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Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not a crossword.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not give a long response to the Minister of State's bait other than to say that nobody is denying the benefits of EU membership. What we are denying are the benefits of further integration, further loss of sovereignty and a further reduction in our independence. We welcomed and encouraged further enlargement and we have gone further than the Minister of State in encouraging that all...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the amendment, although I would prefer if we never had to deal with this issue. The primary approach should be to confirm in the Oireachtas any legislation retrospectively validated by the Bill. Last week I put a series of questions to Ministers and received varying answers. My intention was to receive a list of legislation and statutory instruments in order to bring forward an...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The amendment provides that legislation or statutory instruments would have to be endorsed within three months by the House or it would fall. A list of the relevant legislation has not been provided and this debacle has been presented to us in this legislation. Most Bills, which refer to a range of legislation and statutory instruments, have Schedules attached but that is not the case with...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State is creating a new wheel.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State should list the relevant legislation.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What about the Government's Irish obligations?

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The debate is over. The time is up.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We adhered to the guillotine.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Therefore, the Minister agreed with them 40 years ago.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State's party might have agreed with them 40 years ago.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is very little wisdom on the Minister of State's side of the House.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Government had lost that, it would have asked for a second vote.

Written Answers — Statutory Instruments: Statutory Instruments (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the laws and statutory instruments introduced on foot of European Communities treaties or on foot of Acts, or provisions of Acts, adopted by any institution of the European Communities or other body competent under those treaties since 1972 for breach of which a penalty up to and including a maximum fine of €500,000 or a term of imprisonment not greater...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a request for permission to remain lodged by a person (details supplied). [11101/07]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on raising the limit on the number of programme refugees received per annum which stands at 200 (details supplied). [11639/07]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has received a request to raise the limit on the number of programme refugees received per annum. [11640/07]

Written Answers — Palestinian Refugees: Palestinian Refugees (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has received requests to invite Palestinian refugees in Iraq to resettle here as part of a humanitarian programme; the Government's response, if they have received such a request; and if they have not their response if they were to be asked. [11641/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that St. Vincent's Hospital no longer provides clean prep to be used at home before endoscopic procedures and that it must be purchased at a pharmacy on prescription from a general practitioner at a cost of €11 to €12; and the reason it is not covered by the medical card. [11099/07]

Written Answers — Undocumented Irish: Undocumented Irish (27 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in the past three weeks regarding the illegal Irish in the USA; and the further steps he will make in the coming weeks to resolve the issue with the US authorities to the satisfaction of the Irish/American lobby groups, those in limbo in the US and their families here. [11404/07]