Results 321-340 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: From the Seanad (Resumed). (23 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: On the basis that this is the best achievable outcome, I will accept that.

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: From the Seanad (Resumed). (23 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We discussed that issue earlier. I am satisfied that the points we made are covered.

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: From the Seanad (Resumed). (23 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am glad the DPP has requested a review. I fully agree with his approach on this. In those circumstances we would want to ensure that a person could be extradited to a member state where the best evidence and witnesses were available, particularly in respect of the types of heinous crimes outlined by the Minister of State. I am prepared to agree to this amendment.

Order of Business. (24 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: His talk is not cheap.

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the major concerns in the Bandon area, arising from the lay off of 178 of the staff of a major industrial plant in Brinny, near Bandon; if he has proposals in relation to employment possibilities for the staff in question and general employment possibilities in the Bandon area; and if he...

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to bring alternative employment to Carlow town following the closure of the Greencore sugar company plant with the loss of 250 jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6196/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications. : Visa Applications. (24 Feb 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any practical arrangements are in place for non-nationals to transfer visa or other entries on their passports confirming entitlement to reside or work in Ireland, in the situation where their passports have either expired or need to be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/05]

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Will it be like the 2,000 extra gardaí?

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: That is rubbish.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: No. 11 on the Order Paper is a motion on the approval of the terms of an agreement between the Government and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on co-operation in combating illicit trafficking in drugs, money laundering, organised crime and other serious crime. When will the notice of motion be moved? Why is this agreement, which was made in February 2002, only now being brought...

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: When will it be taken?

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is proposed to sell lands or buildings under his control in the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6734/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the reserve Defence Forces; the type of operations they are engaged in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6737/05]

Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme: Prisons Building Programme (1 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will name the two committee members who visited the site at Thorntown in advance of the committee meeting to discuss the site for the proposed new prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6591/05]

Leaders' Questions. (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: For this relief, much thanks.

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We in Fine Gael regret that Sinn Féin, despite many public announcements about its new attitude to criminality recently, has refused to join the other democratic parties in this House in this motion of solidarity with the McCartney family. Sinn Féin has again opted to isolate and exclude itself. As I see it, it is but a further expression of the cynical approach evidenced by Sinn Féin to...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I remind Sinn Féin that key questions were posed during this debate to which no answers have been provided. Why did the former Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast attack the SDLP's Alastair McDonnell for saying that IRA men were responsible for the murder? Why did Alex Maskey try to dismiss the murder as "knife culture"? Why did he rush to condemn police searches — the PSNI doing its job, as...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ——a more appropriate logo for Sinn Féin would be Sinn Féin €200 million because that is the amount of money the Provisionals are estimated to have taken out of this country. We have learnt since the arrest in connection with the Northern Bank robbery the prevalence of the underworld of IRA activities here. There is need for a full investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau into the...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ——in regard to this murder.

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I will not be silenced, either inside or outside this House, by Sinn Féin or the IRA. We have had a real opportunity through this debate to commend the courage, consistency and honesty of the McCartney family. In regard to the Robert McCartney case the Fine Gael message is simple. We want Sinn Féin to actively encourage those who witnessed this appalling act to give statements to the...