Results 2,201-2,220 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The purpose of this amendment is unclear. The Bill has been carefully examined by the Parliamentary Counsel and it is considered that it meets the requirements of the convention and protocols. While section 2(1) relates to the ordinary jurisdiction of the State, that is, within the 12 nautical miles limit of the territorial seas, section 3 clearly confers extra-territorial jurisdiction on the...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: It has not been the practice in Irish law to qualify life imprisonment so as to specify a minimum term of imprisonment for serious offences. Accordingly, it is a matter for the courts in the light of the particular circumstances of each case and the gravity of the offence or offences to determine what is the appropriate term of imprisonment. Irish courts have, in the past, imposed life...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The amendment is acceptable.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: I also accept this amendment.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: This amendment is not accepted. The 1851 Act applies only to summary offences, of which there are only two being created in the Bill, in sections 5(5) and 6(2). The 1851 Act already allows a period of up to six months after commission for summary offences to be prosecuted in court. If an offence under section 5(5) was of sufficient gravity, indictment proceedings would be taken. Such...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: Regarding Senator Daly's concerns about the convention, it is currently being reviewed by the International Maritime Organisation in London. We will be putting forward some of the concerns raised here by Senators, including those of Senator Daly. The Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003 will deal with some of Senator Daly's concerns regarding oil pollution, for example. On the...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The Parliamentary Counsel has strongly advised that the terminology in section 9 of the Bill, referring to the act which constitutes the offence in question, is correct. Moreover, it avoids argument as to what the term "corresponding" may mean when one compares offences under the laws of different states. Thus, in line with the 1998 convention and the protocol in section 2(1), certain acts...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The advice is that the wording is correct.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: Following further detailed consideration today of the Labour Party amendments, we are tabling this amendment for the sake of clarity.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: I thank the Senators for their support for the Bill and their agreement to have all Stages of the Bill dealt with before Easter, as I suggested earlier. This allows me to proceed to seek consideration of the Bill by the Dáil as early as possible after Easter. Such progress will not only help to reassure our important commercial shipping, port enterprise and offshore energy producers, but...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

John Browne: Molaim an Bille don Teach. I commend this Bill to Seanad Éireann. It is a necessary technical measure to give effect to the 1988 United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and also to the 1988 Protocol to that Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf. The texts...

Seanad: Harbours and Piers. (31 Mar 2004)

John Browne: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. He is correct in stating that there have been many representations. Deputy Keaveney is constantly in touch with the Department regarding Buncrana. I join Senator McHugh in acknowledging the representations of the late Councillor Jim Sheridan, who was in contact with the Department on a regular basis. He was like a dog with a bone, as is Deputy...

Seanad: Harbours and Piers. (31 Mar 2004)

John Browne: My Department is in constant contact with Donegal County Council because of this application. I will contact my officials tomorrow with the Senator's request.

Seanad: Inland Fisheries. (31 Mar 2004)

John Browne: I thank Senator Scanlon for raising this issue and wish that I could be like Deputy Ó Cuív and have money to dispense, but unfortunately that is not the case in my Department. The Owenmore is one of the three main tributaries of the Ballisodare River. Being deep and sluggish, the Owenmore River is essentially a coarse fish river, even though it is part of the Ballisodare system, which is...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

John Browne: I thank Senators for their contributions and support for the Bill and their agreement to have all Stages passed as quickly as possible. The delay in the legislation was mentioned by a number of speakers and it is true it did not appear necessary to Governments since 1988 to give effect to the UN maritime convention and protocol which would have priority over other legislation. While there...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Schools Refurbishment. (9 Dec 2003)

John Browne: I thank the Senator for giving me this opportunity of outlining to the House the position of the Department of Education and Science on the proposal for the construction of a sports hall under the drugs task force initiative and the proposed refurbishment and roof repairs for Palmerstown community school. The 2003 school building programme is on the Department's website and is designed to...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

John Browne: The purpose of this amendment is to make a standard provision in respect of the Short Title of the Bill. It refers to collective citation and construction and provides for commencement. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 2: In page 28, line 25, to delete subsections 2(d) and 2(g)" and substitute "paragraphs (d) and (g) of subsection (2)".

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

John Browne: This drafting amendment refers to section 36. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 3: In page 28, to delete lines 36 to 43 and substitute the following: 37.–The Merchant Shipping Act 1992 is amended– (a) in section 9 by inserting after subsection (2) the following: '2(A) Where the Minister revokes or suspends a certificate in respect of a particular vessel, and is of opinion that...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

John Browne: I hope we always listen to Senators and their suggestions and ideas. We do not have the monopoly on what constitutes the best legislation. Until now, where an individual holds a licence or certificate for more than one vessel and has been found guilty of an offence in respect of any, the Minister cannot revoke the licence and-or certificate for any remaining vessels the individual may...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

John Browne: I thank Senators Finucane, Tuffy and Kenneally. As spokespersons in the Seanad, I find their ideas and suggestions constructive and I am pleased to take them on board. I thank Senator Daly for raising the particular issue which is of grave concern to people throughout the country. He can rest assured that the Minister, with the Government agencies under his control, will take every precaution...