Howlin, BrendanWednesday, 26 March 2003 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
In accordance with the terms of Standing Order 31, I wish to move the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring public attention: the...
Order of Business.
It is expected that the European Union—
It is expected that the European Union will arrive at a common position on the next world trade round before the Summer. What facility will be available to the Dáil to have inputs into Ireland's posit...
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003 [ Seanad ] : Second Stage (Resumed).
The Deputy captured all his colleagues.
Rubbish.
Consultation is the issue here.
That is not the point. The Information Commissioner was not consulted.
That is the point, he was not asked for his views.
That is silly.
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform insulted him. Does the Deputy dissociate himself from the Minister's remarks?
The Deputy is lining up with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who attacked the Information Commissioner for overstepping the mark.
Therefore, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was wrong?
He was wrong.
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was wrong.
I am happy to be among the select few Deputies who will have the opportunity to speak in this debate. Even though every Member from the Labour Party has offered, only a relatively small number will be...
—the Electoral Act—
—and the Freedom of Information Act.
I am glad the Deputy made that interjection. It relates to the next point I was about to make. That ethical platform was fought, tooth and nail, by Fianna Fáil in this House and in the negotiations in...
The Minister announced that the Electoral Act was fundamentally flawed – that it was unconstitutional to put ceilings on the amount of money that could be slushed into political parties. As Deputy Fle...
The truth was—
The Deputy is touchy in relation to those matters – with good reason. I recall viewing a Fianna Fáil website which claimed that the Electoral Act, against which that party had fought tooth and nail, w...
It happens all the time. The Human Rights Commissioner, for example, is invited to comment on a range of issues.
Also uninvited.
If the commissioner had been fulsome in his praise of the Bill, the Deputy would support him. He would be saying what a wonderful man he was. Is that not true?
That sounds like a ringing endorsement of Saddam Hussein.
I interrupt the Deputy as I require a quorum to be present.
Written Answers - Irish Language.
Asked the minister: the terms of reference of the proposed independent linguistic study of Irish usage in the Gaeltacht as a basis of the development of the Gaeltacht as an Irish speaking area; the person by whom the stu...
Written Answers - Community Development.
Asked the minister: if he will make a statement on his proposals for the future of the area-based partnership companies when the current round of funding finishes in 2004.
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