Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Another sheet. This is impossible.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I give up on any drafting point. That is the ninth sheet I have received.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I seem to have been omitted. I merely happen to be the Fine Gael spokesperson.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: On a point of order, the amendment seeks the establishment of an independent commission to monitor and review the workings of the Act, the institutions established thereunder and the operations of the Garda within two years of coming into operation. How can such a commitmentââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I am not in doubt about the need for an independent commission to assess the workings of the legislation.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: How?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: There is no time for consultation because I only received a letter in this regard when I walked into the Chamber this morning. How could the establishment of a commission involveââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The position of the Opposition from the point of view of tabling reasonable, constructive amendments is ludicrous. This amendment follows up an amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy Costello, which will be bombed out of the House by the Government later. It is an effort to put in place the first common plank of our platform for the next Government whereby there would be agreement on an...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Government rejected our proposal earlier to recommit the Bill.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Is the Minister selectively recommitting amendments?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: We have had no notice of that proposal.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: What is being recommitted?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The issue is simple. The amendments brought forward at this late stage by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform are either of substance or not. The Minister has claimed that they are dramatic and are a response to the reports of the Morris tribunal. On that basis, the amendments are substantial. If that is the case, they deserve to be debated properly. The way to do that is...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: ââwhere the Commissioner is of the opinion that the person's membership of the force would undermine public confidence in the force. The second similar amendment involves directing a member of the Garda SÃochána to account for any act done or omission made while on duty. The principle is satisfactory but the follow-up process, which might end with the dismissal of that member, needs to...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I wish to give one example.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: A member of the force for 25 years, a married man with five children, who has never been involved in disciplinary proceedings of any kind, raised this issue. He asked what would happen to him, his wife and children if he could be dismissed without any possibility of recourse to due process, if a superior officer used that procedure against him without proper processes. We owe it to the public...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Should we apply for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the Minister before the House?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is treating the House with contempt.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: We should send the Garda SÃochána out to find the Minister.
- Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: They might as well turn it into a café bar.