Parliamentary Proceedings
Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage
5th October 2006
Dáil Debate on bill to allow prisoner voting
Parliamentary Question: European Drug Laws
1st June 2006
182. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the European legislation that obliges Ireland to criminalise the possession of hard drugs, to which he referred to in the Dáil Éireann on 24 May 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21452/06]
Parliamentary Question: Drug Offender Registers
23rd May 2006
434. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of the considerable number of countries in the EU that have drug offender registers, to which he referred in the 11 May 2006 session of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights. [19374/06]
Private Member's Motion: Prison Building Programme (Resumed) - Part 1
29th September 2005
The following motion was moved by Deputy Jim O'Keeffe on Wednesday, 28 September 2005: That Dáil Éireann, - noting the decision of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to acquire...
Private Member's Motion: Prison Building Programme (Resumed) - Part 2
29th September 2005
DEBATE CONTINUED FROM HERE Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. Fahey): I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this matter. We have consistently...
Private Member's Motion: Prison Building Programme - Part 1
28th September 2005
Mr. J. O'Keeffe: I move: That Dáil Éireann, - noting the decision of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to acquire a farm at Thornton Hall, in County Dublin, for the purpose...
Private Member's Motion: Prison Building Programme - Part 2
28th September 2005
CONTINUED FROM PART ONE OF THE DEBATE Mr. McCormack: Who costed the site? Mr. McDowell: When looking at the cost of developing Thornton Hall, one must take into account that Mountjoy Prison...
Justice Minister Michael McDowell's Second Stage Speech on the Criminal Justice Bill
15th February 2005
I move that this Bill be read a second time. I am very pleased to be before you today to present the Criminal Justice Bill 2004 which I consider to be a very important legislative proposal. It contains...
Parliamentary Question: Prisoner Transfers
16th December 2004
168. Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of transfers under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and relevant Irish Acts which have been effected of Irish prisoners convicted and sentenced in the United Kingdom for each year since 2000; the length of time each effected application took to process; and the position regarding the number of pending applications. [33899/04]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Offenders
16th December 2004
170. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of facilities in the State at which juvenile offenders are detained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33901/04]
