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Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time it takes the Private Residential Tenancies Board to process a dispute resolution; the optimal time for which they are aiming; and the backlog of work that the PRTB is facing. [25108/09]

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, after line 39, to insert the following: "(c) the targeted, ongoing and repeated photographing of persons for the purposes of monitoring and/or recording the movements, activities and communications of such persons,". These amendments follow the recommendation of the Irish Human Rights Commission, IHRC, which believes that the Bill's definition of...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a pity that the Minister cannot accept that the intention of the amendments was not to in any way hamper the day-to-day activities of the Garda. I cannot ask the Minister to consider an alternative wording at this Stage. The wording in the amendment is one we came up with in an effort to be helpful. Surveillance, as defined in the Bill, covers a great deal of Garda activities....

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am disappointed by the attitude of the Minister in that nowadays most cameras are electronic devices in any case. I presume that gardaí, in their day-to-day activity, must have to sign off on the use of cameras and video cameras. This may involve obtaining permission from a senior officer. There is obviously a high threshold set for most of the surveillance devices in question. Perhaps...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, after line 39, to insert the following: "or (c) using officers or informants to monitor and/or record the movements activities and communications of a subject in a targeted, ongoing and repeated way,".

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, line 1, after "devices" to insert "including tracking devices". This amendment is similar to those we have just discussed. It deals with tracking devices and is based on the report given to us by the Irish Human Rights Commission, which stated there should be an explanation offered as to why tracking devices are not included in the definition of...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not dwell on this too much. A tracking device can now be quite sophisticated and can track more than an individual's general location. It could track somebody going to the toilet, for example. Therefore, a question arises over interference with the right to privacy. All we are trying to do is ensure that the Bill does not fall foul of laws establishing the right to privacy and...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, line 12, after "access" to insert the following: "and except where a camera is used for the targeted, ongoing and repeated photographing of persons for the purposes of monitoring and/or recording the movements, activities and communications of such persons".

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, line 19, after "Síochána," to insert the following: "officers of an Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission,". These amendments try to ensure that the powers of surveillance that we are trying to grant to the Garda Síochána in this Bill are also available to the members of the Defence Forces and to another organisation set up to investigate crime...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Léifidh mé arís é. Tá mé sásta a rá gur léigh méé. Ní dúirt an Taoiseach fós go bhfuil sé léite aige nó go bhfuil sé sásta é a léamh.

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Níl sin ceart.

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Bhí agus tá an ceart againn seasamh i gcoinne an chonartha seo.

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Bhí muid sásta agus thug muid na leasa ba cheart a ghlacadh sa chonradh don Rialtas sula ndeachaigh sé isteach in aon díospóireacht faoi seo. Má ligfidh an Taoiseach dom, leagfaidh mé síos roinnt den chuid eile.

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Beidh díospóireacht leanúnacht againn ar feadh cúpla mí ar an chás seo. Anyone else in doubt about the implications-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sin ceart go leor. Sa trí noiméid fágtha, déanfaidh mé iarracht déileáil le cúpla ceist eile. Bhí mé ag labhairt faoi the mutual defence clause. It creates obligations incompatible with any internationally-recognised definition of neutrality. Anyone in any doubt about the implications of the Lisbon treaty for Irish neutrality should read the exchange of views in the opinion...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but we do not support tax harmonisation. There is a difference.

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is for our benefit. Fianna Fáil, despite its assurances, could not be trusted on this or any other matter of importance. With respect to workers' rights and public services, the very fact that the issue is now being treated differently, in the form of a non-legally binding declaration, demonstrates the fine and solemn words are more like an election promise by Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wished to put a question on the Lisbon treaty but there will be another opportunity. I refer to the European Union and Israel preferential trade agreements. Was there any discussion on the suspended upgrade of those trade agreements? Was there a discussion on scrapping or reigniting the suspended trade agreement given the continued settlement policy of Israel in the West Bank and the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt ar thoradh an Chruinniú Mullaigh a bhí ar siúl an tseachtain seo caite. Is ceist cuíosach casta í seo agus beidh plé fada againn uirthi sna míonna amach romhainn. Tá sé deacair míniú ceart a fháíl ar cad go díreach a tharla nó nár tharla le bliain anuas maidir leis an reifreann agus an vóta a chaith muintir na hÉireann um an dtaca seo...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go díreach, agus easpa paisin uaireanta. Smaoiníonn daoine ar scaradh ach ina dhiaidh sin bíonn míshásamh agus díomá ar na clanna agus tosaíonn siad ag obair taobh thiar de dhroim an duine agus ag déanamh iarracht daoine a bhrú ar ais le chéile le pósadh, in ainneoin foláirimh an duine a dúirt "No" mar gur rud mícheart dó nó di é. Cuireann na clanna brú ar daoine in...