Results 41-56 of 56 for garda speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Feb 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about the requirement that members of An Garda Síochána display markings notifying road users that they are carrying out speed checks when using unmarked vans for speed checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9287/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (26 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that were made for non-resident firearm certificates and issued by the Garda Síochána to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo during the 2014 season and during the 2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2907/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of day gun licences issued by An Garda Síochána to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo during the 2014 season and during the 2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1342/16]

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: .... The National Parks and Wildlife Service is the biggest villain of them all. Last year there was a flood on a road in Galway and the road was opened and closed five times. In the end the Garda had to intervene because one arm of the State was blocking another. We saw what happened to people in England two years ago when a number of rivers flooded. However, England, unlike this...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Hunting (26 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 227. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of gun day licences that were given out to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo in the 2014 to 2015 season by An Garda Síochána, for deer hunter day licence, and for bird hunter day licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42127/15]

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...right around the country, then so be it. Sadly, communities in Tipperary, the west, Trim and elsewhere have had to come together to highlight this situation. For the last 17 or 18 years, fewer gardaí have been out on the beat. We know that Garda numbers have dropped and we also know about the problems that have arisen since Garda stations were closed. People may ask what use a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (12 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refer a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission complaint, made by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, alleging that gardaí failed to adequately investigate an allegation of fraud, to the Independent Review Panel, consisting of two senior and five junior counsel; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (30 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contacted the Department of Justice and Equality demanding that gardaí be sent out to patrol bogs with a view to preventing domestic turf cutters from exercising their rights to cut their own turf, for their own use, on their own family turf banks; if she will confirm that it is her Department that has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a review by an independent panel into a complaint against the Garda Síochána, arising from an incident with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on 14 July 2013 will be completed. [7101/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission failed to conduct a proper investigation into a complaint against gardaí made by a specific person (details supplied) arising out of an incident on 14 July 2013; the reason GSOC did not get a professional transcript of an audio recording of that incident prior to dismissing the...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...been going to marts and town. They have been turning, twisting and doing everything one could with the car and trailer. They are now illegal on the road. In the past few weeks, I have seen that gardaí have actually pulled people up and penalty points are involved. These drivers are as good as any one would see but once again, we have gone mad on regulation. We need to think...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...to make it work. The conclusions of that forum are there but what those who gave of their time voluntarily got two or three months later was helicopters, planes, emergency response units and the Garda all around them calling them criminals. In the same era, we were told that not one red cent would be given away - Dublin's way or Frankfurt's way - and then we heard of a something called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...to people throughout the country. The figures were totally wrong on what was being delivered. The figure of eight was given for Roscommon at one stage. People need to be informed to go to the Garda to make a complaint and to go to Revenue also. An advertising campaign on this is required. Let us call a spade a spade. The Department of Finance gets most of the money out of a litre of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: While some parts of the Bill are welcome, I question some parts of it. In the past few years public confidence has been eroded in certain procedures in An Garda Síochána. We need a new vision and a new way forward to bring the people back to recognising the great work 99.9% of the members of An Garda Síochána do. It is grand bringing forward Bills in the Dáil, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of Garda vehicles operating out of Carrick-on-Shannon Garda station in County Leitrim has been reduced by two Garda cars, one Garda transport vehicle and one Garda motorcycle in recent months in view of the number of gardaí stationed there and the volume of tourist traffic in the town and surrounding area; and if she...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...and many have retired. Hedges have gone out of control and our roads have potholes. I hope money is invested and that people are recruited again in this sector. I welcome the fact that more gardaí are to be recruited, but there is no use in recruiting gardaí if all they have to transport them is a bicycle. During my election campaign, I looked into paddy wagons and Garda...