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Order of Business (31 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Will head shops be open on Good Friday?

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (30 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of his recent visit to Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13242/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (30 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports issued annually since 2005; the number of passports deemed lost annually since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13243/10]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gun murders that took place in 2004; the number of these that have resulted in prosecutions; the number that have resulted in convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13169/10]

Prison Accommodation. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: With reference to Mountjoy Prison, is the Minister aware that the capacity is exceeded on a regular basis? Currently, there is a weekly average of 660 inmates in Mountjoy. What are the Minister's views on his statement last year, in consultation with the director of the Irish Prison Service, when the intention was to keep the number at Mountjoy at 600? I remind the Minister of the report...

Prison Accommodation. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to ask the Minister a specific question and perhaps, for a change, he might provide a specific reply. What is the current timeframe, if any, in respect of the completion of the Thornton Hall project?

Prison Accommodation. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Exactly. We facilitated the passage of the relevant legislation.

Prison Accommodation. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: That which the Minister is uttering is a fairytale. We facilitated a late sitting in order that the legislation might be passed.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is appropriate to review the operation of the Private Security Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13173/10]

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I remind the Minister that the legislation establishing the Private Security Authority was introduced some years ago in order to bring to an end the practice whereby criminal gangsters and paramilitaries were actively involved in running the private security industry in this city and elsewhere. That legislation duly passed into law. The Minister is correct when he states that the granting of...

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I again put it to the Minister that it is a matter of some public disquiet that over 250 people who have serious criminal records or who failed to disclose the existence of any convictions on the appropriate form were granted licences by the Private Security Authority. I ask that he review this matter. On a separate but related issue, the fees relating to these licences are far too high,...

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: You just happen to be the Minister.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Yes, but just because one is the Minister with responsibility for justice one cannot have one's cake and eat it. People in the Opposition try to have their cake and eat it but the fact of the matter is that the Minister does not control the day-to-day operation of an organisation-----

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has the power to review.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: If it is not working one reviews it.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister knows that better than anybody.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister says that about everything I say.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Not for paramilitaries.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Not for paramilitaries.

Private Security Authority. (25 Mar 2010)

Charles Flanagan: That is what I said and you are not doing it.