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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/20/
28 Jun 2018 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members]
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2019-11-13/3/
13 Nov 2019 - General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/28/
16 Oct 2018 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - for introducing the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018....Interacting with the criminal justice system can be very daunting for victims of crime....This Bill seeks to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to provide for a solicitor,...The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 explicitly recognises, for the first time in Irish law...is providing €1.712 million in 2018 to fund services to victims of crime.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-10-26/10/
26 Oct 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2017: Motion
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2017-05-17/2/
17 May 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-09-27/11/
27 Sep 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-01/42/
1 Mar 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-13/10/
13 Jul 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-13/12/
13 Jul 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-10-18/5/
18 Oct 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: From the Seanad
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-10-18/5/
18 Oct 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: From the Seanad
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Deputy Anne Rabbitte I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime...) (Amendment) Bill 2018 and compliment Deputy O'Callaghan on identifying the anomaly in the 2017 legislation...It is only a one-line amendment, but it has a huge, empowering impact on victims coming forward....Justice (Victims of Crime) Act was announced last year....section on child victims of crime and I would ask the Minister of State to look at the Children's Rights
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-02/8/
2 Mar 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-02/6/
2 Mar 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Defence And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2015-10-21/2/
21 Oct 2015 - General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-02/9/
2 Mar 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-01/41/
1 Mar 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/15/
6 Jul 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/14/
6 Jul 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Survivors need to be empowered, informed and fairly treated throughout the criminal justice process....We need to send a clear message that anyone who is a victim of a sexual crime will be listened to and...supported throughout the criminal justice process....It is vital that society is clear in its attitude to sexual crime and perhaps then any fear a victim...may have about the criminal justice process will be dispelled.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-10-23/21/
23 Oct 2014 - It is an important directive which will have many implications for the criminal justice system and how...or restorative justice services or criminal justice agencies operating within the context of criminal...Work on the necessary legislation, the victims Bill, is proceeding in my Department and I have attended...Side by side with the legislative process, criminal justice agencies are working on practices and procedures...criminal justice agencies.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018....justice process, and the most important word in that line is "victims"....The Bill seeks to afford greater support and protection to victims of alleged offences involving sexual...Our goal is to empower survivors so that they can be informed participants in the criminal justice process...Every victim should feel encouraged and adequately supported by the State to pursue justice.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-04-03/153/
3 Apr 2007 - place in the criminal justice system....The Victims Charter entitled "Victims Charter and Guide to the Criminal Justice System" provides a written...in the criminal justice system....Restorative Justice is a victim and community orientated approach to criminal justice which puts the...Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Bill 2007 which is currently before the Oireachtas provides for a
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-03-06/34/
6 Mar 2008 - in the criminal justice system....how a crime had affected them....of victims within the criminal justice system....It is an inclusive measure that transforms victims or their loved ones into participants in our criminal...Victim impact statements are about making our justice system inclusive and humane.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - of crime and ensuring victims are provided with all the information and assistance they need when interacting...with the criminal justice system....The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017, the Domestic Violence Act 2018 and the Criminal Law...and Equality and Tusla to support services for victims of crime and victims of domestic and sexual violence...That review will examine many of the issues raised in this Bill and in the House today.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-09-27/19/
27 Sep 2017 - Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-05-23/140/
23 May 2017 - Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national...statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the official recorded crime...It should be noted that the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 does not address issues pertaining...However, the Criminal Justice Bill 2016 (changed from the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016), which I published...The Court will also have the power, in certain cases, to hear evidence from the victim of an offence
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-05-23/144/
23 May 2017 - Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national...statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of the official recorded crime...It should be noted that the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 does not address issues pertaining...However, the Criminal Justice Bill 2016 (changed from the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016), which I published...The Court will also have the power, in certain cases, to hear evidence from the victim of an offence
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-12-16/183/
16 Dec 2009 - took place with the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009....Other significant pieces of legislation introduced to target organised crime include the Criminal Justice...Procedure Bill 2009 which gives effect to the measures contained in the Justice for Victims Initiative...The Bill provides for reform of the law on victim impact statements and proposes to end the ban on retrying...I expect that the Criminal Justice (Forensic Sampling and Evidence) Bill, which will provide for the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018, the purpose of which is to provide greater support...process and the criminal justice system very intimidating....However, we must do something to make the criminal justice process more acceptable and comfortable for...The purpose of the legislation is, therefore, to amend section 17 of the Criminal Justice (Victims of...State will provide protections to them in the criminal justice process.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-23/5/
23 Nov 1999 - on a day in which the House is being asked to vote on a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Justice...and Law Reform, the Minister might at least impart information which might offer some solace to the victims...of crime....Does he accept the Bill, recently amended by him on Committee Stage, is, in effect, a protection of abusers...Bill rather than one which offers a measure of compensation or a legal remedy which would allow a civil
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-04-25/30/
