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Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the proposed immigration, protection and residence Bill forthcoming? When will it be introduced in the House?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the amendments on the basis that in some ways I do not believe the Minister will be satisfied with the technical accuracy of the technology. I am opposed to tagging of people on bail, as I opposed the tagging of released prisoners as a system for keeping track of people who have been convicted. Greater investment in the probation and welfare system would probably serve much better...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Just so the Minister is aware, we are on Committee Stage and dealing with section 1.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We can deal with amendment No. 8 and I can continue. I was not going to get up again and deal with the whole section. If necessary, I will sit down and repeat it again.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an deis labhairt ar an mBille tábhachtach seo. Is trua é nach bhfuil an Rialtas ag glacadh leis, mar measaim gur ábhar dáiríre is ea an t-ábhar seo. Tá an-chuid dos na boird Stáit agus na boird phoiblí lena bhfuilimid ag deileáil ag déanamh cinnithe rí-thábhachtach ó thaobh todhchaí phobal na tíre seo. Bíonn tionchar ag na cinnithe a...

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]