. I have no problem with taking in refugees...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which plans are progressing for the relocation of Clonmel Garda station to the former Kickham Army Barracks site in Clonmel; the timeframe for the relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Marine Casualty Investigation Board (28 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: There are huge question marks over this investigation. An Garda Síochána failed to make a public appeal for witnesses on the day of the incident.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Marine Casualty Investigation Board (28 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I hope they will be able to invoke section 40. The O'Brien and Esmonde families have suffered huge trauma for seven years. There was no Garda appeal for information, notwithstanding that the incident happened on a splendid summer's day when there were lots of vessels and people at sea. We need to get closure and explanations on this. I have told the Minister about the membership of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste visited Clonmel Garda station in her role as Minister for Justice and Equality over ten weeks ago and made a commitment, which we welcome, that there will be an announcement in a number of weeks. We greatly appreciated that. Could she ask the current Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the situation? I welcome to new Minister and wish him well. The gardaí...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...to be the longest night of the year for the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality but could the Tánaiste or the Minister enlighten us? So many questions have been asked about Stepaside Garda station. I know it was debated around the time of the programme for Government. When was the decision to reopen Stepaside Garda station taken and when will we see the reopening of...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...since the attacks on mainland Britain. While we have no involvement, it can happen anywhere and that has been proved. We can have all the robust legislation we like, but what is the point when Garda sergeants and inspectors, and I respect what they are saying, state that if, God forbid ,we were ever attacked, the response would be wholly inadequate. We must look at this. I am not here...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of a new Garda barracks in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/17]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...the Taoiseach for being helpful in his previous role as Minister for Social Protection on the many issues we had raised. The Tánaiste was also helpful. I hope she has placed work on Clonmel Garda station in the safe hands of the new Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and that the project will proceed. As I look along the line of Ministers still present in...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister bring in an outside agency to investigate not only this office but also other regulatory authorities? Will she ensure, or get the Garda Commissioner or the Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure, that if this solicitor came from that stable, the DPP's office-----

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...illegal breath tests that were never carried out. Who are we going to get honesty from? I want an outside agency brought in from a faraway country to come in here and clean up the ODCE and An Garda Síochána and deal with this. For years colleagues and I have been asking the Competition Authority to deal with many issues. We might as well be talking to the wall. They are...

Criminal Justice Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...not-for-profit organisations, I do not know if such organisations would be up to the task. As a Deputy representing a rural constituency, I believe electronic tagging must be used because, as gardaí have informed me, we do not have sufficient resources to physically monitor people. In a recent reply to a parliamentary question the Minister informed me that electronic tagging had...

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...eminent justice to chair the commission of investigation. A question that arose at the briefings I attended and in other briefings, specifically the one on the commission of investigation into An Garda Síochána, was where we will stop with inquiries and tribunals. Only last week, we were discussing legislation dealing with issues arising from the Flood tribunal. We are in a...