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Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I did not make such a suggestion.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Have any of those guns been used by criminal gangs?

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: They are sporting guns.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: This is not the real issue.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister is raising it.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Gangland figures are not using legally held handguns.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has spent the bulk of the last 45 minutes dealing with a High Court judgment on legally held firearms and informing us of his ban. There may well be merits in that policy and I look forward to the debate on it. Has he got evidence that the members of the notorious inner-city gangs or the Keane-Collopys and McCarthy-Dundons in Limerick apply for handgun licences in the District...

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The record will show that it is.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Such weapons may merit a mention, but they were the subject of the bulk of the Minister's response.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister should talk to him about it.

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive a report from the National Consumer Agency on the reason for high fuel prices here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44986/08]

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: On the issue of the missing Minister, can the Tánaiste confirm to the House that legislation will be required to deal with a situation where An Bord Pleanála has indicated that all its decisions between autumn 2004 and early 2005 are now invalid because of the Minister's failure to comply with the terms of board appointments? Local government amending legislation will be required. Can the...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is an unprecedented situation.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I remind the Tánaiste that on 22 May this year on the Order of Business she confirmed to the House that legislation to facilitate complaints against members of the Judiciary would be enacted by the end of this year. Not only has the legislation not been debated, it has not been published. Where does that legislation stand? We are approaching the end of the year.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is promised but not provided.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: We could have a general election to look forward to.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It was a good try, though.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: This day last week in response to the 43rd brutal murder in the State since the beginning of the year, the Ceann Comhairle facilitated the asking of questions to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the House as to initiatives the Government might introduce to stop the spiral of killing and stem the tide of crime. Since then, there have been two further brutal murders and a...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: On promised legislation, there have been two further brutal murders, one in this city and another in County Galway, since last week. In an unprecedented development, a hapless Minister of State——

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: ——was taken hostage.