Results 81-100 of 685 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...persons with drug addictions in County Tipperary; the steps that will be taken to address the growing drugs crisis in County Tipperary; the measures that his Department is taking to work with An Garda Síochána and other bodies to break the cycle of more young people falling into addiction; the number of people being supported with drug addiction in County Tipperary; the supports...

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: How many drug support workers are there in County Tipperary, what supports are available for young people there, and what actions is the Minister of State taking, along with the Garda, to deal with the growing drug and mental health problems, which are intrinsically linked, in Clonmel and across the rest of Tipperary?

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...near enough support workers. At last week's meeting of the joint policing committee, JPC, the chief superintendent said that he wanted to see more drug support workers working in liaison in the Garda. We need an all-hands-on-deck approach and support from various sectors of society.

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...this morning, but the situation in Cluain Meala is appalling. It is a fine town with fine people and is the second largest inland town in the country, but we do not have the resources. The Garda does not have the resources but could not do this work alone anyway. We need support workers who are active and visible if we are to deal with this problem, get it off the streets and, above...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...are shot down. Where is the freedom of speech? We fought so much to value our freedom and fundamental rights. We have a problem that I have raised over the past three weeks with the lack of numbers in the Garda and problems with people being intimidated in their homes. It is happening in my county. I am speaking about Tiobraid Árann theas and Clonmel and surrounding parishes....

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...got lost. I am not saying to tag everybody but serial convicted persons who offend again should be tagged. Legislation was passed by the House but it seems to have fallen between the cracks. The Garda is not using it. I understand it is private companies that do it. It is not working. Look at the legislation we have and the failures in it. Make haste slowly with regard to this new...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...should go back out to society and hopefully be retrained and advised on culture and what is expected. There is no place in society for domestic violence. In recent weeks I have been very concerned to find out that we are so short on numbers in An Garda Síochána. Gardaí cannot do everything. No police force can work without the support of the people. When the economic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have left An Garda Síochána since the beginning of 2022; the number of retirements and the number of resignations and the number of resignations per district; the net total Garda number per district as of 30 September 2022; and the total garda numbers per district in 2021. [50547/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...of the Government with him, should be dragged out of the Government and people should rise up here and say enough is enough. What kind of thinking or mind would anybody have to damage a piece of infrastructure? If someone did it, we would send an Garda to arrest that person. The Minister will sign this order to send employees of ready mix concrete companies and others to pour concrete...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: That is a shocking reply. The Minister for Justice needs to take heed. She is accountable to this House. I am sick and tired of Ministers coming in here to refer to the Garda Commissioner, head of the HSE and all these people. They are not elected or accountable to the people. We are supposed to have a Government here. We are celebrating 100 years of our freedom, having set up our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...people provided a community centre and provide for their families and community in the excellent parish of Powerstown Lisronagh and the town of Clonmel and beyond. We have an appalling lack of gardaí in Clonmel. It is historic. To give a comparison with Kilkenny, on any given day or shift, there would be 12 or at least ten gardaí in Kilkenny whereas we have four, five or six in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...who was going to his homeplace was confronted by a gang, beaten to the ground, kicked underneath his van and left. It could have been a fatality. Will the Taoiseach do something to support the Garda in Clonmel? The numbers are appalling. The ones who are there do their best but the management is leaving a lot to answer for. Gardaí are in danger as they go around in the squad car...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...UK and is the world's third largest manufacturer of construction materials. CRH plc settled a price-fixing, market-sharing case taken in the state of Virginia for $101 million in October 2020. An Garda Síochána will not investigate CRH plc and neither will the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission or the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The Government will not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossessions and evictions of a private house or property, which were attended by members of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down per Garda district in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossessions and evictions of a private house or property attendance requests that were made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the person or body that made the requests that is, distressed borrower or evictor, broken down per Garda district in tabular form;...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...this country was rightly concerned by what they saw happening in west Dublin the other night. There is a situation in Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary whereby we do not have enough gardaí. We are in a frightful state of lack of numbers. Community policing is the only way to deal with these issues. I welcome the newly appointed Sergeant Denis Ryan to Clonmel but the...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...are in. It is a shocking situation. I know of people who will ring Irish Water about a major burst pipe that will do huge damage to the road as well as being a waste of water but they cannot get through to anyone. They ring the Garda and it tells them to ring their public representative or to ring me. That is the way it has gone. It is patent nonsense. The Government is now going...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...taking drugs and engaging in antisocial behaviour of all kinds. Indeed, in many cases people are afraid to walk down the main streets of their towns and villages. This is a pity. The lack of gardaí is staggering. We never had such a scarcity. I salute the work they do but there are not enough of them and they do not have not resources. The public feel we are not serious about...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...data relating to electronic communications to combat serious crime. We passed the introduction of electronic tagging, for which I advocated for years as it would cut down on an enormous amount of Garda time. I do not know if it is being used at all. We are very slow here to embrace and engage with things that are done in other jurisdictions. We say we will and we have great...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...the sick babies could come on the Luas. Did any of us here who have children or grandchildren ever imagine bringing a sick baby in their arms on the Luas? People would get into the car if they cannot get an ambulance, which we cannot get either. They might get a Garda escort if they can but they certainly will not get on or off the Luas. We were told at the time that the sick children...