Results 1-18 of 18 for drugs speaker:Cathal Berry

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Berry: ...evident in the take-down of the MV Matthewonly a few months back off the Cork coast, when we had operatives sliding down the fast rope, overpowering those on the vessel and basically executing the largest drugs bust ever in the history of the State. True Defence Forces culture was when an aircraft flew to Kabul two and a half years ago and those on board snatched our citizens and brought...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Nov 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...Portarlington. What is unique about the course, as the Minister pointed out, is that the 100 students have got about €1,500 worth of medical kit, in the form of tourniquets, field dressings and advanced drugs. I have no doubt the course has saved a considerable number of lives. I thank the Minister for his support. The country can rightly be proud of the project's contribution.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...started in the Middle East 96 hours ago, and we have 500 troops out there. We have no means to get to them or to get there. We have no idea what trajectory that conflict is on. We have a war on drugs. We have no means of monitoring our airspace - no primary radar. People can fly anything they want into our airspace with the transponder off and we cannot even detect it. During the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...poorly manned. Portarlington has a population of 11,000, yet the Garda station is only open for four hours a day. To pardon the pun, that is criminal and wholly unsatisfactory and insufficient. Portarlington is like any other town. It has drug issues and antisocial behaviour. In recent months there has been a trend towards dog attacks on sheep, trespassing on farmland and antisocial...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Berry: ...year. There should be 1,095 sailors but there are only 795 as of yesterday so it is down 300 crew and it is having a massive effect on morale and interfering with search and rescue operations, drug interdiction operations and national security operations so it is not just an industrial relations problem, it is a national security issue. What is the solution? Staff retention is the...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Berry: ...out, most normal people move away from the scene of the incident. Yet, we expect our gardaí to move forward, to intervene and to normalise the situation. Most normal people do not hang around with dangerous drug dealers or with organised criminals. Once again, we expect our gardaí to move forward, to intervene, to confront and to actively seek out these people. We need to...

Prüm II Proposal: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Cathal Berry: ...as it is. I support the motion. All contributions have shown an awareness of the transnational nature of organised crime and terrorism, whether that is people trafficking, weapons smuggling or drug trafficking. People appreciate that. We can also appreciate our law enforcement personnel need the means to reach across borders and access the appropriate information in a timely fashion...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Berry: .... Second, we need a deterrent from a smuggling point of view. We know that vulnerable people are being trafficked into this country, that fugitives can come and go as they please and that weapons and drugs are being brought in. In the past 12 months alone, two submarines full of drugs were found in Spain. Those vessels came across the Atlantic from the Amazon. We have no way of...

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...its passage through the Dáil. I support it for three reasons primarily. First, we all acknowledge the transnational nature of crime at this time, particularly when it comes to the movement of drugs, weapons and vulnerable people. Unfortunately, while freedom of movement applies to European citizens, it also applies to European criminals. It is very important that responsible,...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...Minister is well aware that there was an alleged attempted ramming of an Irish trawler only two weeks ago off the south coast. It is not just about fishing: it is about the importation and smuggling of drugs, fugitives, people, and weapons. There is a gap in our defences from the perspective of our territorial waters and it does affect the fishing community. The fourth and final point I...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for the Public Services 2021
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (20 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...account for the drop-off. My concern is that a reduction in the number of Naval Service patrol days increases the number of gaps in our defences. We need our ships on patrol to address issues with drugs, weapons, fugitives, vulnerable persons and, crucially after Brexit, fisheries protection. There is some good news on page 6. Subhead A13 refers to built infrastructure. A sum of...

Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (22 Apr 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...in our territorial waters. The programme will assist the Naval Service to deter, detect and intercept rogue vessels beyond the horizon, before they make landfall in this country. It will interdict the smuggling of drugs, people and weapons. All Deputies know that every town and village in rural, regional and coastal Ireland has a drugs problem. The product is coming across the Atlantic...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency Project and Defence Forces Service in the UN: Motions (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Berry: .... The land bridge to the Continent has effectively been compromised, leaving us much more reliant on our sea lanes of communication. All of the Deputies at this meeting are familiar with the drugs issue in every town and village throughout the country. Anything that enhances our anti-smuggling operation is something we should embrace. If the Naval Service is so important, then MARSUR...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Cathal Berry: ...may not be aware but it will only require one injection rather than the usual two. Were it to be approved, it would greatly accelerate and simplify the vaccine roll-out process. The US Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve this vaccine candidate in the next ten days or so. From his European contacts, does the Taoiseach have any visibility as to when Johnson &...

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Berry: ...2001. Nuclear weapons only deter a proper investment in appropriate sectors of society, such as education, health, alleviation of poverty and conventional military spending for ships to keep out drugs, helicopters that might pluck people from the sea in search and rescue operations and conventional troops that could be deployed overseas for peacekeeping, humanitarian or stability...

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Berry: ...pandemic should ensure that measures protect not only the population’s physical health, but its mental health also, as an equally important component of health and well-being; — many people may be facing increased levels of alcohol and drug use, insomnia and anxiety during this pandemic; — reporting of domestic abuse has increased during the pandemic; —...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Cathal Berry: ...of this legislation. Any measures that are brought in to tighten up procedures in respect of cryptocurrency or money laundering through expensive works of art and any restrictions that can be placed on drug trafficking, human trafficking and the likes are to be welcomed. I believe, however, that we will be back here before the end of the Thirty-third Dáil because we will need to...