Results 1,401-1,420 of 2,770 for speaker:Bernard Allen

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I do not understand why the Department of Foreign Affairs refused to answer this question when I tabled it as a priority question the last time the House took foreign affairs questions. Does the Minister of State agree that the recent "Prime Time Investigates" documentary exposed the conditions of slavery, rape and violence which are endured by trafficked women and children? Does he agree the...

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will the Minister of State explain how 14 and 15 year old Romanian children are getting visas, presenting themselves at passport controls and being allowed to enter this country without giving any real explanation of what they intend to do here or where they are going here? Does the Minister of State agree we have failed miserably to protect minors who come from states inside and outside the EU?

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will the Minister of State tell me how he intends to deal with this problem as a human rights issue?

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I was listening.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Why did the Minister of State answer a question on 24 May and refuse my question?

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I asked about passport controls.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I would like to say——

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: ——that the Minister of State is tending to mislead the House, although perhaps unintentionally.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I would like to inform the Minister of State that human trafficking is not a crime under our laws. Unlike other countries, Ireland tends to treat the girls who are apprehended here, rather than the traffickers, as the criminals.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: We do not have any systems in place to deal with such girls, who are the victims of human trafficking, in an effective manner. The traffickers are getting away scot free. I ask the Minister of State not to say that human trafficking is a crime under our law because it is not.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Nothing will happen before the summer break.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: That is rubbish.

Human Trafficking. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: It is not true.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: We could have but did not request passenger name records from all US aeroplanes passing through Shannon from the United States.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: In view of the European Court of Justice ruling on 30 May that deemed invalid the agreement between the European Union and the United States in regard to passenger name records, and given that negotiations will have to commence between the Council of Ministers and the US authorities in regard to this matter, will the Government demand a bilateral agreement on passenger name records? If the...

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: The question is if we will demand it.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: I know that.

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will the Minister of State answer the question?

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will we demand it?

Aircraft Inspections. (29 Jun 2006)

Bernard Allen: Will we demand it?