Results 141-160 of 685 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...he would do for him, but when he got into power he abandoned him like a hot potato. He promised he would get truth and justice with Fine Gael in government but it did not happen. The former Garda John White died during the year. His mother was laid to rest only last week. She was broken-hearted after the way her son was treated. He made efforts to ensure the Omagh bomb was not...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...informers", because that word has gone out with the Flood; they are civic-minded people telling about things going on that should not be going on. We must support them. I salute the community gardaí, such as those under Sergeant Moloney in the Cahir district, namely, Garda Jenny Gough and Garda Noel Glavin. It is the same in Clonmel, and all over County Tipperary. It is a pity...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...of the notes are counterfeit. Unsuspectingly, they then pass on those notes. That is a genuine mistake. However, then there are crimes and people out there committing those crimes. I salute CAB and the different forensics units in An Garda Síochána. I especially salute CAB for undertaking a big operation in the south of my constituency yesterday and freezing...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...it and brought it back but it was not accepted. It involved a few simple measures such as traceability, whereby anybody buying or selling scrap metal had to have a PPS number and the item had to be held for a specified period so the Garda could find it. It went back to gold and silver and PPS numbers. It would have been very lucrative for the Exchequer's coffers but there would also...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...waited to hear our own group. It is very important that all voices are heard. We have not had great success but I compliment everyone and all front-line workers in the community, including An Garda Síochána, the fire service and the community groups who have worked so hard to try to reduce the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. I sympathise with all the businesses in the...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Chief Superintendent Derek Smart in Tipperary for the new unit he has set up in Thurles to deal with sexual crimes in every division. I really am pleased it was oversubscribed by members of An Garda Síochána who are ready, willing and able to take up the cudgels to deal with such crime. It was badly needed. Things have evolved and changed. Members of An Garda...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Comhairle, Peter Finnegan, Elaine Gunn, and the whole team here, everybody in the community, for what has been done during this difficult year and wish them well for Christmas. I also thank the Garda Síochána who are outside in all weathers minding us. It has been a trying year. There are fabulous plans and designs for Clonmel Garda station which are on public display. We...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...because it is dangerous and there is no access to it, for good reasons. However, it is still going on two years later. Families cannot get closure. There are criminal convictions, and I salute the gardaí, Superintendent Whelan and the inspector from Cahir Garda station, who had to do this. A lethargic effort was involved in getting the enforcement finished. They rock into court...

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...is about the 3% the Labour Party is languishing on in the polls under Deputy Kelly. I will say no more. We have our rights. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for protecting our rights here, always. I praise An Garda Síochána and the front line services - not slapping them on the back - and the community groups which have risen up and done so much. The community gardaí in my...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ..., is here longer than I am and he will remember him. It was Kieran Hanrahan. Around the house and mind the dresser. Around the country and mind the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Garda Síochána, the county council and the health authority. Why does the Government with all its Departments and resources not bring forward robust legislation and deal with...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...interested in sorting this issue out. Whatever is being done is not clearly not working. I support the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and thank its officials, the council and the Garda for the way they have tried to grapple with this, but it is clearly a mismatch and there is no coherent or decent legislation about this issue. The United Kingdom has a dedicated police...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: .... That is not related to sulky racing. The horses are wintered there, and it is just not right. It is sad. People are very hurt and challenged by it. I pay tribute the late Sergeant Niall O'Halloran, who was our local community garda. He made gallant efforts to deal with this situation. Those horses are also trespassing on many people's property. Due to the fact that they are...

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...visit them in Kilkenny. They have to get a taxi out from the bus station adjacent to the hospital, St. Luke's, which is just not possible. Then there is the enormous amount of money it costs the Garda, with Garda cars carrying people, whether they go voluntarily or involuntarily, to be transferred to Kilkenny. It is unbelievable. There is an enormous waste of time and money in the...

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...lockdowns do not work. We know they do not work. It is interesting to hear it coming from Deputy Eoghan Murphy and I welcome it because he was in the Cabinet that brought it in. I salute An Garda Síochána across the country, especially in Tipperary under Chief Superintendent Derek Smart and superintendents including Denis Whelan in Cahir; Pat O'Connor, who has just retired;...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...up and throwing away the key. We need to bring them on and train them. Community policing is the essence. With your indulgence, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I was late today as I was at a sochraid. Garda Sergeant Niall O'Halloran was laid to rest today at 47 years of age. He was an excellent community garda. He, along with his team, was the essence of community policing. I want to...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...in Charles Kickham country in Tipperary when thugs arrived in the middle of the night, broke into the property, caused untold damage and took away machinery. They were thugs and there was a Garda car sitting at the gate of the house while this was going on. This would not happen in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe and that is exactly what it was. We saw what happened in Roscommon. I am not...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification, the Minister said that the Garda Commissioner gave her a letter. Will that letter or a segment of it be provided to us so that we know it is not just hearsay? That Minister said twice that she is not putting words in his mouth. I also asked the Minister a question about the Garda Commissioner and the game licence being stopped.

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...powers for the next seven months, which I will oppose. I will support the Sinn Féin amendment to have the powers reviewed again in February, which they should be. With regard to public confidence, the Garda cannot govern without the support of the people and, thankfully, they have that. I thank the Garda, especially the gardaí in Tipperary and the community gardaí,...

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Council, under Walter Doherty and his team. When we had huge floods in Ardfinnan, they were out working might and main with families to keep the water out of houses. I salute our newly appointed Garda Sergeant Niall O'Halloran, and all the community, who work together so hard, as well as the overseer in Ballymacarbry, County Waterford, Guy Roe, and his team, and Lanny Walsh, and John...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...behind. Who is drawing up the guidelines? They are ridiculous. I was shocked that the Minister of State said that game shooting is not regulated at all and that the decision to restrict it came from the Garda Síochána. It is daft. There can be 25 people at a wedding with no music. I do not know how many in this room are married but I am married a long time; I do not know...