Results 701-720 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: New Zealand is not North Korea or Albania.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The fair days are coming back.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the Bill, which Fine Gael will support. The Minister indicated he expected the Bill to pass all Stages and be enacted before the summer recess but there could be a difficulty with that. On a number of occasions on the Order of Business I asked the Taoiseach and the Chief Whip about the arrangements for this. I would be anxious for every Member to have an opportunity to speak on...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is a farcical situation that any piece of music equipment connected to a loudspeaker, even a gramophone, is sufficient for a premises to be considered a theatre. Over the same period we have seen an 11% increase in special exemption orders, from 81,933 in 2002 to 91,157 in 2007. This figure is probably heading for record proportions in 2008, if I can use the word "record" in the presence...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The emergency services and the Garda are bearing the brunt. I am surprised that something like sequential closing has been overlooked. If the clubs, pubs, theatres and so on close at 2.30 a.m., 2 a.m. or earlier, difficulties will arise. The Minister is aware that the intolerable situation in Glasgow of the 1 a.m. spill-out into the streets needed to be revisited. Sequential closing must...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Touché.

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Do not bring the midlands into it.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the escalating cycle of gangland style shootings and violence on the streets of Dublin city, as evidenced most recently by the indiscriminate discharge of firearms and use of handguns in three different city locations in broad daylight over the past 24 hours; the need for the Minister...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I endorse what my colleague, Deputy Sheahan, has said in regard to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which I hope will be brought to the House at the earliest opportunity.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I raised a matter yesterday and also last week and do not wish to detain the House but it is an important issue in regard to the manner in which we engage in the process of business here. I speak about the Intoxicating Liquor Bill which is before the House. We raised the matter last night at the outset of the debate. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has not indicated a...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It appears that the written Whips' message we receive daily is being changed every day. We had it earlier this morning in connection with another issue of importance Deputy Gilmore brought before the House. Each change to the Whips' message on a daily basis is for the convenience of Government not for the convenience of the House. If Ministers want co-operation, particularly in the last...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Does the Taoiseach often see the Minister, Deputy Gormley?

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is ad hoc.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: There is no guarantee of funding.

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is better than no legislation.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The use of the veto was contingent on a "Yes" vote.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish a progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25463/08]

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: From the Seanad (3 Jul 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I worked on the Bill and thank the Minister for taking on board concerns expressed on Committee Stage in this House and in the Seanad. I recall that he gave a commitment to consider the matter along the lines of the amendment. Nothwithstanding the fact that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform does not do amnesties, this appears to be the closest thing to an amnesty. Níl an...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: From the Seanad (3 Jul 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I am sure the Minister will oblige. It is important that a quota of people not be left in no man's land and the amendment appears to fit the bill. I welcome what the Minister has done and said.

Gangland Killings. (8 Jul 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to address gangland violence and murders, with particular reference to Dublin. [27208/08]