Results 101-120 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: This amendment is not accepted. The 1851 Act applies only to summary offences, of which there are only two being created in the Bill, in sections 5(5) and 6(2). The 1851 Act already allows a period of up to six months after commission for summary offences to be prosecuted in court. If an offence under section 5(5) was of sufficient gravity, indictment proceedings would be taken. Such...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: Regarding Senator Daly's concerns about the convention, it is currently being reviewed by the International Maritime Organisation in London. We will be putting forward some of the concerns raised here by Senators, including those of Senator Daly. The Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003 will deal with some of Senator Daly's concerns regarding oil pollution, for example. On the...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The Parliamentary Counsel has strongly advised that the terminology in section 9 of the Bill, referring to the act which constitutes the offence in question, is correct. Moreover, it avoids argument as to what the term "corresponding" may mean when one compares offences under the laws of different states. Thus, in line with the 1998 convention and the protocol in section 2(1), certain acts...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: The advice is that the wording is correct.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: Following further detailed consideration today of the Labour Party amendments, we are tabling this amendment for the sake of clarity.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 Apr 2004)

John Browne: I thank the Senators for their support for the Bill and their agreement to have all Stages of the Bill dealt with before Easter, as I suggested earlier. This allows me to proceed to seek consideration of the Bill by the Dáil as early as possible after Easter. Such progress will not only help to reassure our important commercial shipping, port enterprise and offshore energy producers, but...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

John Browne: I wish to share my time with Deputy Peter Power.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this important and straightforward issue. I respect the opinions of the Deputies on the other side of the House, but any Deputy who says this is a ruse to influence the electorate is way off the mark. Deputies should stop insulting the intelligence of the electorate. To say that people from a Labour Party or Fine Gael background will vote...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

John Browne: ——but I can place on record, without any fear of contradiction, that the literature of Fianna Fáil candidates in Wexford does not contain references to the referendum.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

John Browne: Opposition parties are seeking to make electoral gains on this issue. Things are said at elections which do not stand up to scrutiny and such will be the case with some of the statements made here today. I have been a Member of the House for 21 years and I have never seen such a straightforward and basic concept become so quickly clouded on foot of various ill-informed sources spreading...

Seanad: Grant Payments. (12 May 2004)

John Browne: I thank Senator Henry for raising this issue and apologise for the absence of the Minister who is in the Dáil Chamber at present. I am pleased to have the opportunity to outline the significant developments taking place in research in the technological and wider higher education sectors. Unprecedented levels of investment are now being made through our higher education system, across a range...

Seanad: Aquaculture Licences. (12 May 2004)

John Browne: I thank the Senator for raising the issue and giving me opportunity to apprise the Seanad of the functions and responsibilities of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board in the overall process for licensing of aquaculture. The most useful starting point for this purpose is the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, which brought about a comprehensive streamlining and modernisation of the law...

Seanad: Common Foreign and Security Policy. (12 May 2004)

John Browne: I thank Senator Mooney for raising the issue and I apologise for the absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs who is attending to Government business. The EU has given careful consideration to the status of Kongra-gel. The final decision to include the group on the EU list of terrorist organisations as an alias of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, was taken unanimously by the Council of...

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

John Browne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is a necessary technical measure to give effect to the 1988 United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and also to the 1988 Protocol to that Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf. The texts of the...

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

John Browne: The Deputy is educating the Members at the back.

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

John Browne: The Deputy is giving away our neutrality.

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2004)

John Browne: I thank Deputies for their support of the Bill and look forward to their assistance in ensuring its early passage. Its enactment and Dáil approval of the necessary motions under Article 29.5.2o of the Constitution to approve the terms of the 1988 convention and its protocol are the essential first steps to enable Ireland to formally accede to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful...

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (18 May 2004)

John Browne: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Jun 2004)

John Browne: I thank Senators for their comments on the ombudsman's council. The Minister's intention is to provide for a broad balance between representatives of the financial services industry and consumers. The chairman should have knowledge or experience of consumer issues. Given its central role, it is important that the council should have the confidence of consumers and the industry. The provisions...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

John Browne: The Deputy does not live in one.