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- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Do we want to reply?
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly, and I will be brief. We have called for a truth commission and I hope-----
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Let me finish what I have to say. We need a truth commission because one of the problems is that in this State, the legacy of the conflict has not been addressed properly by those who are victims and those who carried out many of those actions which led to the death of people and which were absolutely and utterly wrong. That should never have happened. That includes actions such as...
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I mean the discussion of this Bill is not the right forum. We are trying to correct an issue before it causes a problem. The Minister is correct in that a Minister has an obligation to take these factors into account but we do not want it to be an obligation. It should not exist and the Minister should not have to deal with these people. There should not be any form of restriction for the...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: You are a liar.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is that dissident activity on the part of the Labour Party?
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, subsection (1), line 30, before "the operator" to insert the following: "excluding politically motivated offences covered by the Good Friday Agreement and which predate the enactment of the agreement,". This is an amendment in the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. It has been tabled because there are people who over several decades were convicted in this...
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A Private Members' Bill on this area was produced by the former Deputy Barry Andrews while in government prior to he becoming a Minister of State and it only got as far as being taken in committee. Another Bill has now been produced but it only deals with minor offences. The Minister has turned the very argument he made on its head when he said IRA membership was not regarded as a serious...
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 1916 did not.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The 1920s struggle was unsuccessful as well; it partitioned Ireland.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No, rape is not covered by the Good Friday Agreement. Nobody convicted of rape came under the Good Friday Agreement.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Drug smuggling is not covered by the Agreement.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is the Minister's definition.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: All he has to do is look at his own side of the House.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were printing money and they are in government.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Quite a number of people were killed during that conflict on all sides.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It should not be left in the gift of the Minister whether to grant this exemption when somebody has made the Minister aware of a previous conviction. Not all Ministers would have the same attitude as the current one in terms of saying that something is in the past, because there are no criteria and one could have a vindictive Minister in office. There have been many in the past who would...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The individual in question was given an opportunity to defend himself in committee.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They rejected him.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: So much for being positive.