Results 181-190 of 190 for going forward speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)
Charles Flanagan: ...states of the EU should maintain a DNA database and participate in sharing information on this. The Minister has indicated his intention to publish the legislation during this session, and I look forward to it. However, as in the Thornton Hall debacle, there are cost implications here. For example, how prepared is our "Pulse" system for participation in such an EU friendly database?...
- Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Charles Flanagan: ...the initiative that has been introduced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I acknowledge the work undertaken, particularly by the Law Reform Commission a long number of years ago, which prepared the ground for this legislation. I also wish to acknowledge the work, in more recent times, of the Oireachtas Library research team whose members prepared a fine document which...
- School Accommodation. (12 Mar 2009)
Charles Flanagan: ...the extent of the difficulties. There are three school projects to be undertaken as a matter of urgency. The Minister told me that progress on these proposed works is being considered on an ongoing basis. A parliamentary question in my name on 4 March 2009 revealed that the Minister has no idea how many prefabs are on site in Laois schools. In fact, he misled the House. Rath national...
- Spent Convictions Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2008)
Charles Flanagan: ...is in a small minority at European and international levels in so far as it is one of the few states that does not have some form of arrangement in respect of spent convictions. This Bill will go some way towards addressing that issue. The Bill includes a category of rehabilitated persons who will not have to divulge information about a conviction that is considered to have been spent or...
- Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister has spent the bulk of the last 45 minutes dealing with a High Court judgment on legally held firearms and informing us of his ban. There may well be merits in that policy and I look forward to the debate on it. Has he got evidence that the members of the notorious inner-city gangs or the Keane-Collopys and McCarthy-Dundons in Limerick apply for handgun licences in the District...
- Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Oct 2008)
Charles Flanagan: ...for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will contribute to the debate before it concludes. It is a refreshing change to have Fianna Fáil associated with corruption in a positive sense. It is good to see that party introducing anti-corruption measures and engaging in the fight against corruption rather than, as we have become accustomed to, being associated with dodgy deals and corrupt...
- Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2008)
Charles Flanagan: .... This topic has been aired extensively in the print media and on the local and national airwaves. It has also been the subject matter of conferences for interested parties. This debate is ongoing. It is a healthy process which helps clarify the role and responsibilities of professionals engaged in the provision of legal services, the Bar Council and the Law Society. The issue of...
- Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)
Charles Flanagan: ...to discuss cancer services, particularly in the midlands, and cancer reports. We can dwell on the past but it is an exercise in futility. I agree with Deputy O'Rourke that we must now look forward to see what lessons can and will be learned, and how the learning of these lessons will affect the people of the midlands. The Doherty and O'Doherty reports represent a litany of failures in...
- Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Dec 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Ar son Fine Gael cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo. Tá súil agam go rachaidh sé trÃd an Dáil gan mórán moille. Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuil cearta ionadaÃochta ag an saoránach trà Ghaeilge sna cúirteanna. Le blianta fada, bhà sé de dhualgas ar abhchóidà caighdeán áirithe a bhaint amach sa Ghaeilge chun cead a fháil an dlà a chleachtadh sa Stát seo. Mar sin féin,...
- Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)
Charles Flanagan: ...with the duty of wresting power back to the Legislature. He has failed abysmally in introducing a 22 committee labyrinthine structure which will take Members out of the Chamber to meet one another going back and forth in corridors, carrying files. No one, certainly not the people who elect us to this House, will know what is happening. Power needs to be wrested back and vested in the...