Gallagher, Pat the Cope

Thursday, 19 February 2004

Seanad Eireann Debate
Vol. 175 No. 12

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European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

Amendment No. 1 seeks to define ‘Act of 1992’, ‘Act of 1997’ and ‘Minister’. The amendment is unnecessary as the Minister is defined in section 2 of the Electoral Act 1992 and in section 2 of the 1997...More Button

I am sure everyone thought about the possibility of changing name by deed poll from time to time in order that they might appear further up the ballot paper. That is just not possible. I tried to have...More Button

We will examine the matter but without making a commitment on it. Senator Brian Hayes knows what I mean by that. If parties or individuals wish to make submissions to me, I will gladly consider them. ...More Button

The Senator might tell me the first preference, but he would not go down the list. Within the relevant constituency, a candidate must have the signatures of 60 people to take part in a European electi...More Button

I will deal first with the contribution of Senator McCarthy regarding section 48. I said, and I still believe, that the Minister has the power to extend the voting system to all the other electoral co...More Button

It is wrong to say that the system has not been used. Holland, which has a population of 15 million, has been using the system for years. On the matter of the former Leader of Fine Gael writing to the...More Button

The EU directive which sets down the requirements in this area specifies that resident EU citizens wishing to vote in their member states of residence must certify their nationality, address and any o...More Button

I take it the Senator is outlining Fine Gael policy. If Senator Bannon takes this view, I presume it is also the view of Senator Higgins, Ms Madeleine Taylor-Quinn and Deputy Coveney. However, the for...More Button

If that is the Senator's view, so be it. As I stated last week, the effect of this amendment would be that the temporary derogation for Members of the Oireachtas who stand as candidates in the Europea...More Button

At that time, 13 of the 15 Members elected had a dual mandate. Many of those Members were returned in June 1981 to serve in Government — a majority of those may have been from the Labour Party but I a...More Button

I have no information about the commission's recommendations other than what was set out in the report. I am in the same position as every other Member. In preparing the Bill, the Government formed th...More Button

I do not envisage any great difficulty with this proposal, which is a reasonable one. I am sure Members on both sides of the House would like to retain the names of the provinces in the constituencies...More Button

As I stated on Committee Stage in the Dáil, I consulted the Parliamentary Counsel on the need for this amendment and was advised it is not necessary. In those circumstances, the Senator might consider...More Button

Planning Issues.

I thank Senator Tuffy for raising this issue. In August 2000, the European Commission advised Ireland that it had received a complaint that a fee for the making of a submission on a planning applicati...More Button

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