Results 661-680 of 939 for speaker:Noel Treacy

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, lines 10 to 12, to delete all words from and including "under" in line 10 down to and including "1942" in line 12. As the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, mentioned on Committee Stage, it is the intention that the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, which is defined in section 6 of the Bill and is referred to throughout Part 2...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 21, line 28, to delete "filed" and substitute "lodged". On Committee Stage, the Minister of State promised to consider amendments equivalent to the current amendments Nos. 4 and 5. Following the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, amendments Nos. 3 and 5 now address the points raised and amendment No. 8 is, therefore, a consequential amendment. I...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: We wish the Deputy well.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I have listened with great interest to the remarks of Deputy Howlin, who is a very eminent legislator. I had the pleasure of his company and that of the former Deputy, Ivan Yates, on Committee Stage of the Child Care Bill 1988, which lasted 15 months.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: All the Deputies on that committee helped to create very good legislation. My rule is simple — I do not believe anybody has a monopoly on wisdom. We need to listen to the views of everyone if legislation is to be strong, solid, focused and all embracing.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I will not leave for years. I will not leave until the people of Galway East decide that it is time for me to do so.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: No. One must look back at history to pinpoint the way forward, but one must not be a prisoner of that history.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: Every elected Member has a role to play in the formulation of legislation.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: Like the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, and our eminent officials, I do not have a desire to frustrate any quality contributions. I would not propose an alternative word for that reason. The words in the amendments I have tabled have been recommended by the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, following a great deal of examination on the part of that office. I have taken on...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: Amendments Nos. 3 and 5 have been tabled on the basis of the advice of the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. We agree with that office's recommendation of the word "perfected". We are totally guided by that advice in this instance. I listened with great interest to Deputy Howlin's comments about the Supreme Court. I am worried that justice delayed is justice denied. It is obvious...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I can understand all of that. Based on the eminent legal advice and taking into account the totality of the contributions made, in writing and otherwise, I regret that the amendments I have proposed are the best I can do today.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: A counsel advises.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I do not have written advice. This has been a process of consultation, advice and discussion with the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. I do not have any written advice from the counsel, apart from the notes taken by the great officials while in his eminent presence. The final documentation is proposed on that basis.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: No. We are operating on the basis of the consensual conclusion of great people in their intellectual capacity, taking into account their experience and their understanding of the documentation before them and the words proposed.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 21, line 30, to delete "delivered" and substitute "perfected".

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I have been advised that the present formulation of the Bill in this regard is satisfactory. It will be noted that the proposed new section 256D(2) of the 1990 Act, to be inserted by section 25 of this Bill, requires that the appeal be lodged within five days.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I think so. I have been assured that it is.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 8: In page 21, line 31, to delete "filed" and substitute "lodged".

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 9: In page 30, line 43, after "€2,500,000" to insert the following: "(and the means by which that limit shall be calculated, in particular in the case of a series of such offers of securities, shall be the same as that provided for by regulations under section 46 in relation to analogous limits specified by those regulations for any purpose)". Since the definition of...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2005)

Noel Treacy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 31, to delete lines 41 to 46.