Results 21-40 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...another issue with the OPW; while we would be inviting the office to attend in any event, and not being parochial, it concerns a large amount of money. It bought a site for €1.35 million for a new Garda station in Sligo and it was announced by the Government that there would be no Garda station built now. I want to know what that site is going to be used for and the reasons for...

Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...Like others, I have seen the various broadcasts over the last number of days highlighting how people travelling have been approached by Department staff at the airports, supported by members of the Garda, some of whom were seconded to assist them. I see the necessity for rules and for them to be enforced, particularly if there is any fraud, but there are huge questions over exactly what...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Minister to comment on some contributions by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, about a fortnight ago in answering to Deputy Feighan, my constituency colleague, about Sligo Garda station. As the Minister knows, it was part of the Government’s plan to build a new station there, to the extent that it paid €1.35 million for a site. Last December, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will be seeking to emulate the successful informational campaign that was carried out by police forces in the UK following the introduction of safe passing distance legislation. [51074/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or agencies within his remit plan to purchase additional safe passing mats as donated by a company (details supplied) to the An Garda Síochána in 2019. [51075/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...of 90,000 related court cases backed up. We were trying to get our head around this at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts and we were asking how it could be. It is not the fault of the Garda. It is doing its job and the GoSafe vans are engaging in enforcement at the required level. The issue, however, is with the Fines Act. The Act was to ensure somebody who could not pay a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: Okay. I will tease that out further as well. Regarding the new laws that came into force last week, have additional resources been provided to An Garda Síochána for enforcement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...from time to time, I fully understand that any Minister would want to secure value for money. As we heard at a meeting of this committee, there were not too many business cases for reopening Stepaside Garda station, yet, while the DART extension is a much greater and more pressing issue, we are looking for the third business case, effectively six years after it was announced by the then...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (12 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...spent elsewhere. Returning to value-for-money, I apologise and I know this will annoy the Minister, but I have to give him the kick on this. I do not remember the business case on Stepaside Garda station when I was down at the Committee of Public Accounts, as the assistant commissioner responsible for Dublin said, no, that was not a priority for them. Other matters are. We know that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (12 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...Minister is between photo calls with sport stars at Dublin Airport and given that the festive season is fast approaching - no doubt the Santa hat will be donned once again for photo calls outside Stepaside Garda station - people are suffering commute misery on a daily basis and we continue to have promises about great ideas in respect of what we are doing. At his press briefing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...to BusConnects, we have read a lot about transport police. It predominantly concerns rail services, although incidents happen on the Luas and buses as well. There seems to be pushback from the Garda and everybody else to say this is not a problem, there is a text service and this, that and the other, and there is regular contact with the police. From a budgetary perspective it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...police walking the beat. Is it possible to factor in as part of their normal working day that they would take a certain bus journey twice during a shift and expand that out to intercity trains? A garda might go on one train trip during his or her shift.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Jul 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of FTE members of the Garda traffic corps or equivalent division in each of the past six years. [31185/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Jul 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent members of the Garda traffic corps or equivalent division in each of the past six years. [31164/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Marc MacSharry: Funnily enough, I said level 7. It does not necessarily have to be a level 8. The Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, was before another committee last night and it is a bit like him saying that we have all the laws in place, and there is no need for a police force. Obviously, in practice, that does not work so I think we need something a little bit more robust than there being a policy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...some of our demons in this country in the past in terms of clerical abuse. We have cleaned up politics a little bit with the Standards in Public Office Commission and we have made a start with An Garda Síochána. It is time that we rooted out the small number who are nurturing a corrupt culture within the Prison Service.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...few months and have received reports from them that victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault have been bought off and pressurised to accept money instead of going through due process with An Garda Síochána. It has been alleged to me, and proof provided, that career blocking and spurious transfers have taken place against those who do not play ball and do not row in with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: I am not satisfied, for a couple of reasons. There is no issue with sending the transcript to the Garda and, in fact, I support it. That has nothing to do with it. The issue of a witness being told to stop giving evidence for fear of having qualified privilege only is also a separate issue. On three occasions, however, the Chairman stated I was acting alone, not as a member of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ..., although I am full member of the Committee of Public Accounts, the Secretary General and Accounting Officer relevant to this area would not answer these questions. Instead, we will kick it out to the Garda in the Phoenix Park. I agree it should carry out its investigations as well. However, to suggest the Department of Justice and Equality does not have a role is incredible. If this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: The Chairman is attesting to the validity of the questions by giving them to the Garda and choosing not to give them to the Accounting Officer.