Results 1,081-1,100 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Prison Accommodation. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: On Thornton Hall, having expended almost â¬40 million in taxpayers' money on what is still a green-field site, what exactly is the position on the provision of prison spaces in north County Dublin or will the Minister suspend the plan indefinitely?
- Prison Accommodation. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: Is the land paid for?
- Prison Accommodation. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: That is a negative reply.
- Cyber Bullying. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I welcome the awareness campaign but I must put it to the Minister that in the circumstances it is insufficient. What steps will the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform or any other Department take towards ensuring website providers play their part? The Minister does not seem to have any ideas, plans or activities other than a voluntary code for parents and children and an...
- Joint Policing Committees. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I agree with the concept of the committees and I believe they have potential. My constituency of Laois-Offaly is one Garda division. Under the current roll-out it appears we will have seven joint policing committees. Does it appear excessive to the Minister to have seven joint policing committees in one Garda division covering two counties? More importantly, in the context of the pilot...
- Detention Centres. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: All the young people concerned will be over 18 years of age by the time Thornton Hall is accommodating anybody.
- Aircraft Search and Inspection. (13 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister can answer for the Government.
- Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: That was weeks ago.
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: The Tánaiste did not tell us where the Taoiseach has gone.
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: It is a week today since, following a meeting together, the Taoiseach, the Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda Commissioner indicated there was no need for new legislation in the criminal law area and that the Garda had sufficient resources. We flatly contradicted that in the context of debate and will continue to do so. In regard to promised legislation and the third...
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: ââwith drugs and money at its root. This legislation has been promised and we are one of the few EU countries which has not transposed that third EU money laundering directive into our domestic legislation. When will that happen?
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: Hope is insufficient.
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: We are charged with the responsibility of processing, enacting and scrutinising legislation.
- Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I ask the Tánaiste to do a little better than to hope.
- Criminal Justice (Violent Crime Prevention) Bill 2008: First Stage (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice Acts, to abolish automatic remission of sentences in criminal cases, to provide a minimum 25 year term to be served on conviction of murder, to provide civil restrictions on persons involved in organised criminal activity and to provide for connected matters.
- Criminal Justice (Violent Crime Prevention) Bill 2008: First Stage (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I move: "That Dáil Ãireann: deplores: the murder of an innocent victim in Limerick by gangland criminals last week making him the 17th gangland murder victim this year; the failure of the criminal justice system to secure convictions in 113 of the 127 gangland killings that have taken place since 1998; the failure of the criminal justice system in respect of the almost 30,000 outstanding...
- Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to introduce this motion on behalf of the Fine Gael Party. Fine Gael felt compelled to take this action due to the Government's incredibly apathetic and half-hearted response to an escalating gangland crisis. Following Shane Geoghegan's brutal murder, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform decided to hold a meeting with the Garda Commissioner. Some...
- Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: Hiding behind the separation of powers does not allow for justice to be delivered to murder victims or their families. The Houses of the Oireachtas enacted legislation in respect of mandatory sentencing and if that legislation is being flouted, the Minister must take action. For those criminals who are incarcerated, prison is not always an obstacle to criminality. Time and again it has been...
- Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)
Charles Flanagan: He would not have been spinning and manipulating in the way he has been. I encourage him to introduce this because his foot-dragging excuse that the proposed legislation is complex is unacceptable. The Minister and his Department have access to the finest legal minds in the country when drafting legislation and this legislation should be in place by now. Given the Garda Commissioner's full...