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From:
William Finnerty
To:
Tony Galvin (Award Winning Tuam Herald Journalist) ;
Connacht Tribune Editor (Mr. John Cunningham) ;
Galway Advertiser Editor (Mr. Declan Varley) ;
Galway Independent Newspaper ;
Ireland On Sunday ;
Irish
Emigrant Newspaper ;
Irish Examiner Newspaper ;
Irish
Independent Newspapers (Unison Group) ;
Keith Finnegan at Galway Bay FM (local radio) ;
RTE (Irish
National TV Station) ;
Sunday World Newspaper ;
Sunday Business
Post ; TG4
(Irish Language Station, Republic of Ireland) ;
The Irish Times ;
Tuam Herald ; TV3
(Republic of Ireland)
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:30 PM
Subject: Reply from Whitehouse >>> re: National Monument
(Amendment) Bill 2004, & The Aarhus Convention Agreement ???
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politicians
----- Original Message -----
From:
William Finnerty
To:
trabbitt@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
tmchugh@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
tmannion@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
sgavin@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
sconnaughton@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
sbreathnach@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
posullivan@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
pofoighil@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
pmchugh@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
phynes@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mregan@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
Galway County Councillor Michael Mullins ;
mloughnane@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mhoade@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mgormally@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mfahy@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mcunningham@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
mconnolly@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
kquinn@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jmcdonagh@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jmcclearn@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jjoyce@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jjmannion@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jcuddy@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
jconneely@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
connie.nifhatharta@cllr.galwaycoco.ie ;
twalsh@cllr.galwaycoco.ie
Cc:
Éamon Ó Cuív T.D. ;
Michael D Higgins T.D. ;
Minister Frank Fahey T.D. ;
Minister Noel Treacy TD ;
Noel Grealish T.D. ;
Padraic.McCormack T.D. ;
Paddy McHugh TD ;
Joe
Callanan TD ;
Paul Connaughton TD ;
Garda
Commissioner Noel Conroy (Chief Commissioner of Police, Republic of
Ireland) ;
Assistant
Police Commissioner (Galway area)
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:05 PM
Subject: Reply from Whitehouse >>> re: National Monument
(Amendment) Bill 2004, & The Aarhus Convention Agreement ???
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----- Original Message -----
From:
William Finnerty
Cc:
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern ;
President Mary McAleese ;
Margot Wallstrom (European Union Environment Commissioner) ;
Commission of the European Communities (Attn. Secretary-General)
;
President George W. Bush ;
Vice President Richard Cheney ;
Republic of Ireland Lawyer Mr Gearoid Geraghty (Fair Murtagh) ;
Martin Egan (Fair Murtagh) ;
Law Society (Republic of Ireland) ;
East Galway Green Party (Siobhan Nevin) ;
CelticParty(Yahoo) ;
Green Party Ireland (Yahoo Group) ;
Kilconnell Anti-Dump Internet Group ;
Nature Ireland ;
New Inn AntiDump Internet Group ;
Tara / Skreen Group ;
Woodlawn House Preservation Society ;
Sinn Fein
Party ;
Labour Party ;
Green Party
(Head Office, Dublin) ;
Fine Gael Party ;
Democratic Left Party ;
Progressive Democrats ;
The Democracy Commission (Ireland)
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: [Celtic Party] National Monument (Amendment) Bill
2004, & The Aarhus Convention Agreement ???
Dear Minister Cullen,
There seems to me to be a major conflict between some of the things
you are proposing in the National
Monument (Amendment) Bill 2004, and the principles set out in
the Aarhus Convention Agreement which Ireland signed
on June 25th 1998 (as can be seen at the following United
Nations Internet page address: http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ctreaty.htm ).
Though extremely few people in Ireland seem to know anything
whatsoever about the Aarhus Convention Agreement (at the present
time), it appears to me that they should know - on account of the
requirement in our Constitution (Republic of Ireland) which states:
"Every international agreement to which the State becomes a
party shall be laid before Dail Eireann" (Article 29, Section
5, Point 1).
In so far as I can establish, and please correct me if I am wrong, the
Aarhus Convention Agreement has never been laid before Dail
Eireann (the Republic of Ireland Parliament)?
For those who are unfamiliar with the subject, the following page
address contains some of the very basic information on the Aarhus
Convention Agreement:
http://www.finnachta.com/TheAarhusConvention.htm
Please note that the page address immediately above also contains
links to several European Union and United
Nations web site addresses which provide in-depth information
on the Aarhus Convention Agreement. Under the heading "Member
States", for example, a small part of the European Union web
site information I refer to clearly states: " In particular,
two directives concerning access to environmental information and
public participation in environmental decision-making (“first” and
“second pillar” of the Århus Convention) have been adopted by the
European Parliament and the Council earlier in 2003. They have to be
implemented in national law by 2005." (For the full context
of this quote please go to Internet page address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/aarhus/ )
I look forward to hearing from you regarding the question relating
to the Dail Eireann matter which I have raised in paragraph 3 above.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to point out to all
concerned that I run some Internet web sites which contain information
on a number of ancient heritage sites here in Ireland, and that for
some time now I have been receiving e-mails from people living
overseas who are growing more and more concerned (and angry) regarding
the way so many very important ancient heritage sites here in the
Republic of Ireland are being completely destroyed -
the most recent
just a few days ago in County Kerry apparently. To see an example of
one such e-mail letter, which I received just a few days ago, please
go to the following Internet address:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taraskreen/message/1068
Yours sincerely,
Mr William Finnerty.
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From: <president@whitehouse.gov>
To: <wfinnerty@eircom.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:46 AM
> Thank you for e-mailing President Bush. Your ideas and comments
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