Results 61-80 of 231 for garda speaker:Thomas Pringle

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Taoiseach for the response. It raises more questions. I was not going to deal with this today but I think it has to be dealt with. The Garda was informed about Brandon and for ten years it did nothing. The Garda is not the body that is going to be responsible for dealing with this. It is sad to say we cannot rely on the Garda but that is a fact. This is a lot bigger. There...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...even though they were the ones highlighting the problems throughout. This is not a Donegal or CHO 1 problem alone. It is a national problem. Previous Governments tried a similar thing with Garda corruption, in that they tried to box it off and claim it was only in Donegal. We saw where that got us. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is conducting a review of safeguarding in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (5 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...am loath to think that this would be contained to Donegal because we have seen this in the past. The Minister of State will probably remember the Morris tribunal regarding what was happening in An Garda Síochána. The response from officialdom at that time was that it was confined to Donegal and that it was only a Donegal issue. To our cost, we saw that it did not just happen...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...that can be updated throughout the year. That will go a long way towards dealing with some of the problems with the existing register. I recall instances where council staff were locked out of Garda stations during registration courts. That is happening regularly too. This is stuff that cannot be pursued and it is very difficult to get a prosecution. I welcome the introduction of a...

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...; . I am sure of one thing, however. The days when backbench Deputies could vote in here to privatise public services or dubiously auction State assets, such as mobile phone licences, or close post offices and Garda stations and then scurry back to their constituencies and claim to be against the very same decisions, are coming to an end. You are being caught out and called out. The...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...passed on information that assisted the UDA in targeting him and that police officers assisted the UDA in crossing the Border back to the North following his murder. The police force then failed to assist the gardaí in their investigation into Eddie's murder, due to the fact that he was a Sinn Féin elected representative. They failed to inform the gardaí that the weapons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...ánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an applicant (details supplied) for a stamp 5 was charged €300 when the application was signed at the immigration section at Ballyshannon Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9984/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate an independent public inquiry into the activities and methods used by the so-called "Heavy Gang" of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8936/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her reply. She has outlined a raft of information there and, on paper, everything looks good. While the activities of the Garda in the 1980s may be historical, the impacts have fed through to the modern day. We have cases particularly relating to Donegal in this regard. There must be an examination of how these activities have influenced the Garda all the way...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...said that the activities were not agreed with at the time. That is not actually true. They were agreed with and a blind eye was turned to them. The crux of the problem here is that not only the Garda but the State, the Government and everybody else turned a blind eye to these activities and allowed them to continue. Free rein was given to the Garda to allow that to happen. If nothing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: On the CHO 1 issue, the Morris tribunal report covered the actions of the Garda. At the time, official Ireland wanted to make sure this issue stayed in Donegal. That was where it was seen to be, but we know that was not the case. We will end up in the same situation regarding this. That is why CHO 1's relationship, nationally, with HSE management also needs to be investigated. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...;naiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that an applicant for a stamp 5 was charged €300 (details supplied) when the application was signed at the immigration section at Ballyshannon Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63244/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...that looks at the management, or indeed mismanagement, in a residential centre in Donegal. It outlines the sexual abuse of up to 20 residents by another resident and the inaction of the HSE, the Garda and HIQA on it for many years. It has been reported today that the HSE will publish the executive summary of the report in the coming days. Will the Minister share the calls by the...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...clinical experts a decision was made not to take the advice of these experts and family members were not informed until after the Look Back Review reported in 2018... Section 6.10.Reports to An Garda Síochána (AGS) The CHO have reported to the NIRP four occasions of contact between Stillwater services and An Garda Síochána (AGS) in relation to Brandon. The first...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...long shifts. Only last month we had reports of a Donegal ambulance being tasked to Tipperary and another tasked to Belmullet. A Donegal patient, meanwhile, was brought to Letterkenny hospital in a Garda car because no ambulance was available. This prompts serious questions about the dispatching of our ambulances. Ambulance crews backed up at hospitals waiting to discharge patients are...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...1992 and 1995. It seems we still have not out found why nothing happened at those times. Mr. Conor Dignam completed his report on 29 August 2016, before the Farrelly report. He queried why the Garda would not allow the publication of a review of the Devine and Resilience Ireland reports. Why could the Garda not engage with the tribunals and redact any problematic statements, thus...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: .... They need to know what happened. It is about making sure that it does not happen again. That is the important thing. I urge the Tánaiste to push for this to be published, and to push the Garda to say it is not interested and that it is not going to go any further on this. It is very interesting that it is only taking an interest now. This must be published and we need...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: .... The report identifies limited reports of abuse and inappropriate sexual behaviour from 1991 and concentrates on the period between 2003 and 2016. In 2011, management reported the issue to the Garda, as did the whistleblower. In the same year, after the report to the Garda and HIQA by the whistleblower, the individual identified as "Brandon" was isolated within the centre and the abuse...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...is key. Based on the figures the Minister of State provided today, by comparison with those provided in response to other questions, it does not seem to be fair. I ask him to impress on the Garda authorities that deployment should be fair and that every part of the country has to be policed in the same way. This is important for community safety. It is important that communities see...