Results 2,521-2,540 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I share the Deputy's concern. I will act early in the new year to resolve this issue.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: So did I. Obviously, there are some people who are never happy. I would be happy to receive a copy of the correspondence from which the Deputy read and to see how we can deal with the issue. I have every intention to ensure there is bingo in west Cork between now and Christmas and well into the new year.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: More fake news.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Has it been discussed?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I seek a quorum or some such thing as this is obviously not what was intended when the House resumed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: No. Amendment No. 12.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I thought this had been discussed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I attempted on a number of occasions to make a submission on this but the Acting Chairman has ruled on it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I merely make the point that there are reasons for grouping amendments. Grouping of a series of amendments is not something that is done on an ad hoc basis. We have had a history of grouping amendments in the context of this legislation, which has given rise to a certain confusion on the part of Senators. I merely make the point that if a grouping has been put forward, that has been done a...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I never suggested-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----it was a matter for Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am not accepting the amendment precisely because of the reasons put forward by Senator McDowell.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: On a point of order, I am precluded from discussing the content of those amendments because of the decoupling.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: We cannot discuss them because of the ruling of the Chair.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: On a point of order, do I understand the House correctly that we are taking amendment No. 14 on its own?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: On what basis has that been decided?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Was there?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Okay.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I merely advert to the hyperbole in the language used by Senator McDowell on the basis that he would have read the suite of amendments that were furnished when this Bill was listed for debate and he would surely have seen amendment No. 68. He would also have acknowledged what I said repeatedly in the context of Committee Stage on the restoration of the senior committee. He will also be...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together. The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013 on foot of the recommendations contained in the Magdalen Commission Report (Quirke Report). That Report was a response to an Interdepartmental Government Committee report (McAleese Report) that was set up to establish the facts of State involvement with the...