Results 9,261-9,280 of 18,761 for speaker:Michael McDowell
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: They are in a position to use pokers, hatchets and other implements.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: They are entitled to defend themselves. There is nothing contradictory about saying that any obligation to retreat should be irrelevant when one takes a stance in defence of one's self, one's family, one's property and one's home. I do not think that is some kind of neo-fascist view, I think it is a reasonable view. I do not think one should be obliged to retreat from people who are invading...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I am just sayingââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: It is not for me to exploit the huge and vehement disagreement between the Labour Party and Fine Gael on this issue.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I will merely say that it is the first sign of a major fracture of opinion. Perhaps Deputy Murphy will agree that the cynic in me is possibly justified in saying that this division is a reflection of the parties' task of securing different segments of the electorate's vote. Deputy Lynch will be the bleeding heart and Deputy Murphy will wear the jackboot. They will be happy then.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: We are straying a wee bit from the subject matter.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The subsection uses language which is already used in other portions of the Bill but I agree it is rather quaint.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I accept the amendment.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The Commissioner has agreed to consult the shooting lobby, if I may use that phrase, and does so on a regular basis. It is not as if theââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: It is not as if the Commissioner is hostile to that lobby. The guidelines are being provided for because effectively the High Court held that each local Superintendent was a corporation sole as regards making his or her mind up as to what policies would apply. Missives from the Phoenix Park and the Commissioner were deemed to be ultra vires and an improper circumscription of the discretion...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I am saying to the Deputy, yes, very definitelyââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: The Deputies are ignoring the fact that the Commissioner may want to issue security-related guidelines but he or she should not have to put them into the public domain just for the curiosity of the Deputies who wish to see how the matter is being dealt with. The Commissioner may want, at a particular time because of a particular perceived threat, to issue a particular guideline and it is not...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: It is not extraordinary. It is perfectly reasonable. It will achieve a uniform policy across the country and allow the Commissioner to have an input into the decision making by Superintendents. I do not think that every aspect should be secret. I appreciate that if the Commissioner said something very general like, "be careful about younger applicants", that would not have any security...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I mentioned paying special attention. I did not say anything about denying a certificate.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I did not.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: It has been agreed with the shooting organisations that the general guidelines will be discussed with them and published. I do not accept the proposition that a confidential guideline cannot be issued on occasion, although that may surprise people. Deputy Howlin referred to my attitude to the Freedom of Information Act 1997, but I remind him that before the introduction of amending...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: My other point is that the deliberative process before the amendment was being seriously diminished by the requirement that all related documents be available to the public. The Freedom of Information Act 1997 was changed in that respect, since which time the situation has improved. One now hears genuine opinions and both sides of the story.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: That was the decision of an officer of the Department and had nothing to do with me.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: My point is that I do not accept every guideline must be published. However, I believe general ones will be published and that the shooting organisations know that.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Michael McDowell: I said nothing of the sort. I said it might be possible, for instance, for the Commissioner to have brought to the attention of local superintendents the need to pay special attention to persons who lived in close proximity.