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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 29 May 2019. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant or his legal representative should contact either the International Protection Office (IPO) or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly, as appropriate. The IPO...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, as indicated in my response to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 February 2019, the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. On completion of the necessary processing the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. On completion of the necessary processing the application will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. Should further documentation be required it...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Does that mean that amendments Nos. 93a, 93b and 93c fall as a consequence?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Section 44 has been dealt with.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I was talking to the Chair.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: That has been dealt with.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The Chair is never off side.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I wish to make three points, one of which is for the benefit of Senator Norris. If he had failed to return-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----I would be reduced to two points. The reason I have not brought forward the amendments is due to the tedium of the current debate. I have been in the Seanad for almost 100 hours on this Stage.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: My proposal, as mentioned on numerous occasions, was that I would return to the Government with the views of the Seanad and that that would inform a number of amendments on Report Stage, along with a number of amendments which are necessary in order to ensure consistency across the Bill. I regret that Senator McDowell stated that he is not minded to support a proposal that would involve a...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----and hence there is an incapacity on my part to accede to his request that the amendments be brought forward before the debate takes on any further complexity. I will not delay the House on the matter of my support for section 46. Obviously, it is of great import that, in advising the President in regard to an appointment, the Government should firstly consider the names recommended to...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I need the support of the Seanad.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: It is passivism, which is unknown in this House.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: What strikes me in the course of the entire debate is the remarkable ability of Senator McDowell in particular, ably echoed by Senator Norris who, in his own words, is a mere echo of Senator McDowell-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I have been struck throughout this debate by the number of occasions and sections upon which Senator McDowell has quite ably-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----and sometimes expertly------
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----conjured up images of intrigue, mystery and blackballing within the room where the judicial appointments commission members are sitting. He has referred to members absenting themselves or staying in the room, and it is all couched in intrigue. I do not believe it will be at all like that. The fundamental misguidance of Senator McDowell is borne from a hostility on his part to any...