Results 1-20 of 168 for drugs speaker:Mattie McGrath

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...lately, her sister, Carrie Acheson, the former TD who died just over a year ago, and people like that. There is also Sister Eileen Fahey, who set up Aiséirí in Cahir, a wonderful alcohol and drug treatment centre, and Sister Veronica Mangan, who I was privileged to serve with in setting up the Aislinn project in Ballyragget in Kilkenny, which Deputy McGuinness would know well,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have a statement more than a question. Drug dealers and criminals get legal aid. Surely families trying to keep their homes and trying to provide for themselves and their children should be entitled to legal aid.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and sexual crimes. That was the case in every other division as well. With the shambles the Government has made of defence and the annoyance of the gardaí, the worry is that we are definitely losing the drugs squad in Tipperary and community policing. I am told that these units are safeguarded and will not be touched but I wonder. The traffic corps has been devastated by a...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...because they support the community. Our community police in Tipperary, including in Clonmel and all over, do excellent work. Garda John Walsh in my own area does excellent work. However, the figures are there. The drug squad is going to be disbanded and community policing is disbanded already. It is a free-for-all for the criminals. We have to get this sorted out. I appeal to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... Some 99% is an unbelievable figure and it is the almost unanimous view of the rank and file members. We meet them every day and they look after communities and we expect them to do so. We compliment them on the drug seizure yesterday but only for them where would we be? They are not being respected by the Commissioner; it is as simple as that. We face a huge crisis with this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...be 20% fewer gardaí in any station or at any place. It effectively means there will be areas in the countryside, and cities and towns, with no cover whatsoever. It will result in the disbanding of drug units and community policing, which is happening in Clonmel as I speak. Special units will also be disbanded to fill a paper exercise. The chief superintendent for Tipperary and...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... Placing restrictions on citizens’ ability to express their views as they please is characteristic of an authoritarian regime. I said that. Where is the Government going to put all these people? It cannot put the criminals and the drug dealers in jail. For the love of God, please, will someone have some common sense here? I know the Minister does not have it. He does not...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...has been on to me. She cannot get the therapies he needs to stop him from doing that and to do good rather than do harm. It is frightening. These are very young people. Then we have the young people who are acting as mules and carrying drugs around in the town of Clonmel and other areas. It is shocking. We need CAMHS. We need early intervention therapies to support these families.

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...meitheal. They did not have the Internet and we did not have these perpetrators of heinous crimes. I welcome this legislation to try to protect our children from predators and people who try to use them for drug trafficking or traffic them in any way, shape or form. It is obviously necessary. It is grand to come in and introduce legislation here, as we have with much legislation, and...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...to assist businesses and individuals dependent on seasonal tourism. Deputy Robert Troy - to discuss the need to conclude the health technology assessment process with respect to the Kaftrio drug for 35 children in need. Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the status of plans to develop a 60-bed residential care centre at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel. Deputy Michael Moynihan - to...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: .... I called it project jackdaw because it stank. The owner has the hotel back again. Now there are slates falling from the roof and threatening people. There are people there on the site abusing drugs and all kinds of issues. What once was the hub of the town is now a disgusting site. That has not been rectified in this Bill, when it should have been. Out of greed, that man objected...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...glad to speak on this motion. Setting up a citizens' assembly seems to be the fashionable thing to do for every issue. I do not believe in that. There is plenty of evidence available regarding drug use and abuse in our country. It is shocking and we all know it. Deputy Michael Collins mentioned O'Connell Street in Dublin, but I can go to towns and villages in my constituency and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Crime Prevention (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of drug seizures which were seized on entry into Ireland in 2022; the location of such seizures; if he is concerned regarding the level of drugs entering the country; the efforts that are being taken to clamp down on drugs entering the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Substance Misuse (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned regarding the levels of drug-taking within Ireland's third level student community; the efforts that can be taken to clamp down on drug use within the student community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54367/22]

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...have experience of what is happening on the ground. I mean no personal criticism but I sometimes wonder whether the system here is capable of understanding this massive problem with taking and dealing drugs, which is found across all strata of society including among professionals and everybody else. This brings misery to ordinary citizens, who tend to be, as others have said, people...

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug support workers in County Tipperary; the supports available for young persons with drug addictions in County Tipperary; the steps that will be taken to address the growing drugs crisis in County Tipperary; the measures that his Department is taking to work with An Garda Síochána and other bodies to break the cycle of more young...

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: How many drug support workers are there in County Tipperary, what supports are available for young people there, and what actions is the Minister of State taking, along with the Garda, to deal with the growing drug and mental health problems, which are intrinsically linked, in Clonmel and across the rest of Tipperary?

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Every town and city in the country has been plagued by drugs, but the drug crisis in my town of Clonmel, which is a fine town, has almost gone out of control over the past 18 months. This is sad. We have no mental health supports. We do not have one long-stay bed. Crack cocaine and heroin are openly available on the main street and its curtilages and unfortunate souls are seen begging,...

Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that good work is being done up and down the country, but we do not have the resources. We have to try to break the cycle. It is sad when more and more young people fall back into drug use after going through rehab. The housing and drugs crises are inextricably linked. This is a well-known fact and is accepted by all who review this matter. We must try to impact schools, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...expect a single garda, male or female, to be out alone at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. in rural areas or in a town. We have huge problems in Clonmel, a fine midland town that used to be the biggest in the country with great people, but drugs and all kinds of anti-social behaviour are taking over in the middle of the day, not to mention at night. Gardaí are in danger of losing these areas....