Results 1-20 of 44 for garda speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...in the House. Section 62 is very important with regard to the determination of the priorities for the service. I come from central Dublin. Twenty years ago, determining the priorities for the Garda locally in Cabra and Glasnevin was a contentious issue for the community. We came together and we got the Garda to engage with the local community and public representatives. We also...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will talk about the issue of the dangerous and criminal antisocial behaviour relating to stolen cars. Recent Garda numbers indicate that in the first three months of this year alone, more than 1,300 private cars and vehicles were stolen. That is a 21% increase on last year in just the first three months of this year. It is an upsetting thing for anyone to have any of their property...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...activity. To put a strategic plan in place will take significant additional resources. I know the Minister is aware of this as she has secured an additional budget to increase the resources in An Garda Síochána. I am querying the need for a strategic plan, when we have an annual service plan. Was consideration given to having a longer strategic plan, a five to ten-year plan,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...had more bravery in her body than any of us will ever have. I am sure their hearts are broken. We are thinking of them and her. May she rest in eternal peace. Senator Casey raised the issue of Garda numbers and recruitment. We commend the Minister for Justice on the work she is doing with the Commissioner and the force to increase Garda numbers. The huge response to the recent...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...the Minister for repeating her remark. I had not heard her. The exact point we were trying to make is based on my agreement with her comment that I do not believe anybody would want to go into a Garda station and ask to have a look at the service plan nor would anyone want to go in to ask to see the strategic plan and, therefore, the suggestion being made is valid. For the strategic...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...is that in this piece of the Bill we are missing an opportunity to extend the buy-in and support for the annual service plan. What it does is say that the service plan will be prepared by the Garda Commissioner, that it will be presented to the Minister and that the Policing Authority is involved but it is all so removed from communities, including communities that the Garda has to serve....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I call for a debate with the Minister for Justice on the deployment of a dedicated public transport Garda unit. I have raised this issue many times in the House, including, most recently, on the Order of Business last week, following on from the debate in the Seanad on 25 January this year. I welcome the students in the Gallery. I am sure many of them use public transport in this city,...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...secure system and be protected from anti-social behaviour; - public transport is important in meeting Ireland’s climate goals; and calls for: - the establishment of a dedicated Public Transport Unit within An Garda Síochána. In a similar way, we have a road traffic unit within An Garda Síochána. An Garda Síochána is a trusted brand in general...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...that if their children go out and get on the bus, they will be safe or that if something happens, there will be somebody to intervene to make it safe again for them. The truth of it is that I respect the Garda Commissioner and all members of An Garda Síochána. I acknowledge and respect the commitment this Government is giving to the gardaí. It is unprecedented funding of...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to debate the Fianna Fáil motion on crime and antisocial behaviour. I commend her, the Department, the gardaí and everyone who works to try and make our communities and our country safer. However, it would be completely disingenuous of me not to tell the Minister straight to her face that the people in Dublin city who I speak to every...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...That is what we cannot lose sight of. For me and for us it is an appalling, atrocious and repulsive event to have happened in our community and I know the Chair shares that view. I commend and thank the gardaí from Mountjoy and Store Street Garda stations and from all over the Dublin metropolitan region north, the greater Dublin metropolitan area and beyond who responded. I also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...in the ballot box, there could be people who cannot communicate verbally or in any way with others. It is entirely on them to take action to ensure there is no voter impersonation and to engage a garda and ask him or her to arrest somebody engaging in voter impersonation. This is a weakness in our electoral process. That is before we get into the other complicated areas of campaigning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...it is taking place right across the city and, I am sure, in other residential areas around the country. The fireworks are illegal. It is illegal to purchase them, sell them or set them off. The Garda can respond to illegal activity, but that is all it can do - respond. Fireworks are not only illegal but also really dangerous. They are mini-explosives, they are missiles and they can...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...for this because many of these people live in very vulnerable situations where if they get sick, they are frightened to ask for help or if they are victims of crime, they are reluctant to go to the Garda or any authority figure.I commend the Government and everybody who campaigned for this. I wish the best of luck to all the applicants in January. It will be open for six months. It is...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...a wider awareness campaign on the signs of domestic violence. He suggested there should be more sensitivity training for anyone in a role that involves engaging with victims. He spoke about everybody from gardaí to teachers and healthcare workers, in addition to staff from Tusla, local authorities and housing agencies. He wants greater social awareness of the signs. He commended...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...can be achieved, humanitarian aid can be provided and sustained, hostages can be released and everybody can work together for a two-state solution. Second, I welcome the confirmation from the Garda that there have been three arrests with regard to the recent arson attack on a residential property. It brings to ten the number of people who have been arrested in recent months for conspiring...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...on public transportation; 36% were victims of antisocial behaviour; 63% said they did not report the antisocial behaviour; and almost 80% favoured our proposal, which is to have a dedicated Garda unit on public transportation. We need a debate on antisocial behaviour and public safety. We are investing significant amounts of public funds into public transportation, as is right from an...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...secure system and be protected from anti-social behaviour; - public transport is important in meeting Ireland’s climate goals; and calls for: - the establishment of a dedicated Public Transport Unit within An Garda Síochána.”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: .... It is indeed welcome, not just to this House, but to communities and families across the city and, indeed, the country to know that this Government has enacted new laws giving new powers to An Garda Síochána to tackle the issue and seize and destroy vehicles that are being used in an antisocial manner. It is really important that dangerous driving has become an offence...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: .... I particularly commend the Hill Street Family Resource Centre, which hosted the launch earlier this week and did a great job, as always. It is down to organisations like this, the city council, the gardaí, local residents, local businesses and schools. It is every community group. It is the people who go out on a Saturday and Sunday and pick up rubbish and take pride in our...