Results 341-360 of 3,895 for speaker:John Halligan
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance and the way this compares 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27715/12]
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: The termination of these investigations directly contradicts one of the principal recommendations of the Mahon report on establishing an independent regulator who would be free from political pressure. The Government should study the report again. By refusing to reverse the decision to downgrade the investigation, the Government is leaving itself wide open to accusations that it is seeking...
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the latest report on plans to use the proceeds from the sale of State assets for shovel ready projects; if he will identify the projects that are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28364/12]
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans to sell State assets as part of the Troika programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/12]
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: I think Deputy Pringle indicated he would not be participating.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: No.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: I thought I had 20 minutes.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: On a point of order, the slot I was to take was at 12 o'clock, just before the Minister's reply, and was to be 20 minutes. The Ceann Comhairle will have to forgive me, as I am not sure how this works.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: On a point of order, if I do not take up this slot, may I revert to the original slot before the Minister's reply?
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: I would prefer to be called later for 20 minutes.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: Until comparatively recently, the ambit of criminal laws in most countries applied only to what was done in the country in question. Persons could not be prosecuted in one country for what they were alleged to have done in another jurisdiction. Thus, Irish citizens were accountable only to the Irish courts for crimes they allegedly committed in Ireland. They were not accountable to the...
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: Not if one is being extradited to America.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: We are, we got legal advice on it.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: I refer to evidence being produced in the State. That is not the case in America.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: That is unfair; the Minister should not make that allegation. He obviously has not listened to what we are saying.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: And a man in Albania who slashed the tyres of three cars.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: We are talking about trial in one's own country. There is one law for Americans and another for Europeans.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: According to some barristers in Ireland, what the Minister is doing is unconstitutional.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: We already have that agreement with Albania and Zimbabwe.
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)
John Halligan: We have.