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Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome what the Minister is doing here, which is important and practical. I am not sure, however, whether the Government appreciates the extent of the problem. More than 700 new repossession cases were initiated in the High Court in the nine months to March of this year, compared to less than 350 during the same period last year, according to the Courts Service. A breakdown of these...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. a1: In page 15, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "3.—The operation of this Act shall be reviewed by the Minister and a report shall be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas five years after the commencement of this Act.". Having regard to the late amendments that have been introduced by the Minister and to the highly technical nature of this Bill, I...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I am prepared to accept what the Minister said. I take it he is referring to amendment No. 1, which I accept. I would have thought both amendments were sufficiently connected. Perhaps we could have discussed them together.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: It is take it or leave it. I will withdraw my amendment. I thank the Minister and acknowledge what he said.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: This is rather novel. It is broadly similar to what the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, did in regard to the Nursing Home Support Bill 2008 and it is important. I am not sure if the Minister was in the Chamber but I had the opportunity last week or the week before to refer to this issue of a Minister changing the law by way of regulation rather than primary...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I have no issue with that.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Minister for his explanation. It is important to ensure there is full clarity in this regard. I welcome the amendments.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I ask the Minister to give the House a practical example of what he is talking about. It seems we are vesting in the court the power to make an order in respect of, for example, a right of way that may be in dispute and heretofore would have remained in dispute or could not have been clarified because it did not fulfil the requirements of the appropriate common law doctrine. Am I right in...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: We have moved on to the travails of Fionn MacCumhaill in the Minister's constituency of Louth. At a committee meeting earlier today we listened to the Minister speak about Éamon de Valera's heart.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has had a very busy day. I take it from what he has said the court will now be in a position to disregard many of the long-held rules that govern what constitutes a prescriptive right of way. It will be possible to set these rules aside if it can be shown that the acquisition or otherwise of a right of way might, in the circumstances, be just and equitable.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I accept that.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, remain on crowded wards and are therefore at risk of potentially fatal infection, and that, despite this situation, St. Vincent's is closing a ward used by CF patients on 1 July 2009 in order to save money; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crutches or pairs of crutches purchased by the Health Service Executive in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the cost on the HSE for such crutches over the four years period and further; the number of crutches returned or accepted by the HSE during that same period; the policy of the HSE in respect of re-using or...

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Earlier today we voted on eight guillotined motions that were placed on the Order Paper by the Government. Can I add two more? The Government published the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 this afternoon and it contains very far reaching proposals. Given the fact that the Dáil is due to rise next week, there is no way that the House will have had an opportunity to scrutinise this...

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: It has not been published yet.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: If I did not ask about it, we would never know.

Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time it takes for a claim for jobseeker's allowance to be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23304/09]

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Finals Stages (Resumed) (25 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Will the Minister's amendment to section 11 place an obligation on the referee to report to the designated judge?

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Finals Stages (Resumed) (25 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: There seems to be a shortcoming in this respect in that the designated judge may make a request for an investigation. Is the Minister stating that the referee will be obliged to communicate?

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Finals Stages (Resumed) (25 Jun 2009)

Charles Flanagan: That is important. I am not sure about the precedent, but I am curious about the Taoiseach's involvement. Is the lead Minister not the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the relevant Ministers - the Ministers for Defence and, where the Revenue Commissioners are concerned, Finance - being the other Ministers in a less leading role? I note the Taoiseach's involvement. Has other...