Results 21-40 of 554 for garda speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...couples who want to start out on their own in the property market and buy an affordable house. When I was growing up, it was an awful sum of money, but the average house cost £30,000. Whether you worked in the local co-op or whether you were a garda or a teacher, the average house the length and breadth of the country, when I was a teenager, cost £30,000. In our heads we...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I support the extension of this Act because the clarification for the local authorities, An Garda Síochána and the publicans is necessary and very important. I thank the publicans very much because they offer a great service in County Kerry, in particular, which is the county I represent, and because of the excellent way in which they have operated through all types of adversity....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding traffic collisions recorded by An Garda Síochána and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55188/21]

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...has rushed some extraordinary laws through this House and signed into law some extraordinary regulations. These measures have curtailed people's freedoms in a most extraordinary way. The Garda has been given the power to do things we would never have thought it would be given. We believe that now the time has come to have people's individual freedoms restored and Garda powers returned...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...of County Kerry is an enormous task, from Valentia Island to Tarbert and from Gneeveguilla and Scartaglin to Ventry. It is a large area and significant operation, and I thank rank and file gardaí as well as those in the senior ranks for the job they are doing with the resources they have been given. Past Ministers for Justice visited County Kerry and met local representatives,...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...reopening date of 5 July. They had rosters and everything else put in place. There is so much confusion out there. While this legislation is welcome, given that it puts in place a framework for the Garda to allow the outdoor serving of alcohol and so on to continue, it is a worrying time for these businesses. There is confusion over whether the person who owns the restaurant or pub...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...down because of this problem. The Government must show compassion, sympathy and solidarity with the good people who came to Dublin today. I compliment each and every one of them. I thank the Garda, who never had as easy a job as they had today because the people who came were the salt of the earth and the soundest and nicest people one could have the pleasure of meeting. They came...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the compulsory retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána; when an announcement on same will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31574/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...national park since 1984. I thank Kerry County Council's fire service for the excellent work it did. I also thank the staff of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, the Air Corps, the Garda, Civil Defence and local emergency groups. I also thank local volunteers, those people who came out in places which I adore, such as the Black Valley. I also thank all the other...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Garda Vetting (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Garda clearance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (4 Feb 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter regarding the extension of time for members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (15 Dec 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a closed Garda station (details supplied) in County Kerry if it is still in the possession of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/20]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: We have our system, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish to point out that there was a very good decision made by past Governments and by An Garda Síochána and their representative associations, which was that the rank and file Garda members would not be armed. That decision and our gardaí have served our country well, having followed up on that decision. The reason I bring...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...owners and the people working in those businesses? It shows how little thought was actually put into this. We heard this morning on "Morning Ireland" and other programmes spokespersons for the Garda Representative Association saying that they were not even informed what powers they are actually going to have tonight. There is total confusion. I am asking the Taoiseach to really knuckle...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: ...not want to see young people being hurt. Generally, whether it is coming from people being unruly in their neighbourhoods, the one answer to antisocial behaviour, of course, is the community garda. I compliment An Garda Síochána in County Kerry which I represent. Whether it is from Castleisland to Cahersiveen, Listowel to Kenmare, or from east, south, west or mid-Kerry,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a Garda station (details supplied) that is not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/20]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: ...with. I take great exception to what Deputy Bruton said earlier when he tried to mislead us about what I had said very clearly. I was stating on the record of the House that I was supporting An Garda Síochána in the work it is doing because I believe it has much to do as it is in keeping law and order in our State. Here, the legislators who choose to vote for this...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: ...to open their doors we are setting out in this Bill what can be done to close them down. Earlier this week on a Radio 1 programme Antoinette Cunningham, General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants in Ireland, stated that unrealistic expectations are placed on members of An Garda Síochána by public commentary from Government and legislators who say these laws can...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: .... Would the Government ever start thinking about things like that? Before it proceeds to take this legislation through the House, will the Government think of the hard-working members of An Garda Síochána? Members of Garda management will tell one readily that they have enough to be doing and they do not need legislators coming in here dreaming up airy-fairy ways of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (14 Jul 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 927. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the seizure of cars by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15188/20]