Results 81-100 of 191 for garda speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: ...attend the Seanad, under Standing Order 56, so that we can get her views on the abuse of privilege and information on the part of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. The Garda Commissioner also has questions to answer in respect of the information supplied, who gave him that information and the chain of supply of information. The behaviour of the Minister is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Mark Daly: The policy of neutrality during the Second World War was supported by the Minister's party at the time. Not only is he taking on members of the Garda, he is also taking on the Defence Forces and excluding them from their own church at Arbour Hill.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Mark Daly: ...the multimillionaires and billionaires. Here we have all these mortgage-holders who are struggling to pay their mortgages. We levy a property tax and keep cutting child benefit and the income of gardaí, which is of serious concern. I am sure colleagues opposite are aware of cases where gardaí are finding it difficult to pay their mortgages. If a garda is taken to court for inability...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I support Senator O'Brien's call for the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to come to the House to debate the appalling state of morale in the Garda Síochána. I also call for a debate on the issue of front-line service providers, including emergency crews in the ambulance and fire brigade services, the Garda Síochána, paramedics, nurses and doctors. What we saw last...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the debate. Obviously the closure of rural Garda stations is a hotly contested and debated issue in County Kerry because so many areas are affected. They stations affected are Ballinskelligs, Valentia Island, Beaufort, Kilgarvan, Lauragh, Brosna, Abbeydorney, Camp and Fenit. While the Government side has articulated that there are nearby Garda stations and its masters of spin...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: ...those in distress because of arrears and the new vulnerable, namely, people who are struggling to pay their mortgages. They are still paying their mortgages but as we know from the case of the Garda sergeant who had to seek help from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, they barely have enough money to eat. The Government is calling on the banks to make a decision but it is the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: ...those in distress because of arrears and the new vulnerable, namely, people who are struggling to pay their mortgages. They are still paying their mortgages but as we know from the case of the Garda sergeant who had to seek help from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, they barely have enough money to eat. The Government is calling on the banks to make a decision but it is the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Like others, I ask the Leader to organise a real debate in regard to the mortgage issue and the disturbing case reported in the The Irish Times today of a Garda sergeant and his wife who, as Senator Norris pointed out, have cornflakes days because that is all they can afford to eat. These are the new vulnerable in Irish society. Former President Bill Clinton said in October 2011 that we...

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: ...a threat on their release back into the community. There is nothing more serious than the abuse of children and where somebody is likely to reoffend, people in the community, especially the Garda, should be made aware of this in a very clear manner. The guidelines in this regard must be put on a statutory footing and obligations placed on the criminal justice system to ensure the Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: ...Ireland in the future. Today marks the 24th anniversary of the death of Aidan McAnespie at Aughnacloy. He was on his way to a GAA match when he was shot and killed by British soldiers. The former Garda deputy commissioner, Eugene Crowley, was appointed by the Government of the day to produce a report on the matter. I call on the Leader to ask his colleagues in Cabinet to arrange for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: The budget is anti-rural. Small schools are being told to consider their future, Garda stations are being closed down and farm families are being affected. My amendment proposes that the issue of increments be debated today and that the Government should use the €300 million which it is proposed to pay the public service in a fairer way. My colleague, Senator Ó Murchú has an amendment...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: ...favourable terms and we do not get the same deal, we will have to acknowledge a direct link between our continuing to pay back money in a manner no longer required of the Greeks and the closure of Garda stations and the withdrawal of special needs assistants. When that is put to the people, as it should be, they will reject the referendum on the basis that Ireland has less favourable...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)

Mark Daly: ...thank Mr. Gordon Jeyes of the HSE, Mr. Ian Elliott of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church and Detective Superintendent John McCann for their efforts in this regard. Garda investigations are ongoing and I ask anyone who has information to give it to the appropriate authorities. It is interesting to note that there have been 24 reports to the Garda on the matter.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: ...sexually abuse and rape, on average, 150 children. It is estimated by One in Four that only one in 100 victims of child abuse who come forward and report incidents of rape and sexual abuse to the Garda Síochána will see their abuser being successfully convicted. With so few convictions, it is little wonder that so much abuse went on for so long. It was exacerbated by the silence and...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: ...out a review into the Missionaries of the Scared Heart child protection policy as a matter of extreme urgency. The order should follow the example of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to employ a retired Garda detective to interview on a weekly basis all priests which the order has placed on restricted ministry order. The laws of the statute of limitations for civil cases need to be extended for...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Mark Daly: ...General before the House. The Leader omitted to reply on the issue. The Attorney General and representatives of NAMA have asked me to provide evidence on the matter but do I look like the Garda Síochána, with an ability to investigate people conducting deals in the paperless world of darkened rooms? A source of the information wrote to NAMA and provided background information. We...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: As I am not a member of the Garda, I cannot do that. When I have information of wrongdoing, I will put it before somebody.

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

Mark Daly: ...would not because that drug was illegal. As the products in question are sold as legal highs, their use does not seem to be considered wrong unlike the use of heroin or cocaine. I compliment the Garda Síochána on its work. Garda Denis Lenihan from the Killarney division spoke about the powers available under the Misuse of Drugs Act, as well as the Bill before us which deals with...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Mark Daly: ...many reasons as to why the statue had been removed, of which health and safety was one. Another was that it might give offence. We are now rushing to remove all religious symbols from hospitals, Garda stations, Leinster House and other places without any policy being formulated. Are we removing everything? Are we going to use health and safety as an excuse to remove religious symbols...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Mark Daly: ...to get the address. Someone in Ireland must be complicit in passing on that information. I ask the Leader to ask the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Justice, Equality and Law Reform to begin a Garda investigation into how the address of the brother of a former Taoiseach came into the hands of those who perpetrated a murder in Dubai. The message they are sending us is that they can...