Results 61-80 of 97 for garda speaker:Diarmuid Wilson

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----democratically representing, in the only way possible, the members of their organisation. The individuals in question were mandated by the Carlow-Kilkenny district of An Garda Síochána to do what they did. It is sad if they are to be disciplined for taking democratic action in the only way open to them.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...not here himself to take this motion. At a time of rising numbers of burglaries, drug smuggling and serious dissident activity, the Government is going way beyond the EU-IMF agreement in slashing Garda numbers to the lowest level in over a decade and closing Garda stations. My colleagues have outlined the reasons this is not a good idea and I do not intend to repeat them. Morale in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Fianna Fáil group, Senator Darragh O'Brien, in again calling on the Minister for Justice and Equality to come into the Chamber to address the very serious difficulties arising in the ranks of An Garda Síochána. I have never witnessed such low morale among the gardaí I meet on a day-to-day basis in my county town and throughout the country. The morale of gardaí is at rock bottom...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: .... It is good news for the north east. Our Leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to come into the House to discuss the crisis that exists in the force, An Garda Síochána. Morale is at a very low ebb, not alone do the Garda not have the resources to carry out their jobs to the best of their ability, they are looking at pay and conditions being...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Training Boards Bill going to arrive into the House? I join the leader of my party in the Seanad, Senator O'Brien, in calling for the Minister for Justice and Equality to come into the House. The gardaí are operating in deplorable circumstances. In Cavan town there are six detectives and they have no unmarked car. The traffic corps is operating with an almost defunct squad car. Court...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd to the House. These are difficult days for the Minister and the people of County Louth as a result of the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. I offer my condolences to the Minister, the people of his county and to the family of Detective Garda Donohoe in County Cavan, where he hailed from originally. I wish to clarify the situation...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Buitléar family on the death of former Senator Éamon de Buitléar. In particular, I join my colleagues in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the vicious and callous murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was a native of Kilnaleck, County Cavan. Detective Garda Donohoe and his family are highly respected in the local community around the small village. On behalf of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: At a time when vulnerable communities are worried about crime, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, used the cover of the budget to announce the closure of 100 Garda stations, including three in County Cavan, Bawnboy, Stradone and Redhills. This is a very cynical exercise by the Minister, a man who continues to treat the Garda Síochána and the people of this country with contempt. At a time when-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----crime is on the increase, the Minister continues to close Garda stations, take Garda cars away from gardaí and lock them up in the Phoenix Park. The gardaí are supposed to police their areas by using CCTV while sitting in Garda stations in the main towns. It is a hugely cynical exercise by the Minister which I strongly condemn. I have a question for the Leader. Will he invite the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: The drugs that were sold in those head shops are now being sold from the backs of cars and in side streets. The local Garda drugs units do not have the funding to go after these individuals who, despite the legislation, continue to make money and cause serious illness for a large number of people throughout the country. I again call for a debate on the funding provided to the Department of...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...because he is fast becoming known throughout the length and breadth of the country as the Minister for closures. Not alone has he closed Army barracks throughout the country but he has also closed Garda stations throughout the country. As a result of the cutbacks to the Garda Síochána budget, he has ensured that outside of the main urban centres of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...to wait until after the referendum, when he is brought out of the closet again, I have no difficulty with that. It is important that he attend the House to discuss the effect of the closure of Garda stations throughout the country on policing, particularly in rural areas. On Monday, the Minister signed off on the sale of the former Army barracks in Longford for €450,000. I ask him to...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----proposing that the Minister for Justice and Equality come to the House to discuss the closure of rural Garda stations, and indeed those not so rural, as my colleague has pointed out this morning. The latest stations to fall victim to the Minister's cuts in recent days have been Clontibret and Smithboro in County Monaghan and Tullyvin in County Cavan. While he is here I would like him...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business. I join in the calls for the Minister for Justice and Equality to attend the House to discuss the closure of rural Garda stations. The station in Tullyvin, just outside Cootehill, County Cavan, has been earmarked for closure. The Minister should outline to the people of rural Ireland who will be affected by the closures...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...draconian. Those of us brought up in the countryside were taught to believe that the only people who could enter one's premises without a warrant were officials from the Customs and that even the Garda had to have a warrant to enter one's premises. If the power is to be given to an inspector of septic tanks that is not available to the Garda then we have serious questions to answer. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...to a party that has representatives in the other House who claim to be democrats. Let us tell it as it is. These people are not democrats; they are thugs and layabouts. I pay tribute to the Garda Síochána and to the staff of the Houses for protecting Members.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I agree with Senator Harris's comments in regard to RTE News coverage of the incidents which took place during the students' protest last Wednesday. I witnessed the horrific abuse of members of the Garda Síochána on Merrion Street by these young thugs, which is all they can be described as. Incidentally, not alone were alleged dissidents of the Real IRA involved but flags and emblems of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Jun 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Minister for Health and Children made the necessary statutory instrument to make the possession and sale of certain substances subject to criminal sanctions under the Misuse of Drugs Acts. Based on Garda information, I understand that at one stage 102 of these shops were open and now there are approximately 48. I welcome that the head shops in Cavan town and Monaghan town have recently...

Seanad: TETRA System: Statements. (29 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan. The roll-out of the new TETRA mobile communications system for use by the emergency services, including the Garda, is very welcome as it will improve greatly the ability of gardaí to contact each other in a confidential manner. However, its introduction without warning just before Christmas is causing major disruption to television...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ..., Energy and Natural Resources and-or the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the House to debate the difficulties the new TETRA digital communications system which is routed through Garda station masts is causing for television reception? I raised the matter last week and ask the Leader to schedule a debate, if not before the break for St. Patrick's Day, as soon as possible...