Results 21-40 of 1,591 for speaker:Eugene Regan

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I want to focus on the Justice Estimate and raise two specific points. We had the introduction of the Coroners Bill some weeks ago by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, and it is now on Committee Stage. That provides for the introduction of a full-time service. In the Bill's explanatory memorandum the financial implications indicate the cost of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: The Taoiseach has announced that a referendum will be held on the new EU treaty in the first half of next year. The House is due to have a debate on this treaty but I wish to draw the Leader's attention to two issues. In the context of the opt-out on policing and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, indicated, and this is indicated in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I raise an issue in regard to the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005, which I understand is being restored to the Order Paper. Section 10 of the Bill provides that the Government can close down a tribunal of inquiry when it deems it fit. I question the timing of the restoration of this Bill to the Order Paper. It seems rather strange, if not sinister, given that the Taoiseach has already...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: By all accounts, his evidence at the tribunal has not been found credible.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: According to recent opinion polls, a majority of people do not believe his evidence at the tribunal. Indeed, the remarks of the judges at the tribunal, where they speak about polar opposites in evidence and contradictory evidence——

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: The Taoiseach is in the middle of giving evidence to this tribunal. There are serious questions about moneys received and lodged in bank accounts between 1994 and 1995 which the Taoiseach has yet to answer convincingly and comprehensively. A Bill is being reintroduced on which the Oireachtas will have to decide and which allows the Government to close tribunals. The Mahon tribunal has not...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I have a question for the Leader. An issue is raised about the publication of confidential material in the possession of the tribunal, whether it is required to be circulated to interested parties and the legal obligations in regard to disclosure of information. What is the basis of this statement? Is it an attempt to target The Irish Times or is it some form of retaliation against that...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I would like the Leader and the Deputy Leader to assure the House that the restoration to the Order Paper of the Bill I have mentioned does not represent an attempt to undermine the tribunal and that the Bill, if adopted, will not be used to close the tribunal before it completes its work of inquiring into the Taoiseach's finances.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, will the Leader give an assurance that the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill, when restored to the Order Paper, will not be used to undermine and close the Mahon tribunal——

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: ——before it completes its inquiries into the Taoiseach's finances?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I appreciate that the Leader might not be in a position to give that assurance today, but I ask that he return to that issue and respond to my question.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: Last week, I asked about the timing of proposals to introduce legislation amending the existing laws on the functioning of tribunals of inquiry. I asked the Leader for an assurance that such proposals would not lead to the closing down of the Mahon tribunal while it is investigating the Taoiseach's finances.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was subjected to unfavourable personal remarks in this House, and outside of it by the Taoiseach himself, which were entirely unwarranted.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was elected to the Seanad to raise issues of national concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was elected to the Seanad to raise issues of national concern. Corruption in politics is of fundamental national concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: When I raise an issue about the Mahon tribunal and the possibility——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I asked whether these proposals would lead to the closing down of the Mahon tribunal before it has completed its investigations and findings regarding the Taoiseach's finances.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: It is a perfectly legitimate question to raise in this House. Fine Gael is certainly concerned about the costs of the various tribunals. However, it is the individuals under investigation who do not co-operate with the tribunals and who are less than forthcoming with information required for the completion of their investigations——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: There are serious questions as to the co-operation provided by the Taoiseach to the tribunal.