Results 12,701-12,720 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, today I secured Cabinet approval for the appointment of two assistant Garda commissioners, eight chief superintendents and 23 superintendents, giving a total of 33 appointments to senior Garda ranks. All of the consequential vacancies at sergeant and inspector ranks will also be filled. I was very glad to secure the agreement of my colleague, the Minister for...
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: On the question of when the other appointments will be made, I have had discussions with the Garda Commissioner - I talked to him today after these appointments were announced - and I understand he will put in place the appropriate procedures for the making of the appointments. I do not want to give an exact date because it is a matter for him in the context of his managerial function of the...
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: I will eventually get to that.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: Today was a good news story for the Garda.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: It is important that at a time of financial difficulty, we approach-----
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: -----the issue of the use of resources effectively.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: The Garda Commissioner would have known a little time ago that these matters would come before the Cabinet this week.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: There is no difference of any description between myself and the Garda Commissioner-----
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: -----who is doing a tremendous job.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: In the ongoing issue of ensuring maximum efficiencies, there will be a look at the current structure of the Garda force to determine whether further efficiencies can be effected and resources targeted in a manner that is to the benefit of the Garda and the general community. That is ongoing work that will continue during the course of this year both within the force and in the context of any...
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: That is more nonsense.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: There is a transition team in place at Government level which covers a broad range of Departments and deals with any issues that may arise as a result of the retirements. As I keep on telling the Deputy, however, who seems to think there is something mysterious about this, in the context of the Department of Justice and Equality, we have, in consultation with the Garda Commissioner and...
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: The memo on the matter, without breaching the concept of Cabinet confidentiality, would have been prepared - if it is of assistance to the Deputy to know this - before last week. Appropriately the matter was before the Cabinet today.
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: It is important that we confirm for Deputy Dara Calleary who constantly thinks the world is about to end - every weekend he seems to issue a statement suggesting the end of the world is nigh-----
- Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: -----that the world will continue beyond 29 February right into March, April and May. The Government will continue to make positive decisions to the benefit of the country, not just in the areas of justice and defence but also across the broad range of areas in which my colleagues in government work.
- Legislative Programme (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: The heads of a Bill to reform and consolidate the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 2010 are being developed within my Department and I hope to bring them to the Government before Easter for approval and publication. It is my intention to publish and refer them to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality prior to the drafting of the Bill. Given that the shape of...
- Legislative Programme (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: I thank the Deputy for his positive comments. As should be obvious at this stage, there is substantial work ongoing in my Department in modernising various areas of the law and consolidating legislation. This area is particularly important; we need to ensure we have a coherent, accessible body of law to deal with corruption issues and the broad range of white-collar crimes, to which the...
- Legislative Programme (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: The formula used in the House is that a Bill goes to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, but, as Members know, it is open to any Member to participate in a committee's deliberations on a Bill. The membership of a committee is only relevant in the case of a vote; this would not arise in the consideration of the heads of a Bill. It is completely open, for example, to the...
- Organised Crime (7 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 398 to 400, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware from the replies I have provided for him in response to a number of recent parliamentary questions of my determination to ensure the necessary resources and measures will be in place to deal with organised crime, the fight against which is one of a number of priorities I have specifically set for...
- Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)
Alan Shatter: I had to leave the Chamber briefly during the course of this debate, but I was able to follow the debate on the monitor while I was dealing with some urgent issues while wearing my hat as Minister for Defence. As someone who was first elected to this House in 1981 and as one who fought to ensure that Members on all sides of the House could perform a legislative function in their own right and...