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Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: On the issue of the missing Minister, can the Tánaiste confirm to the House that legislation will be required to deal with a situation where An Bord Pleanála has indicated that all its decisions between autumn 2004 and early 2005 are now invalid because of the Minister's failure to comply with the terms of board appointments? Local government amending legislation will be required. Can the...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is an unprecedented situation.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I remind the Tánaiste that on 22 May this year on the Order of Business she confirmed to the House that legislation to facilitate complaints against members of the Judiciary would be enacted by the end of this year. Not only has the legislation not been debated, it has not been published. Where does that legislation stand? We are approaching the end of the year.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: It is promised but not provided.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: We could have a general election to look forward to.

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive a report from the National Consumer Agency on the reason for high fuel prices here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44986/08]

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Does the Minister accept that a UK-style gun and gang culture has developed in this city and beyond? Does he also accept that a distinction must be made between violent anti-social behaviour and organised criminal drug gangs? Has he done an assessment of what impact the reduction in Garda overtime payments by in excess of €20 million will have on dealing with anti-social behaviour? Does...

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has tried this before. I have not been critical of the Garda.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I did not make such a suggestion.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Have any of those guns been used by criminal gangs?

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: They are sporting guns.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: This is not the real issue.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister is raising it.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Gangland figures are not using legally held handguns.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has spent the bulk of the last 45 minutes dealing with a High Court judgment on legally held firearms and informing us of his ban. There may well be merits in that policy and I look forward to the debate on it. Has he got evidence that the members of the notorious inner-city gangs or the Keane-Collopys and McCarthy-Dundons in Limerick apply for handgun licences in the District...

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The record will show that it is.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Such weapons may merit a mention, but they were the subject of the bulk of the Minister's response.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister should talk to him about it.

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: Question : To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the murder of a law-abiding citizen in inner-city Dublin at the weekend and the evidence from this murder that a serious societal problem exists whereby anti-social behaviour is rife in certain areas and is capable of escalating into serious violence and even murder; and the urgent need for Government...

Crime Levels. (10 Dec 2008)

Charles Flanagan: I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this matter, in however limited form. I am also grateful to the Minister for attending. I join him in expressing my sympathy and that of the Fine Gael Party to the family of the deceased and, indeed, the community of the East Wall area. The Minister will be aware that nine months ago, following the savage and brutal murder of two Polish persons in...