Results 1,881-1,900 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Departmental Communication. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I would like to ask a brief supplementary question. The Minister took up some time by making a personal statement, which was fine. Was the query that his assistant secretary sent to the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in 2002 followed up after no response was received?

Departmental Communication. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Was the criminal justice group that was established in 2004 apprised of the proceedings which were pending?

Departmental Communication. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I thought it was directed to the Office of the Chief State Solicitor.

Departmental Communication. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Did the contact to which the Minister refers involve a telephone call?

Garda Deployment. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Minister discover that?

Garda Deployment. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Or did not keep.

Crime Levels. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures contained in the recent Garda report for 2005 which shows a further increase in the number of headline offences; his further views on whether taken together with the provisional figures for the first quarter of 2006, the report shows a worrying deterioration in crime; the action he intends to take...

Crime Levels. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I also congratulate the Garda on successfully apprehending two armed robbers in County Westmeath, which is good news. A total of 101,659 headline offences were recorded last year, meaning almost 2,000 serious crimes were committed each week, or 279 each day. The number of homicides increased by almost 60%. Guns were used in 75 murders between 1998 and 2004 but proceedings were initiated in...

Crime Levels. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: They are terrified by them.

Crime Levels. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: We have a common purpose in trying to address the most dangerous evil facing the State, which is the drug lords. With regard to the Minister's mandatory sentencing proposals, has he considered the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment in the CC case regarding the determination of honest knowledge in so far as it might impact on a declaration by a garda that the value of drugs held...

Crime Levels. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: There would be no contest in respect of drugs worth €3 million.

Human Rights Issues. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: By express delivery.

Human Rights Issues. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister does not believe that we are in violation of any international convention. Has he examined Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of the report to the Human Rights Commission? Can he assure the House that we are not in breach of any obligation under that or any other article? Does he accept the need for what the report described as an "overarching...

Human Rights Issues. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister ruling it out as an option?

Human Rights Issues. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Snodaigh did not expect a lecture on that matter.

Sexual Offences. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Minister's last comment acknowledging undue delay, which is a great pity. The Minister responded to my colleague Deputy McManus in November 2005 in virtually the same form he gave to the Dáil last week, that the Department had asked the HSE for its views and told the House that the HSE had indicated it was examining the matter thoroughly and would revert to the Department...

Sexual Offences. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: What is the idea of a phased report?

Sexual Offences. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Bill was wrong.

Sexual Offences. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: That change was not forced.

Sexual Offences. (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: We need to go back to all this.