Results 601-620 of 939 for speaker:Noel Treacy

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: That is not true.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I will outline the facts and want the Deputy to withdraw his statement.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I am aware of allegations made by Amnesty International about aspects of arms exports from Ireland. I have discussed the situation with the organisation. The Government is committed to ensuring Ireland's export controls are as strong as possible. For that reason, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment commissioned an independent report into the export control system. Following on...

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: Several Irish citizens were seriously injured in Bali. The Deputy should remember that Indonesia is a country of 225 million people, the fourth most populated country in the world. It is the largest Muslim democracy in the world.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The Deputy is making fictional allegations which he seems to be good at. He should withdraw them because they have no basis. His party's history probably contains items which may not have been disclosed to the proper authorities. There is no point in him making falsehoods in the House when they do not stand up in law or to scrutiny.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: His allegations do not fit in with the facts presented by the rigid system operated between Departments to ensure only proper legitimate transiting of goods takes place.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The problem is that the Deputy made the question irrelevant because I had already answered the questions he raised.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The Deputy will withdraw that statement. It is the third time he has attempted to make it in the House.

Human Rights Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is not factual, fair or correct.

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: In replies to parliamentary questions on this subject on 4 April, the Minister for Foreign Affairs welcomed the announcement by ETA of a permanent ceasefire from 24 March. He also made it clear that next steps in the process were purely a matter for the Spanish Government and elected representatives to consider. Today the Spanish Prime Minister, Mr.Zapatero, spoke to the media on the Spanish...

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: Batasuna is a political party, deemed by the Spanish Supreme Court to be operating illegally. The report was transferred to the EU where a decision was taken after much deliberation. It is now a matter for the Spanish authorities in the first instance to deal with the situation and satisfy itself as to the veracity and commitment of Batasuna to political activity only, as distinct from...

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: ——the integrity of the sovereign state of Spain to deal with this matter in the first instance.

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: We have no right to make a presumption about activity——

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: ——in another sovereign state until a report comes forward that is satisfactory to our colleagues in the European Union and ourselves.

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The Deputy can rest assured——

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: ——that the Taoiseach has had discussions pertaining to assisting Prime Minister Zapatero in this situation. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, and I, with my European colleagues and Fr. Alex Reid have been involved in assisting the situation in Spain.

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is important that we await the evolution of the process in Spain and a final report from the Spanish Government through our embassy before we take a broader, conclusive view of that situation.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: I refer the Deputy to the statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to Dáil Éireann on 13 June, in which he addressed the question of aircraft inspection comprehensively. As was pointed out in his statement, we were the first Government, when rumours of extraordinary rendition emerged, to raise with the US authorities our concerns about the matter. We were also the first Government to...

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: My mind is never closed on any situation. We are totally open to ensuring that not alone are the laws of this land adhered to, by all people traversing and transiting our country, but also that international law is taken into account and fully implemented, as is our obligation as members of the European Union, the United Nations, and the IKO convention on aviation transiting our area. We are...

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Noel Treacy: The protocols are wide ranging in that the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Transport have to be consulted in all of these situations——