Results 19,181-19,200 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: -----without telling anybody.
- Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister leaked it to the press.
- Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: Talk about a ham-fisted approach.
- Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: A ham-fisted approach.
- Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister had the gall to say he sought consensus.
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: I have two brief questions because we referred to this issue earlier in the course of Priority Questions. In regard to the phased development, will the Minister indicate clearly the timeframe for the coming on stream of the places or the cells? We know about the access route, the acquisition of land and the roads but we need to know about the newly arrived at format for the provision of...
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: No, 2014.
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: From what threat?
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: It will be finished long before Thornton Hall.
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: A year ago the House convened specially to deal with specific legislation on the matter of Thornton Hall. Can I take it now that the Minister has abandoned the original plans and that the House will have to revisit the legislation? Will new legislation be required for the delayed project?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: It is the Opposition's fault.
- Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoner places available in each prison here; the number of prisoners currently in each prison; and his plans to address overcrowding in prisons in the short, medium and long term. [31685/09]
- Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: The figures given to the House by the Minister have been well massaged and cooked either by himself or somebody close to him. He is complicit in massaging the figures, which do not show the true picture. There are 3,947 prison spaces in the country currently and he has conveniently said that 3,904 are occupied. The Minister also conveniently neglected to inform the House that over 600...
- Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: I cannot hear what the Chair is saying because the Minister is continuing to speak.
- Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: I welcome the Minister's comment that there are no persons in prison today for the non-payment of debts. How many deportees are currently in prison? Has the Minister given any consideration to the report of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention, Judge Michael Reilly, which paints a most grim and bleak picture of our prisons? In the course of his report, Judge Reilly refers to the...
- Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: Those people are not among the 600 individuals who are currently at large.
- Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister knows the spin was in overdrive.
- Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaà assigned to each county that borders Northern Ireland; his views on whether an absence of community gardaà may be creating space for vigilantes to operate; and the steps he proposes to take to address vigilante activity in Border areas. [31686/09]
- Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: I ask the Minister to ensure that such action will be both strong and effective and that he might visit this issue with the Garda Commissioner at the earliest opportunity. Lest the Minister is under the impression that there is no vigilante activity along the Border, I put to him the direct link between such vigilante activity, that is, people taking the law into their own hands, and an...
- Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)
Charles Flanagan: On a daily basis, one hears from the Garda top brass of the effect that enforced Garda retirements arising from Government policy is having within the higher echelons of the Garda SÃochána. The Minister should assure the House there will be no switching of personnel who are involved in intelligence gathering from Border areas and that any retirements will be filled immediately to prevent...