Results 121-140 of 725 for long speaker:Michael McDowell

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (11 Jun 2019)

Michael McDowell: ..., while the powers of An Garda Síochána in respect of such machines simply are not enforced. I do not want to comment on it, but I know this has come before the courts in recent times. It has been a long time since this became apparent. I regret to say that in some cases, some members of the district Judiciary have been codded by people claiming to have licences from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...believe that in doing so that I am insulting the environmental movement, the children's initiative or anything of that kind. I think I am looking after those children and their interests in the long term. The simple fact, as the Minister of State has stated again and again, and which Deputy Bríd Smith continues to ignore, is that this country is going to remain partially dependent...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...elections. I particularly mention the candidates who are assisting our group of ten Senators, two of whom were elected, Geraldine Donohue and James Geoghegan, and one of whom, my own Samantha Long, was not. I acknowledge their courage in standing and thank them for all they do to keep this House functioning so well. It is great to see people who participate in the affairs of Leinster...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...law litigants waiting for the afternoon while the television licence cases are dealt with in the morning. They are dealt with later in the same day by a judge who is understandably tired after a long list in the morning and who then has to listen to a highly sensitive and emotional family law case. It is very difficult. Most Members of the House would strongly favour the increased...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...from an investment in an apartment block. Real estate investment trusts, REITs, are doing that. I strongly believe that we need a system that differentiates between the two. If people are given long-term leases on apartments by real estate investment trusts, those people have different expectations from those of somebody who lets a house for a year as an executive. They will have...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2019)

Michael McDowell: -----has shown himself to be very liberal on civil liability or damages and that it should think long and hard about appointing him to a vacancy on the Court of Appeal and whether that predisposition should be represented in that court. It might wish to appoint someone of a more conservative outlook, which would be a perfectly legitimate consideration to which to address its mind, however it...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: The Minister is a very welcome guest. We enjoy the long periods he spends in the House. He always gets a good welcome.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...soon, it can go to the other House as a Bill which the Government can adopt completely in that House and pass into law as quickly as possible. There are many who are prepared to perjure themselves in court. As long as the Director of Public Prosecutions takes the view that a statutory basis for perjury prosecutions must be put in place, the old thing that the Minister and I probably have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...of just simple conquest from the people of Palestine. When looks back at the history of this matter it becomes so clear that if there is any chance of there being peace in the Middle East in the long term, whether it is the Camp David Accords, something like that or something different, one thing is absolutely certain that there is no chance of peace based on the proposition that all the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...making an appointment even if a subsequent list comes in with three other names on it. We are now being asked to effectively make provision for section 44 although, as Senator Norris said, it is a long time since the Government was called upon to indicate exactly what it was proposing in respect of section 44.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...purposes of this Act also be deemed to be recommended to any judicial office of the same type except when the person has notified the Commission or the Secretary to the Government that he or she no longer wishes to be considered for such type of appointment.". This amendment is similar to one which has already been considered. Therefore, I do not propose to have too long a debate on it....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...future and feed into the traffic at Ranelagh. That is a recipe for absolute chaos and it is not just a matter for leafy Ranelagh. There is a very narrow place beside the old Meath hospital called Long Lane, which comprises mainly artisan's cottages scattered along a winding road down which one would have difficulty getting a truck. Heytesbury Street is to be cut off and Long Lane, which...

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...to the city centre it is proposed to make Heytesbury Street into an area for local access only and divert traffic down a very small road. The Minister may or may not know this road. It is called Long Lane. It is effectively a lane at the northern side of the Meath hospital. It is narrower than this Chamber. It is very narrow.

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...if this could actually be sustained. It does not involve taking any of my property from me, but can the road network sustain all this additional traffic? I very much doubt it. When I looked at Long Lane, far away from leafy Ranelagh and towards the city centre, I said to myself that this is not a sustainable proposal. I do not see the analysis determining that it is sustainable. It is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: .... It makes this a cumbersome procedure. Will the Minister inform the House of the view his Department takes on the length of a vacancy in the High Court that arises by reason of resignation or death? How long would that process take from beginning to end under this new system? Does the Minister envisage it would take two, three or six months? How long does the Minister believe the...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...to have an input into the outcomes of penal policy in the State on the other hand. The use of the judicial council as a body which generates guidelines for sentencing is both welcome and long overdue. I remember being involved in a case where the Supreme Court had to adjudicate on a very light sentence, which might have been a suspended sentence, that was given in a rape case and the...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...recreational facilities and the physical rebuilding of the lives of drug addicts in a drugs free prison. These are hopes to which I aspire to having and they are hopes that will never be realised as long as Mountjoy Prison is the main prison in the Dublin region. There is no point in being romantic about Mountjoy Prison, Brendan Behan, Kevin Barry and all the rest. It is not and never...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...of a no-deal Brexit. We have to keep our nerve and be civil and all the rest of it rather than aggressive. When the dust settles, as settle it will over three months, six months, 18 months or however long it takes, Britain will remain a close neighbour. Britain has been a great ally of this State. It has been good to us in the past and relations had improved dramatically between Dublin...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Michael McDowell: ...because there are important decisions pending in the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice will be faced with important decisions or work on, for example, Article 26 references and so forth. As long as section 44 vests responsibility in the commission for the selection of individuals to fill these senior positions, it is appropriate to allow the Minister to opt out of that provision in...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Michael McDowell: I will not be long. It is amusing to see Senator Conway tripping himself up.