Results 561-580 of 939 for speaker:Noel Treacy

European Council: Statements. (21 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: ——no opportunity to engage with the world. We must engage in every way possible to promote our country. We must have the same warmth of welcome as our people receive across the world. This is normal protocol across the world with all defence ships. I hope Deputy Gormley enjoys the visit. I wish I could be there but regret I cannot.

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: As we look towards the completion of the fifth enlargement of the European Union, I reiterate my pleasure at the strong support of this House for the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006. On behalf of the Government, I sincerely thank the Senators and political parties for their valuable and positive contributions. This is a short and critically important Bill which is a major...

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: Deputy Rabbitte is the biggest waffler in the land.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I would not want to be going to the Deputy's party.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: No.

Middle East Peace Process. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I emphasise the deep concern of the Government about the increasingly serious situation in Gaza and the West Bank. It is essential that all parties have the courage to act with restraint — in particular at this time, the Government of Israel — and to avoid any further actions which cause additional escalation and endanger lives. On 16 June the European Council issued a declaration on the...

Middle East Peace Process. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: We have been consistent, clear, open, strong and vocal in support of the Palestinian people in every forum in which we are represented. However we must be fair, even-handed and responsible, and this is a complex and difficult situation.

Middle East Peace Process. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I did not interrupt anybody and I am about to respond. We are concerned about the escalating situation in Gaza and we appreciate the concern of the Israeli authorities about the recent incident, including the kidnapping of a soldier. He should be released immediately and unconditionally. However, Israel's reaction must be restrained and proportionate. In particular, the long-suffering people...

Middle East Peace Process. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: We accept the plan and want to ensure the agreements reached with President Abbas and Hamas can be implemented. It is important that the Hamas Government fulfils its responsibilities to recognise Israel, condemn violence and accept and support the peace process. If it indicates clearly, through diplomatic channels, that it accepts this situation we have no difficulty in ensuring further...

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I refer the Deputy to the statement of the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Dáil on 13 June, when he gave the House a detailed account of the matter to which the Deputy's question refers. Immediately after the incident in question was reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs by the US Embassy, the Minister for Foreign Affairs summoned the US ambassador to Iveagh House, where they met...

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I have been asked many questions and Deputy Gormley has made many statements which are not factual. First, a cleaner did not discover this situation.

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: A soldier was being transferred on this aircraft. He was detained on board at Shannon. The officer in charge asked permission of the official on duty in Shannon if the soldier could be taken off the aircraft for exercise. The official in charge reported that immediately to his authorities in Dublin and to the US Embassy which in turn contacted directly the Departments of Foreign Affairs and...

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I was not contacted.

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I will outline the sequence of events. The Deputy is saying the cleaner discovered this but that is not the fact.

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: As soon as the Department of Foreign Affairs was contacted officials in the Department contacted the Minister who was attending a European meeting in Brussels. He returned immediately to Dublin and summoned the US ambassador into Iveagh House that evening and laid down the law on Ireland's position and said that this was unacceptable.

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The matter was investigated and we are satisfied that it was an administrative error as the US officials carrying out the transfer did not think they had to report this situation to our Department or the Government. The following morning the Minister for Foreign Affairs briefed his Cabinet colleagues on the situation. The Cabinet decided this was unacceptable and we requested a detailed...

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: To carry out inspections would imply that we are not prepared to accept the categorical assurances given to us——

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: ——by the friendly government of a country with which we have an exceptionally close relationship. No plausible evidence has been produced that aircraft have passed through Shannon Airport carrying prisoners being transported as part of an extraordinary rendition operation. The number of supposedly implicated flights that have transited through Shannon is minuscule in comparison with the...

Landing Rights. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: In a joint statement on extraordinary rendition on 27 June, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists and the Association for the Prevention of Torture do not call for spot checks but for the inspection of aircraft where there are grounds for believing that it is being used to transport detainees.