Results 27,201-27,220 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Counting differently.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Perpetual.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: There is a question later on firearms.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister should answer the question.

Crime Levels. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister made an assault on the Deputy and he has no opportunity——

Drug Seizures. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase in the number of drug offences recorded in the Central Statistics Office figures for the third quarter of 2006; the amount and value of heroin and cocaine seized since the beginning of 2006; the way this compares to the same period in 2005; if the gardaí have an estimate of the...

Drug Seizures. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister agree that the most worrying fact in the statistics issued by the Central Statistics Office, and I welcome the involvement of the CSO in crime figures analysis and presentation, was the increase of 25.8% — more than a quarter — in the number of possession of drugs for sale or supply offences? Obviously, interdicted drugs are all that manifest themselves, and I publicly...

Proposed Legislation. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: No, the lawyers would say that she could take a case but they could not guarantee that she would be successful.

Crime Prevention. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the contacts or discussions he has had with the banks or financial institutions to deal with situations whereby staff members or their families are taken hostage in order to facilitate robberies; if there are agreed procedures between the banks and the gardaí about the way such situations are dealt with; if...

Crime Prevention. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is not a disinterested party in these matters. He is not an independent security consultant advising banks. Does the Minister not accept that he is the person to whom the public looks to protect them against attacks of this nature? Given that five so-called tiger robberies took place in an eight-month period this year, does he accept that this is a serious and real issue?...

Crime Prevention. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister suggesting that these people should stand up to this? If this type of terror robbery is to be faced down and dealt with, I ask that it be done as a co-ordinated response from not only the banks — at least one of the robberies concerned a supermarket manager. What co-ordination has taken place with the business community, including the banks, to ensure protocols are put in...

Crime Prevention. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Minister drawn up such protocols and made them mandatory?

Crime Prevention. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister could introduce criminal justice legislation to achieve this too.

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I will not pursue the Minister on this matter. When will these matters be brought to a conclusion and when will he be able to answer this question to the House? The Minister promised new disciplinary regulations on 19 May 2006 and said they would be in force by the summer recess. It is now November. Why are those regulations not yet in force? When will they come into force?

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister did not answer my first question about the specific disciplinary proceedings. When will the procedures involved in this incident be concluded so that he can give an account to the House?

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Perhaps I might ask about the regulations. It was no one on this side of the House who said that the disciplinary regulations would be in place by the summer recess, it was the Minister who gave that assurance on 19 May. He set that deadline for the conclusion of his statutory obligation to consult. In subsequent parliamentary questions, he said that he has extended the deadline beyond the...

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: What about the deadline?

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Not to me.

Graffiti Offences. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Excellent legislation.

Graffiti Offences. (7 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: There are plenty of big, high walls.