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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I am asking the question. I have an opinion as to how the investigation should be carried out and who should carry out the investigation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I have a third question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: May I ask the third question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I did not say it was dreadful. I said the Minister supported the Garda.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: It is just one question, but I want to clear an inaccuracy. I am not here to defend or attack GSOC, the Garda or the Minister, who is well capable of defending himself. GSOC stated, only last year, that it finds the failure by the Garda to release information unacceptable. It also stated that its inquiries are regularly frustrated by the refusal by officers to hand over documents. On one...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I had asked, based on what Verrimus reported, that if it was not Garda involvement, did the Minister think there was some other explanation?
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: There are 100 judges here.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I will.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I am not saying that.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: The Acting Chairman should get the Deputy to shut up.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: I refer to the Minister of State's opening remarks regarding impartiality, independence of judges and political influence. Many people in the country would say judges have an honourable record in terms of independence from the Government. I cannot readily cite an instance where a judge's political background influenced a decision from the Bench. However, if there is nothing wrong with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (25 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circular or policy document that prompted his Department to subsume concessionary legacy posts where the schools in question showed that their enrolment had risen to a level to warrant an additional teacher; his views that this move only penalises these schools; his views that not to directly notify the DEIS 2 schools which still held...
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: Where would one get it?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: One would not get it in South America.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: Those are serious issues.
- Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: The Deputy is obviously supporting the motion.
- Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: No, it is not.
- Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: With 1.7 million customers visiting 1,150 outlets every week, An Post is running the largest financial services network in the country. Critically, it is also one of the most trusted institutions in the country at a time when faith in the traditional banking system is at an all-time low. We have all seen the effect the slash and burn closures of Garda stations have had on rural communities....
- Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)
John Halligan: As a teller, under Standing Order 69 I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: I will concentrate on the EirGrid project. Despite being the head of communications in this country, the Minister has failed abjectly to communicate a clear and comprehensive account of the Government's involvement in the project. I am not saying this is intentional, but the feeling outside the House and among many of us here is that such is the case. The Government has stood idly by while...