25 Apr 2018 - Deputy Charles Flanagan I move amendment No. 4: In page 42, after line 9, to insert the following:...“Amendment of section 2 of Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 55....Section 2(1) of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 is amended in the definition of “protection...orders, emergency barring orders and protection orders within the meaning of the Domestic Violence Act 2018
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-21/22/
21 Nov 1995 - Haughey There is a growing public perception that the criminal justice system favours the criminal at...This provision allows them to sue some years later by amending the Statute of Limitations (Amendment)...criminal process....The criminal justice system is perceived to not favour the victim and there is a real sense of unhappiness...in the community as crime figures spiral and more people become victims of crime.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-29/18/
29 Nov 1995 - The victims of crime have been walked on by the State....This Bill proposes a series of measures to enhance the status of the victim as he or she interfaces with...the criminal justice system....This bias permeates the criminal justice system....This Bill simply seeks to elevate the status of the victims of crime.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-13/12/
13 Jul 2017 - Under the Bill a victim of a crime will have the right to receive information in clear and concise language...The EU victims' directive is largely being implemented on an administrative basis by the criminal justice...on different aspects of the criminal justice system....Victims will be entitled to receive detailed information on the criminal justice process and the role...The Criminal Justice Act 1993 is amended to extend the right to make victim impact statements to victims
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-01/42/
1 Mar 2017 - The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 is groundbreaking legislation which I am pleased to...Victims should be at the heart of the criminal justice system....Victims of crime do not always have a formal role in the criminal justice process in Ireland....crime and isolated and unguided as he or she attempts to engage with criminal justice agencies and systems...The Criminal Justice Act 1993 is amended to extend the right to make victim impact statements to victims
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-21/22/
21 Nov 1995 - This Bill provides the minimum necessary to meet the legitimate demands that victims of crime be treated...which must be taken into account at all stages of criminal justice proceedings....criminal law at Durham University, stated that as the crime victims' charter in the UK did not have a...She also stated that criminal justice agencies are under no legal duty to ensure that victims have access...justice and acceptance of the Bill would be an excellent place to start.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/20/
28 Jun 2018 - Deputy Jim O'Callaghan I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend...the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 by affording relevant information and legal advice to...of 2018....The legislation will amend section 17 of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 so that where...It would also be beneficial to the criminal justice system.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-06-29/114/
29 Jun 1993 - In relation to legislation to help the victims of crime, I would point out to the Deputy that the plight...of victims is to the forefront in the on-going process of devising proposals to reform the criminal...Justice Act, 1993....The former Act contains provisions designed to make it easier for victims of certain crimes to give evidence...In this connection I might also refer the Deputy to the contents of the Criminal Justice (Public Order
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Defence And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2015-10-21/2/
21 Oct 2015 - individuals who are victims of crime in society and who go on to engage with the criminal justice system...They enter the criminal justice system by chance rather than by choice....The DRCC broadly welcomes the general scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2015....of sexual offences but for all victims of crime who engage with the criminal justice system....For example, head 6 of the Bill requires gardaí to individually assess all victims of crime in order
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-21/22/
21 Nov 1995 - that the effect crime has on victims should be a central consideration in criminal proceedings....in the criminal process were made by the Criminal Justice Act, 1993....The 1993 Act ensures that our criminal justice system is victim-orientated in three main ways....Section 1 defines what is meant by a victim of crime for the purposes of the Bill....justice Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-29/18/
29 Nov 1995 - Most of the victims of crime survive but they are often scarred mentally and physically....The deficiencies in the Bill should not mean that the issue of victim support is put on the long finger...In this regard it is appropriate to quote the proverb that "justice delayed is justice denied"....Justice for the victims of crime is extremely slow....The concept of the State as prosecutor is central to our criminal justice system.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-10-14/129/
14 Oct 2009 - of victims of crime and addressing those concerns is one of my priority objectives....Very shortly after my appointment to this post I established a dedicated Victims of Crime Office within...The Office works closely with groups representing victims of crime....The establishment of the Office was part of my Justice for Victims initiative....The Bill will also contain provisions that will protect the good name of victims who have died or are
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-16/27/
16 Oct 2018 - Deputy Michael Harty This Bill proposes a small but important amendment to the 2017 Act....The Bill deals with sexual crime....The Bill endeavours to provide legal information and advice to victims of sexual crime....I hope the Bill will give more victims the confidence to come forward and report sexual crime....justice system and this Bill obviously addresses that.
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2017-05-17/2/
17 May 2017 - Deputy Daly has indicated that she is willing to withdraw the amendment rather than force a division....We have not had a division yet on the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016....Amendment No. 42 has been withdrawn. Amendment No. 43 was discussed with amendment No. 5.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-28/22/
28 Nov 1995 - Ms Burton I compliment Deputy O'Dea on the work he has put into the Victim Support Bill....our criminal justice system is sensitive to the special needs of such a vulnerable group....One of my main concerns is that the entitlements set out in the Bill for victims of crime do not seem...That is what the Minister for Justice is doing in the preparation of a charter for the victims of crime...We must find out who are the victims of crime. Some Deputies referred to unreported crimes.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-01/41/
1 Mar 2017 - Bill entitled an Act to give effect to provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament...Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims...of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA; for that purpose to amend the Criminal...Evidence Act 1992, the Criminal Justice Act 1993 and the Courts Service Act 1998; and to provide for
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-07-05/6/
5 Jul 2018 - Deputy Jim O'Callaghan When victims of sexual offences and rape are interviewed after the trial process...I introduced legislation last week to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act to provide a...It is necessary that we provide greater support to complainants and victims of sexual offences at an...of other crimes....A similar review is going on under Lord Justice Gillen in Northern Ireland and I ask that we also take
