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Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: ...that all disclosure requests were made through one specified chief superintendent, a practice that continues to this day. A parallel inserted provision ensured that any request from the Permanent Defence Force for data required in the interests of safeguarding the security of the State must be made through an officer not below the rank of colonel. This remained the case until the adoption...

Written Answers — Debt Collection Industry: Debt Collection Industry (22 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am aware that the Law Reform Commission, in its Consultation Paper on Debt Management and Debt Enforcement, to be published later today provisionally recommends that a licensing system should be introduced for the debt collection industry. Moreover, the theme of the Annual Conference of the Commission to be held in November will also be the subject of debt management and enforcement. This...

Seanad: Gun Crime: Statements (18 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: ...sympathy is with his family and friends, as well as with the wider community in East Wall. The Garda and the local community in East Wall work closely together and this tragic incident will reinforce their determination to continue working together. The House was told last Tuesday, in the course of an Adjournment debate, of the strong and vibrant communities in the East Wall and adjacent...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: ...of witness statements; increased penalties for offences relating to firearms; and mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking offences; notes also the restriction of the right to silence; the strengthening of bail requirements; mandatory sentences for repeat offenders; restrictions on the giving of video recordings of Garda interviews to suspects; and the admissibility in evidence of...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: ..., the treaty does not contain any threat to our vital national interests. The outcome of the negotiations saw us safeguard those interests. In areas such as corporate taxation, security and defence, and equality of member states, we fully secured our national priorities. All sectors of society are directly affected by our membership of the European Union and will be affected by the...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Ahern: ...concerns directly with the Israeli authorities throughout the conflict, and used every opportunity to influence the parties most directly involved. On 26 July, with my colleague the Minister for Defence, I called in the Ambassador of Israel to emphasise the strength of the Government's position following the deaths of four unarmed UN peacekeepers in Khiam in Southern Lebanon. We also...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (27 Sep 2006)

Dermot Ahern: ...and with our partners in the EU and at the UN to achieve a ceasefire. We availed of every opportunity to influence those most directly involved. On 26 July, with my colleague the Minister of Defence, I called in the Ambassador of Israel to emphasise the strength of the Government's position following the deaths of four unarmed UN peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon. I represented the...