Results 1-20 of 29 for destroyed speaker:Frances Fitzgerald

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (23 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...xed;ochána in connection with that investigation". The Commission found that calls relating to the Du Plantier murder investigation were recorded in Bandon Station and the majority of these recording were destroyed in a flood in the Station in 2009. Some of the recordings relating to private conversations between members of the Garda Síochána were judged to contain...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...range of areas the Minister is leading on to ensure a greater supply. The Deputy saw what was in the ESRI report yesterday. The report warned against inappropriate intervention because it would destroy supply. We have no wish to destroy supply for the very people of whom the Deputy speaks. We wish to ensure there is a constant and stable supply, and the actions the Minister is taking,...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...of the strategy in advance. It is extremely important given the damage that drug dealing and the availability of drugs are doing across Ireland, where towns, villages, families and communities are being destroyed by this scourge. We want the strongest possible national drugs strategy and that will be greatly aided by a good debate in the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 to 349, inclusive, together. I can inform the Deputy that no prisoner telephone calls were destroyed during the capital works at the new Cork Prison as a result of the building works. The policy of the Irish Prison Service in relation to the retention of telephones calls provides that the retention period for recorded phone calls on the Irish...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...an inspector may use reasonable force to enter a place in the exercise of his or her functions under this section. Amendment No. 45 involves the insertion of the word "deletes" into the phrase "destroys, defaces or conceals." The intention is to ensure that a person who deletes or otherwise tampers with evidence is committing an offence and is subject to the penalties outlined in the...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...time or times within 30 days from the date of issue of the warrant and on production if so requested of the warrant, to enter, if need be by reasonable force, the premises or part of the premises concerned and perform all or any such functions. (15) Subject to subsection (12), a person who—(a) withholds, destroys, conceals or refuses to provide any information or records, books or...

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 May 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...component. This Bill implements a shared EU legal instrument. Prevention is another element. Online radicalisation must be dealt with, in co-operation with Internet service providers. Those who would seek to destroy our democratic societies have not been slow to exploit the opportunities offered by modern means of communication. The role of the Internet in radicalising people has long...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (31 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the volume and value of controlled drugs destroyed by An Garda Síochána varies year on year depending on a number of factors. In circumstances where criminal proceedings have been initiated the legal destruction of controlled drugs can only take place when such proceedings have reached finality and an appropriate order has been made...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The couple can both agree in the event of the embryo not being used. Obviously, the embryo is not in any circumstances destroyed. They can both agree that there would be onward donation if it is not being used with the consent of both. That is what I mean by directed donation.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...this matter, but I am confident and I and assure the Senator that in light of existing legislation, there is no need for a provision in this Bill specifying that the relevant records must be destroyed.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...to have a repository in which non-marital parents could deposit a statutory declaration so they have security in terms of seeking additional copies of the declaration if the original copy were lost or destroyed. It is interesting to note that we have not up to now had in place a mechanism to guard these documents. Currently, people keep these documents themselves, which is in line with...

Opposing Domestic Violence: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...and move away from it but that should never happen. It should never be permitted to become a norm in the minority of homes. We know that domestic violence is devastating for the victim. It destroys trust and any sense of self and self-respect. It often causes a retreat from work, the economy and social networks. It has major personal and social costs. Preventing domestic violence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (1 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...have been seized and are subsequently made the subject of a court destruction order, or in circumstances where no offender is prosecuted in relation to the seizure of the controlled drugs, they are destroyed in a safe and secure manner in accordance with the policy of An Garda Síochána. The responsibility for ensuring the destruction of drugs, whether subject to a court order...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Defence Forces and the Revenue Commissioners. Both the directive and the Irish legislation provide for retention periods - the maximum amounts of time for which the data can be retained before it must be destroyed. From a domestic perspective, it is clear that the High Court will take account of the judgment in its deliberations on the digital rights case. I have said already that the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...However, as these provisions arise from an EU instrument, they apply only to EU member states. Subsection (3) of the amendment concerns the obtaining of a guarantee that samples or profiles will be destroyed within six months of being transferred. Again, however, the Bill amends the Mutual Assistance Act to ensure the necessary safeguards and destruction provisions are in place. Section...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...proceedings and used in evidence. It would be ultra viresfor me or any other Minister to sign into law a statutory instrument that goes beyond what Irish law allows or requires. To do so would destroy the credibility of the idea of having statutory codes of practice that can be relied upon by both parties to a potential dispute. We have one code of practice, for example, on sexual...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...committee, which will be chaired by a judge or former judge of the High Court or Circuit Court, and one of whose members will be nominated by the Data Protection Commissioner. Part 10 deals with the circumstances in which samples and profiles may be destroyed or removed from the database. This is an important part of the legal framework and marks a significant departure from the approach...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...view the child beauty pageant business as unacceptable. We should make Ireland a cold place for beauty pageants. The US research has been cited. Subjecting young girls to beauty pageants can destroy their self-esteem, make their adult lives more difficult and lead to anorexia and serious problems in their psychological development. We live in quite a sexist society. We want to protect...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in Schools (16 Apr 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: I reiterate it is a scourge that destroys lives. It also undermines people's confidence and ability to learn and even to engage with life. I accept what the Deputy says. Many initiatives are needed to deal with it. The recent UNICEF report was very worrying as it highlighted very high levels of bullying in Ireland compared with some other countries. The guidelines issued by the National...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...is being cut by two thirds. The number of teachers is being reduced from 16 to six and the number of special needs assistants is being reduced to five. Parents and teachers are saying this will destroy the school, make it impossible for it to function at a basic level and make it impossible for the children with special needs to do the course work they have been doing with the ratio that...