The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has failed to deal comprehensively with gaping holes in An Garda Síochána by only moving to fill less than half of the vacant senior garda posts, according to Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary. Read More
Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesman Dara Calleary has said the Government must act this week to fill dozens of senior posts in the ranks of the Gardaí as the management resources of the force are stretched across the country. There are 61 vacancies in An Garda Siochana: five Assistant Commissioners, eight Chief Superintendents and 46 Superintendents. Read More
Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary has called for urgent action from the Justice Minister Alan Shatter to fill the senior garda posts that have been left vacant by retirements over the past six months. Deputy Calleary has said he is deeply concerned by the Minister’s failure to take any action to fill the posts of the most two senior gardaí in the Anglo investigation, who retired before Christmas. Read More
Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary TD has expressed his concern at revelations that the number of gardaí involved in the Anglo investigation has more than halved in the last year. Read More
The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has claimed he is unable to identify the cost of running any of the garda stations that he is now planning to shut down. In reply to Parliamentary Questions from Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary, Minister Shatter said the costs are maintained at a district level, so he does not know how much it costs the State to run each individual station. Read More
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice Dara Calleary TD has responded to the publication of draft proposals on personal insolvency including mortgage debt, welcoming the publication but expressing concern that the proposals do not go far enough and fail to tackle the key issue of banks refusing to act reasonably. Read More
The Minister with responsibility for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch has failed to provide any reassurance that the planned downgrading of mental health services in Co Mayo will not proceed by the end of February. Minister Lynch was questioned on the Dáil last week by Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary about fears that the in-patient mental health services at St Joseph’s District Hospital in Ballina and the stand-alone unit at Teach Aisling in Castlebar will closed at the end of February. Read More
The Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that the Personal Insolvency Bill to reform our bankruptcy laws will not be published until April, despite his colleague Alan Shatter grabbing headlines today by claiming it would be published next week. Read More
Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesman Dara Calleary TD has said that the Government must produce a comprehensive framework on internet management which balances the rights of copyholders, the privacy of end users, and the need to maintain and protect a dynamic internet. He was speaking as a range of high profile website, as well as local site Broadsheet.ie decided to “go dark” in protest at draconian legislation being debated on the matter in the US Congress. Read More
Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has welcomed the announcement that US pharmaceutical firm Allergan is to create 200 jobs in Co Mayo, with a major expansion of its facility in Westport. Read More
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