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Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...rule of law. We are facing a huge threat to our society, and I do not think we have confronted it adequately. We must mobilise all our forces to do so. We did it when there was a threat from the IRA. That organisation was attempting to subvert the State and its institutions because it did not recognise its courts and so on. It was confronted and a common view was formed among most...

Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2008)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...to do it — it was his job. After the verdict of wilful murder against Lloyd George and Lord French, the lord lieutenant, was brought in, Jasper Wolfe for his pains was sentenced to death by the IRA. For various reasons he was able to deal with that matter. In the past people like him needed to deal with more than the ordinary service to their clients and needed to show great courage...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (25 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: .... Today, a newspaper headline reads, "Man taken North and shot was probably victim of extortion bid". Reference was made to the fact that the Garda "believes the kidnappers have links to the Real IRA in Derry" so we are not talking about academic matters here but real threats to people and considerable criminal activity of a most heinous nature. Unfortunately the legacy of...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have always accepted the position that a chief superintendent or a member of the Garda Síochána could have an opinion as to whether somebody was a member of, say, the IRA. I was always happy to have that opinion accepted and taken into account by the court because it was an opinion as to fact. I can see what the Minister is trying to get at here but he is going about it the wrong way....

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...represent the Irish people and that our commitment to the reconciliation and mutual respect enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement is sincerely held. Last Saturday's planned parade by the victims of IRA violence was a political event, one which had the approval of the Government — I approved of it too. However, the political significance of the event made it more important to ensure that...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (14 Dec 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...if the Garda Síochána has intelligence to the effect that, or if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a Member or Members of Dáil or Seanad Éireann are or have been members of the IRA, the IRA Army Council or any other illegal organisation in the past three years. [39481/05]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (14 Dec 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ..., Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána has intelligence to the effect that, or if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) are or have been members of the IRA, the IRA Army Council or any other illegal organisation. [39482/05]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (14 Dec 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ..., Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána has intelligence to the effect that, or if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) are or have been members of the IRA, the IRA Army Council or any other illegal organisation. [39483/05]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (14 Dec 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...if the Garda Síochána has any intelligence to the effect that, or if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a member or members of any local authority here, are or have been members of the IRA, the IRA Army Council or any other illegal organisation in the past three years. [39484/05]

Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...dreamed up and then, because it was his post facto opinion, used it as a justification? Second, if there was any such threat, what is the organisation from which the threat derived? Was it the IRA? Our understanding was that the IRA had gone out of commission and was not now involved in subversion. Is this not accepted by the Minister? Third, if one is interested in protecting the...

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I speak on behalf of Fine Gael, the united Ireland party. I notice this raises mirth on the part of some of the Johnny come lately patriot representatives of Sinn Féin and the IRA.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ——when I speak about uniting the country I do not refer to a Government in Dublin, rather a healing of the divisions between the people on this island. Now that the murderous campaigns of the IRA and other paramilitaries have ended, we have a real opportunity to advance towards this objective and of which we can avail in the fullness of time. What must be clear is that the opportunity...

Paramilitary Activities. (20 Oct 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...his views of the extent of criminal activity engaged in by paramilitary organisations. The Minister has not been slow in the past to indicate such views. I want to know his view now on the extent of IRA involvement in the areas of criminality in which they were clearly involved in the past. Is this activity continuing, for example, extortion, smuggling, intimidation and racketeering? If...

Paramilitary Activities. (20 Oct 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister mentioned to me an estimate of 1,500 people who had been active in the IRA. Does he believe they are all now on the straight and narrow? Some of the proceeds of crime seem to have been "diverted"— if I may use that word — into political activity. Is the Minister concerned the diversion of such funds may continue into the coffers of the Sinn Féin party?

Paramilitary Activities. (23 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: In terms of the numbers involved, can the Minister give the House any indication of the size of these organisations, in particular, the Provisional IRA? The Minister seems to hope the Provisional IRA and its leadership at political and paramilitary level may arrive at a conclusion which will end all paramilitary and criminal activity. Could the Minister give an indication as to what sort of...

Security Industry. (12 Apr 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...opposed to 61 armed robberies in 1998, the first year of the previous Government. Figures reported indicate that 17 gangs are involved. How many gangs are involved in these robberies, including the IRA and related gangs? What steps are being taken to address the problem? The Minister referred to Operation Delivery and the first quarter reflected a reduction from 21 to 12 in robberies of...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Fine Gael welcomes the establishment of the tribunal of inquiry into the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan by the Provisional IRA in 1989. Like the Minister, we commend Judge Peter Cory for the work he has done on this case and other cases North and South. Fine Gael believes that the Cory model of preliminary investigation has proved to be a very...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...éin that key questions were posed during this debate to which no answers have been provided. Why did the former Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast attack the SDLP's Alastair McDonnell for saying that IRA men were responsible for the murder? Why did Alex Maskey try to dismiss the murder as "knife culture"? Why did he rush to condemn police searches — the PSNI doing its job, as it does in...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...the amount of money the Provisionals are estimated to have taken out of this country. We have learnt since the arrest in connection with the Northern Bank robbery the prevalence of the underworld of IRA activities here. There is need for a full investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau into the criminal activities of the provisional movement. I want to know now the number of public...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I will not be silenced, either inside or outside this House, by Sinn Féin or the IRA. We have had a real opportunity through this debate to commend the courage, consistency and honesty of the McCartney family. In regard to the Robert McCartney case the Fine Gael message is simple. We want Sinn Féin to actively encourage those who witnessed this appalling act to give statements to the...