Results 781-800 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Should we apply for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the Minister before the House?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is treating the House with contempt.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We should send the Garda Síochána out to find the Minister.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: On a point of order, the amendment seeks the establishment of an independent commission to monitor and review the workings of the Act, the institutions established thereunder and the operations of the Garda within two years of coming into operation. How can such a commitment——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am not in doubt about the need for an independent commission to assess the workings of the legislation.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: How?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: There is no time for consultation because I only received a letter in this regard when I walked into the Chamber this morning. How could the establishment of a commission involve——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The position of the Opposition from the point of view of tabling reasonable, constructive amendments is ludicrous. This amendment follows up an amendment tabled by my colleague, Deputy Costello, which will be bombed out of the House by the Government later. It is an effort to put in place the first common plank of our platform for the next Government whereby there would be agreement on an...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Government rejected our proposal earlier to recommit the Bill.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Is the Minister selectively recommitting amendments?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We have had no notice of that proposal.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: What is being recommitted?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am glad the Minister has deigned to advise the House about the reason for this mysterious process. Since I last spoke on the Bill I have received a second additional list of amendments. This is in addition to the seven or eight lists of amendments that have been given to me since this morning. It is objectionable, now that we have commenced the debate on Report Stage, to have even more...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We understand he had to get his photograph taken in Dublin Castle. He could not avoid that opportunity.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is not a matter for the Minister to allocate the time that should be made available to this country's Parliament to discuss the 284 amendments before the House which, according to the Government, must be dealt with over the next 30 hours. Suggestions from the Minister that the Opposition is wasting time because its Members raise points——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ——which they consider legitimate is a further indication of the absolute arrogance of this Minister and the contempt he has for the Parliament.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: His further comments reinforce my point. I have no problem with the relocation of the definition of the Committee of Public Accounts to a different part of section 3. However, it leads to a further matter which the Minister can deal with now or at a later stage. According to the Minister, a number of issues will be dealt with in the Bill. One of these is a whistleblowers' charter but I have...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have put down an amendment to section 75. I have consistently believed that there must be scrutiny in this House of the operation of the Bill. That involves the proposal I made to establish an Oireachtas security committee. Does the Minister have a comment on that?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister's view of such a committee is relevant.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Does the Minister's view relate to mine?