Results 141-160 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: The Secretary to the Government has been following the process of the appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It is set out in legislation, as far as I can recall, but I will come back to Deputies Gilmore and Kenny in this regard.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: Now there are too many.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: There is no legislation.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: It will be taken in this session. It is not taxi legislation.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: An enormous amount of legislation is already on the Statute Book but in terms of pending legislation, the criminal justice miscellaneous provisions Bill, which will give effect to a number of issues relating to criminal law, will be introduced this session.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: I will have to check that for the Deputy.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: Next year.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: That legislation will be introduced this session. If I can revert to Deputy Michael D. Higgins's question, the criminal justice (mutual assistance) Bill will enact certain of the measures and the remaining requirements will be dealt with by the prevention of corruption Bill which is at an advanced stage of preparation. A small number of drafting issues remain for the Parliamentary Counsel to...
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: I do not have a date for the legislation but the Bill will be apportioned ministerial responsibility. I indicated earlier that this legislation is due but there is no date for it. I will revert to the Deputy on the other issue.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: There are three different aspects to this, namely, the property services Bill to which I already referred, which is due; there is also a company law aspect to the matter which comes under the remit of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin; and there is an environmental aspect. The Ministers have been working in co-operation to co-ordinate the matter. I made the...
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: This session.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: The sale of alcohol legislation is due later this year. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, will bring forward legislation based on Dr. Gordon Holmes's report to try to control some of the difficulties which have arisen in the off-licence and supermarket trade. The legislation will be published this session.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: As I have said previously, the health (long-term residential care services) Bill was ready at Christmas and we were asked to consult a large number of relevant groups. Arising from this consultation, a number of legal issues were examined and the Attorney General has been working to resolve them. It is hoped the legislation will be introduced by the Minister as soon as these issues are...
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: They are complex legal issues but the Attorney General is confident they can be overcome.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: The adoption Bill is due this session.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: The heads of the Bill have been approved and it is hoped it will be published this session, which is up to 3 July.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: Perhaps Second Stage of the first Bill will be taken but it is unlikely Second Stage will be taken in the case of the second Bill.
- Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: Deputy Hayes is right that the heads of the Bill have not yet been cleared. However, I understand it is a short Bill with fewer than ten heads. Once that work is completed, it should still get through the House. It relates to the education and VEC Acts and is not too complex. It is important that it is passed before the summer.
- Chief State Solicitor's Office. (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. As I indicated to the House on 3 October last in response to similar questions, the implementation of the relevant recommendations of the Nally report concerning the reorganisation of the Chief State Solicitor's office was completed last year. The last recommendation to be acted upon, that responsibility for the local State...
- Chief State Solicitor's Office. (8 Apr 2008)
Bertie Ahern: As Deputy Kenny stated, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions initiated this paper on 28 January to examine the current policy of not giving reasons to victims or the public for decisions not to prosecute. Deputy Kenny will recall, as I do, many occasions on which we heard debate relating to cases in which families felt aggrieved by this situation. On a number of occasions in...