Results 1,961-1,980 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Does he have the authority to question the Minister and the Attorney General?
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: It has been leaked.
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Government will be obliged to take responsibility.
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Is that what the Government wants to avoid?
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all the non-Irish, non-British nationals who were released from prison since the coming into effect of the Immigration Act 1999 were considered for deportation; if not, the reason; the number of such persons who were considered for deportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/06]
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Despite the fact that I raised the issue on two previous occasions in the House, can the Minister not tell us yet how many non-national prisoners released from prison over the past six years were not considered for deportation under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999? Can he not tell us how many so released have re-offended and have further convictions or are before our courts on further...
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Not yet.
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: The ones I am interested in are the ones since 1999 for whom deportation has not been considered.
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: All I want is the information.
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: My job is to ask questions and the Minister's job is to give the answers.
- Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: I reject entirely the Minister's suggestion of xenophobia. All I am asking is for him to do his job under the Act. I remind him that under the same Act, the courts in Ireland have the right to make a recommendation on deportation. The Minister has not answered my questions today nor did he answer them on 10 or 23 May. Does he have available to him the figures for the number of non-nationals...
- Departmental Communication. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister thinks neither he nor the Attorney General is responsible â it is the usual approach.
- Garda Deployment. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: That was why he made promises he could not keep.
- Probation and Welfare Service. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he intends to put in place to deal with sexual offenders who breach post-release conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22257/06]
- Probation and Welfare Service. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Intimately.
- Probation and Welfare Service. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Two issues arise on foot of the Minister's reply. The first concerns the legal loopholes that must be filled and the second concerns the adequacy of resources. I am glad the Minister has proposed legislation that will resolve the loophole in order that probation and welfare officers can bring to court those who breach post-release conditions. When does the Minister expect such legislation to...
- Probation and Welfare Service. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: There is not enough of them.
- Probation and Welfare Service. (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: It will be a top priority of the next Government.
- Written Answers — Legal Protection Measures: Legal Protection Measures (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that there is sufficient legal protection in place to defend homeowners and occupiers from intruders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22254/06]
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jun 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons in his Department who had access to the Fine Gael draft Bill entitled Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2006, which was sent to his Department from the Bills Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas in May 2006; the requests which were made for the Bill; the persons who the Bill was given or shown to outside his...