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- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Fifteen minutes remain. It is entirely up to yourselves.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Ramming of Garda Vehicles Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Like my colleagues, I commend Deputy Griffin on bringing the Bill before us and the Minister of State's response on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald. If we were to go through the names of the 88 members of the Garda Síochána who have died in the service of the State, quite a number of them died in road traffic accidents. This is because they are...
- Ramming of Garda Vehicles Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: I will. My point is that Garda vehicles and their availability play an important role in the duties of gardaí. Whether they are marked or unmarked, their presence is essential for policing and protecting all of us as citizens as well as the authorities within the State. In the context of the ramming of vehicles, I wish to make a further point about other people on the front line,...
- Ramming of Garda Vehicles Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: I will finish on this note. If one wants to reduce the cost of legal services and ensure that people can interpret legislation, putting everything in one Act makes it easier to interpret and, therefore, reduces the cost to the consumer. I commend Deputy Griffin on introducing this Bill.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: On the amendment, please, Deputy.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Deputy, on the amendment, please.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Please allow the Deputy to speak without interruption.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: On the amendment, please.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Please speak to the amendment.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: I will be the judge of that.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: On the amendments please.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: It is not.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: The Deputy is referring to staff. That is not on the amendments.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: That is not on the amendments.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: The Deputy should speak on the amendment. Social housing is not in the Bill so the Deputy cannot discuss that.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: I do not want any interruption please.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Amendment No. 2 is out of order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: I thank our guests for coming before the committee this afternoon. The three main issues are extracts from the inspectorate's report. An analysis has already been raised by Deputy Finian McGrath, but my question is somewhat different. The analysis of employment data on a Tuesday morning and Saturday night concerned 48 gardaí. The inspectorate expected to see far more members on duty....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)
Alan Farrell: Bear with me, Chairman. I have an associated question.