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Written Answers — Defamation Proceedings: Defamation Proceedings (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I assume the Deputy is referring to the position in law under which the defamation of a person who has died is not actionable. I can inform the Deputy that while there are no proposals for change on the matter the Defamation Bill 2006 does provide that a cause of action in defamation survives the death of the person in respect of whom the alleged defamatory statement was made. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the Legal Aid Board is committed to ensuring that it provides legal services in a professional, efficient and cost effective manner and, in order to achieve that objective, it has recently carried out comprehensive reviews of its operations. The reports emanating from these reviews have recommended that the Board should establish a "model law centre" which would...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that the Legal Aid Board's head office is located in Cahirciveen, County Kerry and it is for this reason and in keeping with normal practice that the Board considers it appropriate to hold a number of its Board meetings there. In any particular year, the Legal Aid Board holds at least half of its Board meetings in Cahirciveen with the remainder held in Dublin. In...

Written Answers — Property Services Regulation: Property Services Regulation (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 provides for establishment on a statutory basis of the Property Services Regulatory Authority. The Bill was presented in the Seanad on 7 May 2009 and is currently awaiting Committee Stage. I look forward to discussion of the Bill's provisions in this House in due course.

Written Answers — Firearms Legislation: Firearms Legislation (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My proposals on firearms control measures were announced last November and are contained in the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 which completed Committee Stage on 18 June 2009. I have received and responded to the correspondence from the organisation referred to by the Deputy. I also met with the Firearms Consultative Panel three weeks ago and listened to their views....

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person in question made an application for Family Reunification on behalf of her children in May 2008. This application was forwarded to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is completed and the...

Written Answers — Liquor Licencing Laws: Liquor Licencing Laws (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Government Alcohol Advisory Group considered issues relating to distance sales of alcohol in the Report which it submitted last year. Under section 17(3) of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 it is an offence for a licensee, with intent to evade the conditions of the license, to take alcohol from the licensed premises for the purpose of its being sold on the account or for the benefit or...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Statistics in relation to murder trials are a matter for the Courts Service, which under the Courts Service Act, 1998 is independent in the performance of its functions (s. 4(3)). Its functions include the management of the courts, (s.5(a)) and provision of court related information (s. 5(c)). The Criminal Procedure Bill 2009, which is awaiting Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann, creates two...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Earlier this year I announced the commencement of work on a White Paper on Crime which it is intended to complete during 2011. A key element in the process will be the production of a series of discussion documents designed to stimulate and structure the debate on relevant topics. The first in the series will be published shortly. Further information is available on my Department's website,...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Members over there should stop playing politics.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: This is a parliament.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Members over there are like children. Will they let the man answer?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I appreciate the Deputy tabling this amendment and understand the motives behind it, but I am not inclined to accept it because of the relatively broad nature of the legislation and the fact that it is, in effect, a very substantial updating of our laws in regard to conveyancing. It is probably unlikely that there would be adequate experience over a five-year period to warrant a full review...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 1: In page 20, to delete lines 21 to 40 and substitute the following: "(2) A regulation under subsection (1) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Yes.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 3: In page 21, to delete lines 10 to 16 and substitute the following: "(2) Subject to subsection (1), and without prejudice to section 26(2)(f) of the Act of 2005— (a) any reference in an enactment to— (i) the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890, (ii) an Act included in that collective citation, or (iii) any provision of such an Act, shall be construed as a reference to...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My view in regard to this issue has not changed since Committee Stage. I made the point that the types of titles to which the Deputy refers, titles of honour or dignity arising from feudal baronies or manorial lordships, do not, in any way, amount to an interest in land. To include them in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 would give a misleading impression that, to some...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is nothing on the agenda. These are personal rights and are personal to the people involved. They are not property rights. They cannot be included in a Bill which deals with real property issues.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My amendments Nos. 7 and 8 have the same intent as Deputy Tuffy's amendment. Amendment No. 7 drops the indirect reference to the rule against inalienability from section 9(3)(c) while amendment No. 8 reinstates the rule in a more positive way with a new section 9(4).

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move amendment No. 7: In page 21, to delete lines 29 to 30.