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Written Answers — Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 720: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé tar éis dréacht-scéim a lorg ó na heagraíochtaí iomchuí de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. [15367/07]

Written Answers — Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 68: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcreideann sé go bhfuil tábhacht mhór phoiblí le léarscáil Shuirbhéireacht an Ordanáis, faoi fhorálacha Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, Cuid 3, Alt 10 (e) agus Cuid 1, Alt 2; agus go bhfuil dualgas air dá réir impí ar an Aire Airgeadais an maoiniú cuí a chur ar fáil chun an léarscáil seo a bheith...

Written Answers — Clár na dToghthóirí: Clár na dToghthóirí (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 72: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ar chóir go mbeadh sráidaimneacha agus logaimneacha eile dátheangach ar a laghad i gClár na dToghthóirí agus an raibh aon teagmháil idir é féin, oifigigh a Roinne agus an tAire Comhshaoil nó oifigigh ón Roinn úd maidir leis an cheist seo. [14963/07]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 681: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding available for 2007 for a fund (details supplied) has already been allocated; and if he will make additional funding available. [14564/07]

Written Answers — Migrant Statistics: Migrant Statistics (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach if there is a mechanism for collecting data regarding the various contributions made by immigrants here, including taxes and fees, volunteerism and local community participation, provision of caring services, and so on; if a report has been or will be provided showing that information; if not, if there are plans to collate such information; his views on...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the clear distinctions, protections and ethical guidelines to ensure that nobody pretends to be a person in authority and that people do not feel they are dealing with a person in authority investigating the claim from a different perspective in the context of an...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the name and the rank of the member of An Garda Síochána who is handling the investigation into allegations made by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in order that the individual will be able to provide documentation to the investigating officer. [15369/07]

Written Answers — Traffic Fines: Traffic Fines (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the new policy of traffic wardens and Gardaí of not placing parking fine notices or illegal parking notices on cars, making it immediately apparent to the motorist that a fine has been issued, but of only sending a notice in the post; and if he will recommend that this...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 719: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will establish as a matter of urgency, due to the deteriorating situation with drug misuse in Limerick and particularly around heroin abuse and its associated problems, a local drugs task force dedicated to providing services in Limerick city. [15366/07]

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I probably have 20 seconds in which to express my total frustration with this Bill and the way in which we have tried to deal with it. In most cases, no evidence was presented for the House to discuss and no expert witnesses, as it were, explained why major changes in the judicial system were being rushed through or why they were needed immediately. We have not had the opportunity to test...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 45: In page 15, lines 7 to 9, to delete all words from and including "including" in line 7 down to and including "fit" in line 9 and substitute the following: "as he or she consider appropriate and as approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas with the Probation Service". I will not pursue this for much longer. The purpose of the amendment is to try to ensure that if we go...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 48: In page 17, to delete lines 23 to 29 and substitute the following: "(3) Regulations under this section shall require the prior approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas following debate.". I have already explained this. It is a provision that the Houses of the Oireachtas would approve regulations as too often such regulations are made by the Minister, rather than...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Like Deputy Howlin I am, believe it or not, a good deal more comfortable with this than with what was initially presented. The Minister has rowed back substantially on what he announced as his intention on mandatory sentencing. I have tried when dealing with the issue to persuade him to include some type of caveat or mechanism whereby judicial discretion is still allowed in certain...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This amendment has been discussed for a time and there are other more pressing amendments to be discussed. While I welcome the fact that the Minister has moved somewhat with his amendment No. 33, it is still the case that the statement from a Garda superintendent is admissible as evidence, yet in section 2A(2), evidence given by such a member in the proceedings is not admissible in any...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 31: In page 11, to delete lines 2 to 32. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 38: In page 13, to delete lines 1 to 47, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 17. Amendment No. 38 encapsulates my intention in respect of this section, which deals with electronic monitoring of certain persons who have been given bail. We argued the practicalities of and the flaws relating to the electronic tagging system last year when we debated what became the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 24: In page 8, to delete lines 30 to 38. It is good to see that at least one of the amendments survived. The intention is to remove the section which allows for the outsourcing of some of the classes of work the Tánaiste has outlined in this Bill. As far as I remember, it is the Tánaiste's hope that electronic tagging would be outsourced and that he could prescribe or...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister has expressed his desire not to go down this road. His stated preference is that it would not happen, yet he admits that the eventuality could happen.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Amendment No. 27 in my name proposes the deletion of paragraph (g), which would solve the sequencing problem to which Deputy Howlin referred. I have a difficulty with this because a judge should be able to make a decision with regard to the merits of an application before him or her rather than on the basis of previous decisions made by other judges. The Tánaiste is trying to capture...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 28: In page 10, line 15, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". I argued this point before and the Tánaiste responded so I will not go into major detail. With regard to amendment No. 28, section 6(9) states: The court may, if it considers that publication of any examination of the applicant in relation to the statement or any part of it or of any submissions made to the...