Results 161-180 of 685 for garda speaker:Mattie McGrath

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Government. We have feeble and meagre leadership. There needs to be a changing of the guard. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Health have dropped the ball spectacularly, which is sad. The people answered the call. Community gardaí, like Sergeant Ray Moloney and Garda Noel Glavin in Cahir, the GAA clubs, the women's clubs and other different organisations got together to set up...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Some Government Deputies wrongly accused Deputy Shortall of not supporting the Garda, so in case they try to do the same again, I want to put on the record that I support the Garda 100%. We have an excellent community division in Tipperary. It was stood down but is back up running now. I support Sergeant Ray Moloney, Superintendent Denis Whelan and all the inspectors in Cahir and thank...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...and vim of the Irish people. It will not succeed. The people here 100 years ago fought for their freedom and they now have to go out to fight a tyranny that this Government wants to introduce. I want to salute An Garda Síochána in Tipperary, Dublin and all over the country. It is doing its best. It does not know what regulations it is operating because these are changing...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...people cannot attend church services of any denomination. People have grown tired and I am concerned about the supports for them during this lockdown. I support the community effort that An Garda Síochána has made. In Tipperary, Sergeant Ray Moloney and Superintendent Denis Whelan and the team there have started today making visits and supporting the community, which is...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...body called Tusla, with no proper training, scrutinising or set up and worst than that, no proper accountability. I am dealing with some awful, harrowing cases that are ongoing. Members of the Garda will state that Tusla staff will ring on a Friday evening because they are going off for the weekend and they are getting gardaí to intervene to take families away. These are very...

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...if it will not give them freely? The Government will not give the answers because it is all about control. The media are controlled as well. The House will discuss restrictions tomorrow night and we will have the Garda issuing fines. We will crucify and perish our people. We are commemorating the anniversary of the death of Seán Treacy and the two O'Dwyer brothers who were...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ..., the Taoiseach and others yesterday. We have conflicting messages. The problem is that while I respect the qualifications of these scientists and doctors, business representatives are not involved in NPHET and neither is the Garda Síochána, which has to try to handle the situations that arise. A representative of self-employed people is not involved. We need input from a...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...in lodgings or "digs", and they got a fine country dinner. Often they went out and gave a hand picking the spuds at this time of year with the farmers. They got a feeling for the culture, our cluichí freisin, ar nós peile agus iománaíochta, and, above all, our dúchas. They loved that. That friendship has held up with those people. Tá siad i Sasana agus a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (6 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Tipperary division that were refurbished by the OPW over the past 18 months; the nature of works carried out in each station; if each of the refurbishment works are completed or still ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/20]

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...showed the meitheal spirit and did everything they were asked to, as did all of the GAA clubs, the community development associations and everybody else, and in that respect I want to salute again the Garda Síochána community policing units in Cahir, Clonmel and all of County Tipperary. However, mind games are being played now with the people and they are getting fed up with it...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...the way of life and it becomes so hard to change it. They get in deeper and deeper and it becomes so difficult to get out of it. It is so difficult for people in the community, including parents, Garda liaison officers and therapists, to talk them out of their activity because it is lucrative and there is a big buzz with high octane levels. They get sucked in and carry on with their...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...referred to it. The only answer is community policing. Ní neart go cur le chéile. Community policing, Community Alert and Neighbourhood Watch are the answer. People have the confidence to talk to gardaí who stand in their kitchens when they are rung. No police force in the world can police without the support of the public. I salute Superintendent Denis Whelan,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...had actually expired or were replaced, and I did not get an answer. We have an information void. If Parliament does not have proper discussion or scrutiny, how can public bodies or members of the Garda Síochána, who are doing their best, have understanding? We saw the Garda could not prevent something that happened in Dublin the other night. It was told it did not have the...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...members of the Army, people on whom we depend, in such a manner. I recently got a call from the HSE about an outbreak at Walsh Mushrooms in Golden. Who were the first people on the scene? The Garda, assisted by the Army, were the first there to put up Army camps and tents in which to carry out testing. The Defence Forces are called on for floods, as Deputy O'Donoghue stated, as well...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: .... We are down to a matter of two words. On Sunday, I heard a representative of an organisation - I cannot remember which one it was - questioning the uncertainty and the unclear guidelines under which gardaí must operate in the context of Covid-19. We all support, salute and compliment the Garda, including in Tipperary and elsewhere where I have engaged with it. It has been great...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...could not because it could. The Minister could tell me to sit down or otherwise. This is pedantic and childish. I do not mean the Minister personally. It is semantics. I heard a lady from An Garda Síochána address it. They do not have the clarity. They are going one step forward then two steps backwards. It needs to be clear. With regard to sending gardaí in to...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...yet been specified. It is dangerous to give any Minister the power to create statutory instruments which will not be debated or voted on in and for which he or she will not be accountable to the House. The Garda has done a tremendous job. I salute the gardaí in County Tipperary and elsewhere. I refer to the way community and other gardaí went into communities to support...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...in Golden, in my county, where an incident broke out two weeks ago in Walsh Mushrooms. I got a phone call from Kate Killeen of the HSE, whom I thank and who kept me informed. The Army, the Garda, the Ambulance Service and everybody else rolled in and did the testing on a parish site. This can be contrasted with the rumours abounding about a plant in Cahir for weeks, finally admitted...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...39 inspections were carried out in meat plants and 30 of those were preannounced. Those figures are stark. They are the Minister's own figures. Those pubs were inspected in a single weekend. An Garda has enough to do without visiting pubs. What does the Minister have against pubs? They have not been found guilty of anything but they have been blackguarded and destroyed. I refer...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...behind closed doors. There was space in the mushroom plant. Why was there a difference between what happened in Golden and what happened ten miles away? The HSE did an excellent job, as did the Garda and everyone in Golden with the locals, and I compliment the local community. It was a whole different story in Cahir.