Results 18,681-18,700 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: This Bill provides for a statutory victims of crime charter.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Bill provides for a statutory victims of crime commission. The Minister cannot have it both ways.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Commission did not take that view. The Minister took that view about it himself.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is plagiarising the Bill.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: That provision has been in the Bill since January.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: Why did the Minister not tell the Sunday Independent journalist that what he is now promising was already contained in the Fine Gael Bill?

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: Why did he deceive the Sunday Independent readers?

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The commission already exists. It was set up in 2005.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is pathetic.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is not fit for the office he has been given. He is a disgrace.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Children Act copied legislation from New Zealand. The Minister is an absolute disgrace.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: We would be better off with New Zealand legislation simpliciter than no legislation at all.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is a total disgrace. What makes it even more pathetic is that he does not realise it. He does not realise how pathetic he sounds.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputy Charles Flanagan. I express my appreciation to all the groups that assist victims of crime, some of which are represented in the Visitors' Gallery. They do tremendous work behind the scenes, often generally unknown to the public, and they have supported this legislative proposal. There is a common perception...

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the exclusive given to Jerome Reilly, the Minister announced at Thursday's press conference that "in the spring" — it is not clear whether this is the spring of 2009, 2010 or 2011- he would present to the Dáil a Bill to reform the victim impact statement mechanism in order to grant some status to next of kin in homicide cases. He made other announcements which...

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: I have, over the years, drafted and published more than 20 Private Members' Bills, four of which have been directly enacted into law, with appropriate Government amendments, and which have radically changed areas of law the Government failed to prioritise. Most of the others, within one to three years of publication, resulted in similar Government legislation being introduced and enacted....

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: On a final point of order——

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: This is my final point of order.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: It is a question of respect for this House and I ask that the Minister——

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Alan Shatter: ——explain to the House why he prioritised holding a press conference today announcing legislation he might publish——