Results 481-500 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe
- Security Industry. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I compliment the off-duty garda who foiled an armed robbery within the past 24 hours. While I do not have his name, we should acknowledge the exemplary courage shown on this occasion and I hope he is recovering from his injuries. It is easy for us to criticise the Minister and we have many grounds for doing so. I point to the substantial number of robberies when compared with 1998, the first...
- Security Industry. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Why is he only doing so now when he has been in office for three years?
- Security Industry. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Why is he only moving now?
- Security Industry. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: How many gangs are there?
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the acquisition of 150 acres of land at Thornton Hall at a cost of â¬200,000 per acre represents good value for the taxpayer; his views on whether the sale of the 238-acre Grange farm four miles away at a cost of â¬26,000 per acre, the established market value for agricultural land in this area,...
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Does the Minister accept that, at â¬200,000 an acre, he has purchased the dearest farm in Europe? Does he accept that this figure is eight times the market value per acre for a farm of that size? Does he agree the market value of the Grange farm was settled by a public auction? As he must be aware from his legal days, this is the true criterion of market value. I am not talking about...
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I am talking about the process relating to this farm.
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The area has these features.
- Garda Equipment. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: To be kitted out.
- Garda Equipment. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: It is not often we get the opportunity to discuss the uniform of the Garda SÃochána but as it has been mentioned I wish to ask the Minister how long it has been since the uniform was redesigned. Is there any question of a redesign at present? Is it an issue that is looked at generally from the point of view of comfort, efficiency and so on, particularly bearing in mind the large number of...
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: My main interest is in safeguarding the taxpayer. I have raised the issue of the â¬26 million wasted on the purchase of a site when it should have been acquired for approximately â¬4 million. Has the Minister taken lightly the local heritage report? Has he considered the possibility that an architectural conservation area order may be made by Fingal County Council? My understanding is that...
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: How does the Minister know? Has he read the report?
- Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: There will be other chapters on this matter.
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis upon which he has the power to delegate to his officials the power to adjudicate on an application for leave to remain which is made to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/05]
- Written Answers — Prison Reports: Prison Reports (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 751: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 22 March 2005, the recommendations in the Kinlen reports published to date which he has implemented; and the timescale for the implementation of the other recommendations made in the reports. [10902/05]
- Written Answers — Prison Reports: Prison Reports (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reports which have been submitted to him by Mr. Justice Kinlen; the reports which have been published; the longest period of time which has elapsed between the date a report was submitted to him and the date it was published; the reasons for the delay involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/05]
- Written Answers — Travers Report: Travers Report (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date on which the Travers report was submitted to her; the date on which the printed version of the Travers report became available for purchase in the Government publications sales office; if she will provide a full explanation for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10982/05]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in providing the long promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital; and the further reason the request of September 2004 for approval to appoint a design team has not been granted. [11134/05]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether funding should be made available to the parents of a child from west Cork, with a medical card, to cover the cost of travel for regular visits for treatment in Dublin hospitals. [11135/05]
- Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (12 Apr 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 746: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a record is kept of the number of cases of judgments which have been reserved by a particular judge. [10897/05]