Results 2,681-2,700 of 19,401 for speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is very little wisdom on the Minister of State's side of the House.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Government had lost that, it would have asked for a second vote.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not give a long response to the Minister of State's bait other than to say that nobody is denying the benefits of EU membership. What we are denying are the benefits of further integration, further loss of sovereignty and a further reduction in our independence. We welcomed and encouraged further enlargement and we have gone further than the Minister of State in encouraging that all...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the amendment, although I would prefer if we never had to deal with this issue. The primary approach should be to confirm in the Oireachtas any legislation retrospectively validated by the Bill. Last week I put a series of questions to Ministers and received varying answers. My intention was to receive a list of legislation and statutory instruments in order to bring forward an...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The amendment provides that legislation or statutory instruments would have to be endorsed within three months by the House or it would fall. A list of the relevant legislation has not been provided and this debacle has been presented to us in this legislation. Most Bills, which refer to a range of legislation and statutory instruments, have Schedules attached but that is not the case with...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State is creating a new wheel.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State should list the relevant legislation.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What about the Government's Irish obligations?
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The debate is over. The time is up.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We adhered to the guillotine.
- Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an deis labhairt ar an mBille tábhachtach seo. Is trua é nach bhfuil an Rialtas ag glacadh leis, mar measaim gur ábhar dáirÃre is ea an t-ábhar seo. Tá an-chuid dos na boird Stáit agus na boird phoiblà lena bhfuilimid ag deileáil ag déanamh cinnithe rÃ-thábhachtach ó thaobh todhchaà phobal na tÃre seo. BÃonn tionchar ag na cinnithe a...
- Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not a crossword.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not agree.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the proposed immigration, protection and residence Bill forthcoming? When will it be introduced in the House?
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the amendments on the basis that in some ways I do not believe the Minister will be satisfied with the technical accuracy of the technology. I am opposed to tagging of people on bail, as I opposed the tagging of released prisoners as a system for keeping track of people who have been convicted. Greater investment in the probation and welfare system would probably serve much better...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Just so the Minister is aware, we are on Committee Stage and dealing with section 1.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We can deal with amendment No. 8 and I can continue. I was not going to get up again and deal with the whole section. If necessary, I will sit down and repeat it again.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not labour this point as we are only dealing with an amendment to the section. We discussed the accuracy of the technology of such a system last year. If we were to go down the road of introducing a tagging system, it is reasonable that at the very least not only its accuracy but its effectiveness would be proven. There are other proven alternatives to tagging such as resourcing the...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Section 4 is a standard section and I will not labour the point. The section proposes that the expenses incurred by the Minister shall be to such an extent as sanctioned by the Minister for Finance. This is not a significant problem but any proposals tabled by my party have been ruled out of order on the basis that they would be a charge on the Minister for Finance which means every...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am asking the Minister to look at these amendments because some of them are reasonable and they might save money for the Government in the long term rather than be an expense.