Results 1,361-1,380 of 2,770 for speaker:Bernard Allen

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I was listening.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Why did the Minister of State answer a question on 24 May and refuse my question?

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I asked about passport controls.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I would like to say——

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: ——that the Minister of State is tending to mislead the House, although perhaps unintentionally.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I would like to inform the Minister of State that human trafficking is not a crime under our laws. Unlike other countries, Ireland tends to treat the girls who are apprehended here, rather than the traffickers, as the criminals.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: We do not have any systems in place to deal with such girls, who are the victims of human trafficking, in an effective manner. The traffickers are getting away scot free. I ask the Minister of State not to say that human trafficking is a crime under our law because it is not.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Nothing will happen before the summer break.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: That is rubbish.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: It is not true.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: We could have but did not request passenger name records from all US aeroplanes passing through Shannon from the United States.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: In view of the European Court of Justice ruling on 30 May that deemed invalid the agreement between the European Union and the United States in regard to passenger name records, and given that negotiations will have to commence between the Council of Ministers and the US authorities in regard to this matter, will the Government demand a bilateral agreement on passenger name records? If the...

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: The question is if we will demand it.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I know that.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will the Minister of State answer the question?

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will we demand it?

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will we demand it?

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: The Minister of State has spoken many words but given no answer. Will we demand a reciprocal arrangement?

Foreign Conflicts. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: It is estimated that the conflict in Darfur has affected 3.6 million people, including 1.8 million internally displaced persons and 200,000 exiled to Chad. Some 200,000 are dead. With this in mind, I am disappointed that we are so stretched we will be unable to contribute to the possible expansion of a peacekeeping force in the region. However, I commend the Minister of State on current...

Northern Ireland Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Sometimes.