Results 61-80 of 167 for garda speaker:Michael McNamara

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...for a Bill like this to specify a particular type of testing. For example, the type of testing for road traffic offences is never specified in the relevant legislation. It is just stated that the Garda members can have an apparatus and then details of the apparatus will be set out in secondary legislation by the Minister. I have no problem with testing. In fact, it is vital that we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...only reason to curtail debate on this issue is to fix the loophole around fixed penalty notices that were handed out at ports and airports at the beginning of February. On "The Late Late Show", the Garda Commissioner spoke about fines at Dublin Airport, yet the legislation underpinning those fines was invalid. As such, they could not be enforced. By any stretch, that is a shambles.

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...with using that as an excuse to fail completely to address a breach of rights in Ireland. An example is the EuroCOP case taken against Ireland, where it was found that Ireland's treatment of gardaí was a breach of their economic and social rights and that has not been addressed in any meaningful way. A similar decision was made in respect of members of the Defence Forces, which...

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

Michael McNamara: ...time ago, yet that same logic is being deployed now against antigen testing. I was appalled to read in the newspapers that the owner of a bar who was carrying out antigen testing was arrested by An Garda Síochána. I wish it to be very clear that I am not criticising An Garda Síochána for enforcing the laws that this House facilitated the Government in making, which are...

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...to flag the lack of information on suicide in Ireland. The reason that we do not have centralised or up-to-date data is because there are 37 coroners' districts but no centralised database. An Garda Síochána has to investigate causes of death if a deceased person has not been very recently attended to by a doctor. In 2000, a review carried out by the then Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines handed out by An Garda Síochána and the monetary value of the fines, pursuant to the new Health (Amendment) Act 2020, which amended the Health Act 1947; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39677/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries that took place between 1984 and 1986 following the death of Patrick Nugent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35660/20]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...was a member before he took office, that our tracing system is not working. We can seek to criminalise the poor for being poor. It will not work because our fines system does not work. We can give An Garda Síochána the job of handing out these notices. I have no doubt but that it will do the job this House assigns to it.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Michael McNamara: I have no doubt that An Garda Síochána will do the job this House assigns it to do but will the Minister rule out asking gardaí to fine a parent visiting his or her child? If parents cannot pay such a fine, will the Minister have him them brought to court? If they will not go to court, a bench warrant will be issued, which An Garda Síochána will have to execute...

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

Michael McNamara: Like colleagues in my group, I will vote against this Bill. The Bill is a fig leaf. It tries to give responsibility to An Garda Síochána to do the work the health service failed to do. Whether it failed to do that because it was mismanaged or was inadequately resourced is not pertinent. Either way, the responsibility for that rests firmly with the Government. The Minister of...

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

Michael McNamara: ...companies to provide adequate customer service, which they have not, to date, provided. They are in a race to the bottom. The general backdrop to the budget is bizarre. I agree with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae about the number of members of An Garda Síochána who were ordered to go out and sabotage the economy last week. They were ordered to go out and hold people with children...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...Dr. Buquicchio had to leave. Inevitably there was an increased police presence on the streets in the UK, as there was in Ireland. We have a very unusual feature in our law which enables the Garda Commissioner to bring matters of interest, which are not defined, to the attention of the Minister for Justice and Equality. There was a recent controversy where a minor road traffic violation...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...who are looking to protest and for those looking to advise them, there is a commensurate difficulty for those seeking to police the protests. I am very conscious that we have not heard from any Garda representative bodies. We may need to hear from them at a subsequent meeting or session, but that will be in the hands of the committee and can be discussed later.

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

Michael McNamara: ...until morale improves, which is, in effect, what this Bill is about. The policy is to introduce more and more draconian legislation and make things harder and harder for people. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, has expressed reservations about this legislation. Ordinary rank-and-file gardaí throughout the State do not want it and have said it will bring An...

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

Michael McNamara: ...wishes to bring to the court's attention that this pub was closed for a day back on St. Patrick's Day. The publican could then say they do not accept it was right to be closed for a day but that a garda told them to close for a day and, of course, they adhered to a direction of a member of An Garda Síochána. What avenue does the publican have to challenge this? If the Minister...

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

Michael McNamara: ...that we know more now than we did then. This provision removed by this amendment includes the wording "whether in relation to a relevant provision or otherwise". Is it really about increasing Garda powers to inspect bars because we do not approve of bars? There are many people in society who do not approve of bars. None of them is forced to go into one. There are many people in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...variety of areas. How would she compare the State resources put into inspecting meat plants with the State resources put in to inspecting the hospitality sector, including Fáilte Ireland, the Garda Síochána, etc.?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...a face mask on public transport, it was only an offence to refuse to co-operate if either an employee of a bus company or the NTA asked a person to wear a mask and he or she refused to do so. The Garda was not the first line of enforcement. Given the crucial role of employees of bus and other transport companies, what consultation was there with bus and rail workers in advance of the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...for any of us? It is a serious question. When is the whole thing about the substantial meal anticipated to change? It is not a penal provision. It is difficult to see what role, if any, An Garda Síochána might play. I have no idea what role the force will play. It has been suggested that Fáilte Ireland will monitor that. How many monitors does the tourism authority...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Minute's Silence for a Member of An Garda Síochána (18 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Before we get into the business of the committee, I invite members to stand for a minute's silence in tribute to a member of An Garda Síochána who lost his life last night.