Results 27,421-27,440 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I think the Minister has finally lost it, judging by his last comment. I recall bringing the Electoral Bill through this House, as Minister, in 1997 and the attitude of the then Opposition spokesperson and current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell to that legislation. That is linked to the attitude of the Government, of which he is a member, to the Freedom of...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: If the guidelines said thatââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I thought the Minister did, but let me take it a stage further. Whatever he said and whatever guidelines the Commissioner formulates, they will have some impact on a law-abiding citizen who has done nothing wrong, simply because he lives in the same parish as or near a wrongdoer. Not only is he to be deprived of rights and negatively affected, he is not to know why. If he is denied a firearms...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: Very good.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: Only today the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform refused a freedom of information request I had submitted.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I do not suggest it did. I am saying the issue of working behindââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: They do not require to be published, however.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: To what end?
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I will read the blacks.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: He is wrong.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should not be drawn.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: That was a "wit". The Minister will have to go further to find someone with a sense of humour.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 95: In page 40, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(3) In making an order under subsection (1) the Minister shall have regard to the desirability of facilitating persons engaged in sporting or other lawful use of firearms.".
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 96: In page 40, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(3) Guidelines under this section shall be made available by the Commissioner to those likely to be affected thereby.".
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: He or she should not be the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: In the Bill's original drafting, the Minister wanted the assessment to be carried out by a dentist.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for addressing the amendments. It is very helpful to hear his thought processes before I speak. The first amendment in my name is amendment No. 98 which proposes that the words "or a clay-pigeon shooting club" be inserted after "club". The Minister said it was not necessary because clay pigeons were shot only by shotguns. My advice is that is not the case. I am advised...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: Or a person who was as mad as a hatter but had great teeth.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister did not comment on clay pigeons.