Results 15,901-15,920 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I would like to acknowledge the Deputy's continuing concern in relation to this serious public order issue. As I have previously outlined, my Department's main focus over the past number of months has been on the consideration of legal advice received from the Office of the Attorney General, which indicated that, in the main, current road traffic and public...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned are the subject of Deportation Orders signed on the 7 September 2018. These Orders require the persons concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is a matter for the Garda National Immigration...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution under review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities to ensure optimum use is made of the resources. I am informed by the Commissioner that as of the 28 February 2019, the latest...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, difficulties in relation to the execution of warrants, including bench warrants, are a long-standing issue for many police forces around the world; notably relating to persons actively seeking to evade detection and where limited identification information might be available to support enforcement. These difficulties are compounded where the warrant has...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for managing and the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, and I as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Regulation 10 of the Garda Admissions and Appointment Regulations 2013 provides that the Commissioner may, with the consent of the Minister, appoint and enrol any...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is not aware of any data breach which could have resulted in the personal contact details of customers becoming publicly available. The Department is occasionally alerted to possible cases of fraud by members of the public. In such circumstances, a caution notice...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Does that mean that amendments Nos. 93a, 93b and 93c fall as a consequence?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Section 44 has been dealt with.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I was talking to the Chair.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: That has been dealt with.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The Chair is never off side.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I wish to make three points, one of which is for the benefit of Senator Norris. If he had failed to return-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----I would be reduced to two points. The reason I have not brought forward the amendments is due to the tedium of the current debate. I have been in the Seanad for almost 100 hours on this Stage.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: My proposal, as mentioned on numerous occasions, was that I would return to the Government with the views of the Seanad and that that would inform a number of amendments on Report Stage, along with a number of amendments which are necessary in order to ensure consistency across the Bill. I regret that Senator McDowell stated that he is not minded to support a proposal that would involve a...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----and hence there is an incapacity on my part to accede to his request that the amendments be brought forward before the debate takes on any further complexity. I will not delay the House on the matter of my support for section 46. Obviously, it is of great import that, in advising the President in regard to an appointment, the Government should firstly consider the names recommended to...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I need the support of the Seanad.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: It is passivism, which is unknown in this House.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: What strikes me in the course of the entire debate is the remarkable ability of Senator McDowell in particular, ably echoed by Senator Norris who, in his own words, is a mere echo of Senator McDowell-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I have been struck throughout this debate by the number of occasions and sections upon which Senator McDowell has quite ably-----