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Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: I was disappointed the Ceann Comhairle did not allow my Standing Order 32 request in respect of the very serious mounting crisis in the use of heroin and cocaine in every corner of the country, including on the benches close to the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: In view of the report on drugs use in a national newspaper today, will time be set aside to discuss new initiatives on the part of Government, given that the tired old initiatives of the past number of years are clearly failing? We have had no new initiatives. Will this matter be taken by the appropriate Minister?

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to make a similar point in support of not taking this legislation today in view of its timing. It has been said in recent days by a succession of Ministers when asked about the timing of it that this Bill made no reference to and had no import on tribunals currently in existence. I draw the attention of the House to an amendment in the name of each member of the Fine Gael Party that...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: That was then, this is now.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: Dáil Éireann having regard to the fact that existing Tribunals of Inquiry established by the Oireachtas have not completed the entirety of their work, declines the second reading of the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005. The Bill and the circumstances that surround its origin and timing tell us everything we...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: I put it to the Minister that his Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, is reported to have said on more than one occasion that it is his belief, and that of sources close to the Taoiseach, that the Mahon tribunal had outstripped its brief and had already gone beyond what was envisaged when it was originally established.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: He stated it was his opinion the tribunal had gone beyond its brief, which is precisely what the Minister stated would be the type of instance the Government might consider with regard to exercising an order of suspension or an order of dissolution. Last year, Judge Mahon felt compelled to write to Members of this House to contradict the assertion by one of the Taoiseach's most staunch...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: If there are no current plans why is it included in the official one-page briefing sheet that normally contains the kernel of the issues at stake and provides a summary for Members of the House of the main and principal issues involved? We now find there are no plans. It is an extraordinary expression in a Second Stage briefing note. What is interesting about this issue is that we have had...

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has assessed the impact of rising oil prices on different sectors; and if the automatic VAT add-on represents an excessive burden on sectors exposed to oil prices. [29677/07]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently under the supervision of the probation and welfare services. [29614/07]

Written Answers — Foreign Marriages: Foreign Marriages (21 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to examine the laws governing the recognition of marriages by Irish citizens in jurisdictions outside the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27331/07]

Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: The Chair is out of order.

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (22 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will abolish the restrictions that were imposed on forestry planting in areas of the country that were designated as acid sensitive by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30137/07]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that all imported consignments of foreign timber are properly inspected for forestry pests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30138/07]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1997 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, he is satisfied that this State complied with regulations which obliged Member States to bring into force laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister should start with the man beside her, the Minister of State, Deputy Devins.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: What happened on 31 August?

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: No. The Minister should tell us about the next five years.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister should go through the next five years before she throws the political mud around the place.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Charles Flanagan: That was approximately ten years ago.