Results 21-40 of 20,913 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister is misleading the House.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: The Minister is misleading the House on the net import of the Bill. It is not about a â¬1,500 or â¬50 chargeââ
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: That is the most feeble excuse for not rushing legislation.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: There would have been nobody here.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: That is the only case the Minister can pick out.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: That one case is such a fig leaf, the Minister has had to repeat it in the short time we have to discuss the issue.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: I found the Minister's response to the Second Stage debate entirely unconvincing. The fact that he pointed to vested interests and U-turns is indicative of the paucity in his own case. He is unable to address the points raised by Deputies Kathleen Lynch, Quinn, Penrose, Hogan and Creighton or to deal with them in a constructive manner. Accordingly, I am anxious to make a brief...
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: That is in exceptional cases.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: It only applies in cases where a claim is rejected.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: That is the only point the Minister is making.
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: It is a prohibition on the right to go to court.
- Written Answers — Horseracing Industry: Horseracing Industry (5 Jul 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the value of local race meetings in the development of regional tourism, his Department will develop a strategy to promote Irish horseracing meets internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/07]
- Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)
Charles Flanagan: This is the Dáil, not a Sunday newspaper.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Sep 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to provide isolation units for cystic fibrosis patients of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin in line with international best practice; and the action that will be taken to improve cystic fibrosis care here in the next six months. [19742/07]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (26 Sep 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Question 623: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the provisions in place to deal with the growth of heroin and cocaine abuse in the midlands region; and the further action to be taken in the coming six months to counter this increasingly urgent problem. [19741/07]
- Written Answers — Beef Imports: Beef Imports (26 Sep 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Question 643: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she proposes to take to restrict the importation of fresh South American beef into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19740/07]
- Tackling Crime: Statements (3 Oct 2007)
Charles Flanagan: Ritualised statements instead.
- Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)
Charles Flanagan: I am not sure if it is in order for me to join the Acting Chairman in extending a welcome to our visitors. This debate might be of great interest to them and, as legislators, we too might learn significantly from the manner in which crime, organised crime and gun law are dealt with in New York State in very difficult circumstances. I thank the Minister for his personal comments on my...
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)
Charles Flanagan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive overview of this technical, nevertheless, important legislation, a measure that represents the greatest upheaval in conveyancing law in more than a century, perhaps with the exception of the Registration of Title Act 1964. This Bill is much more than technical reforms of practice and procedure. In essence we are witnessing the end of the feudal...
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)
Charles Flanagan: It is indicative that land registration is complex, reflecting the various changes in our history. In my constituency until recently land registry legislation and the bulk of the deeds that still form the day to day practice of conveyancing describe lands as being situate in the heart of County King's if it is on the Offaly side or in the heart of County Queen's if on the Laois side....