Results 4,841-4,860 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: What of the new buildings?

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: How many beds would there be?

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Who would run it?

Prisons Building Programme. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: They were five second, genuine inquiries.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: We will use the heavy artillery.

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures followed in the acquisition of electronic equipment for use by the Garda, in particular the procedures used in acquiring speed detection radar guns which cannot or do not produce a record of their results; the dates on which this equipment was acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16604/04]

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Road Traffic Act 2002 makes is clear that a speed measuring device must issue documentary evidence and that a copy must be given to the accused person. The Minister, in his reply, mentioned that 480 of these radar guns were acquired, apparently prior to the passing of the 2002 Act. Can the Minister give an idea of the cost of those? Why did the terms of the 2002 Act not conform to the...

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: What we do with taxpayers' money is relevant when one takes into account the amount spent on unused electronic voting machines. Given that the legislation was enacted after the Garda Síochána had acquired the equipment, does the Minister accept gardaí have been put in an impossible position? I note the Minister's expertise in sending a hospital pass to his colleague, the Minister for...

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is as plain as daylight.

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Judge Con O'Leary in Cork was a well-trained lawyer.

Garda Equipment. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Such consultation would have taken place through the Minister?

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures employed in his Department in the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts from the date of receipt of a request to the date of supplying the information or declining to supply; if he, his advisers or other persons within his private office have sight of, are notified of or have their...

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister sets out fairly rigorous procedures that are in place to ensure FOI requests are handled with great propriety. However, the central aspect of my question was whether the Minister or his advisers filter information before it is released. I am thinking in particular of a request filed by my party leader, Deputy Kenny, on 11 March seeking the minutes of the Minister's meeting with...

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Does the Minister not accept that it seems to be his policy to politicise requests under the Freedom of Information Act, which clearly was not the intention of the Act? Does he not accept that in this case the furnishing of the information was delayed, deliberately or otherwise and that just before it was released in response to the request it was released apparently deliberately by the...

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: On the basis that he would praise the Minister. That is outrageous.

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: Why did the Minister not put it on the Department's website instead of giving it to Sam Smyth?

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: We know where we stand for the future.

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: God help us. I am glad he has gone off the idea of a controlling press council.

Road Safety. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: What is the position on fixed speed cameras? I presume the same law will apply to them as applies to hand-held radar detection guns and that operators will be obliged to carry a document which can be shown to an accused person. Who would hand the document over and what procedures will be put in place from that point of view? Have any fixed speed cameras been purchased and employed or are we...

Road Safety. (1 Jun 2004)

Jim O'Keeffe: At what cost?