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Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I am dealing with this.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: It now appears that when the House debates Bills on Report Stage, Ministers cannot go off script to respond to questions asked of them. I asked the Minister of State a simple question, namely, whether he could provide four examples of circumstances in which in the common good it might be justified to either not grant a passport or withhold someone's passport. He told me the Government...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: That is a bad example. If such people already are overseas, the Department will not withdraw their passports to prevent them from coming home.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I will press amendment No. 14 on the basis that the Minister of State has been incapable of giving Members a single instance to which it is applicable.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I will do so briefly. While I understand the time available is open-ended, I will not do that to other Members. This is a serious issue. It is highly disappointing that the Minister of State is unable to provide Members with a single example of what he is talking about. In the context of someone who might endanger himself or herself, he has told us that the consular service has had some...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 15: In page 9, line 9, to delete "that person or". Arising from the Minister of State's unwillingness to accept this amendment, can we have his solemn promise that Dustin the turkey will not get a passport?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(g) the Minister has been notified by the Courts Services that an order has been made to require the surrender of any child's passport or to require any person to refrain from applying for a passport for any child so long as the order is in force.". These amendments are designed to ensure that, where the...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I appreciate the Minister of State's acceptance of amendment No. 16. Amendments Nos. 21 and 24 set out the position explicitly in a readily understandable manner rather than trying to apply different provisions of the Bill in the circumstances in question. The advantage of that, in the context of the types of court cases I have in mind, is that it would provide a simple and direct provision...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: That is agreed.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: I suppose the issues being discussed are all inter-related in the context of revocation of passports and the decisions made. Is it the Minister of State's view that when this legislation is enacted, there will be statutory powers to revoke passports of individuals with regard to behaviour of such individuals prior to its enactment? The exercise of issuing passports is regarded as one of the...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: It is the revocation issue. Would they have their passports revoked?

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: What about the theft of Fianna Fáil money?

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: It was paid back four weeks ago.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Tánaiste should confront reality. He does not realise the damage he is doing to politics and to his credibility.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: Fianna Fáil has no principles or standards and its members are not prepared to stand up for anything. It is disgraceful.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: Fianna Fáil is a party of no courage. Not a single one of them would stand up and say it is wrong to steal party funds.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: He must have been the exception. He seems to be the only person in the country who did not.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: The Tánaiste is pathetic.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: Former Deputy Pádraig Flynn, former Taoiseach Mr. Charles Haughey — nothing has changed.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (27 Feb 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to reduce waste from packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/08]