Results 18,921-18,940 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I accept all of that. I am asking the Government to address the birth certificate issue, as it has addressed the matter with passports.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: Does the Minister of State not believe it illogical that one document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs describes a person as female and one issued by the Department of Health and Children would describe the person as male? Is it not an anomaly we should address?
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Minister of State is representing the Government.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 14: In page 9, to delete line 8. Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 relate to the circumstances under which the Minister can refuse to issue a passport. We dealt with the matter at some length on Committee Stage and I hoped the Minister would return with some amendments to the section. There are various circumstances under which the Minister can refuse to issue a passport, with...
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: Even Dustin the turkey. He would be the exception.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: If Dustin the turkey is selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest, I will be the first person proposing, not just in the interests of the common good but also of public safety, that a passport does not issue. The matter should be treated with great seriousness.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: We could have an exception for Dustin the turkey. Other than that, I cannot see what function this provision has and I suggest it be deleted. There is another oddity in this Bill which I would like the Minister of State to explain. I may have some sympathy with the point but it is wrong-headed. Under section 12(1)(c)(iv) if a person is likely to endanger himself or herself or others a...
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: ââand is publicity-obsessed, and that someone says something abroad that he does not like. It is not so long since there was someone like that in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. People can form their own views on that point. Under this provision, that Minister would have a role in the removal of an individual's passport. Let us assume the Minister heard at 11 p.m....
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I am astonished by the Minister of State's reply. The world must have changed since I departed from this House in 2002.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I am dealing with this.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: It now appears that when the House debates Bills on Report Stage, Ministers cannot go off script to respond to questions asked of them. I asked the Minister of State a simple question, namely, whether he could provide four examples of circumstances in which in the common good it might be justified to either not grant a passport or withhold someone's passport. He told me the Government...
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: That is a bad example. If such people already are overseas, the Department will not withdraw their passports to prevent them from coming home.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I will press amendment No. 14 on the basis that the Minister of State has been incapable of giving Members a single instance to which it is applicable.
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I will do so briefly. While I understand the time available is open-ended, I will not do that to other Members. This is a serious issue. It is highly disappointing that the Minister of State is unable to provide Members with a single example of what he is talking about. In the context of someone who might endanger himself or herself, he has told us that the consular service has had some...
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 15: In page 9, line 9, to delete "that person or". Arising from the Minister of State's unwillingness to accept this amendment, can we have his solemn promise that Dustin the turkey will not get a passport?
- Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(g) the Minister has been notified by the Courts Services that an order has been made to require the surrender of any child's passport or to require any person to refrain from applying for a passport for any child so long as the order is in force.". These amendments are designed to ensure that, where the...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she has received a grant application from an association (details supplied); if she will grant the request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3778/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the construction of the extension sought by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and the undertaking of essential refurbishments to the school; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need to replace the prefabricated buildings currently in use and to provide proper facilities for...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: It is regrettable the Minister for Health and Children is not here. The Minister of State, Deputy Devins, might confirm whether her absence is due to her going to the Super Bowl in the United States. I would have thought a debate in this House on the problems within our health service, particularly those highlighted by my colleague, deserves greater priority than it is being given. I wish...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Alan Shatter: What about neo-natal testing? Will the Minister of State tell the House when that will start?