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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/29/
14 Nov 2018 - I will refer briefly to some of the main provisions in the Bill....include officials from the Departments of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Education and Skills, Justice...I will not go into the further detail of the Bill. Those who are interested can read it....I understand that the Minister of State and the Government will not support the Bill....We are open to amendments to the Bill, but I have no doubt that the authority as proposed in the Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-11-04/10/
4 Nov 2009 - value very much the input into legislation from the Seanad and I welcome the expertise brought to this Bill...The amendment was prompted largely by the DPP's office on the basis that until 1999 there were no time...This changed following the Criminal Justice Act 1999 which included a statutory requirement for a time...Justice Fennelly. It reported in 2003 and examined this issue.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-06-29/24/
29 Jun 2004 - of the Commission on Electronic Voting (Further Reports) Order 2004; No. 17, motion re Proceeds of Crime...(Amendment) Bill 1999; No. 23, National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004 — Order for Report, Report and...Final Stages; No. 24, Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages...; No. 25, State Airports Bill 2004 — Second Stage (resumed)...., include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; the proceedings
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/26/
6 Jul 2017 - I take this opportunity to wish Deputy Flanagan well in his new role as Minister for Justice and Equality...I welcome this Bill, which gives effect to the international agreement between the Irish and British...to tackle crime and criminal activity....across this island, with An Garda Síochána and the PSNI in opposing criminal gangs and criminality in...They are criminals.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-06-08/7/
8 Jun 2011 - a young girl who has gone on to tell her story and has improved her life since, but there are many victims...We debated the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 in the House last week and the...extraterritorial aspect was an important part of that Bill....The criminal justice sector is one such problem , and we need to be mindful of these....I am pleased this is contained in the Bill.
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Debate: Select Committee On Legislation And Security
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_legislation_and_security/1996-10-08/3/
8 Oct 1996 - Currie I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, before section 4, to insert the following new section: "...This amendment deals with the rule against double jeopardy....It expands upon what is already contained in section 4(1) of the Bill....As the Minister for Justice made clear on Second Stage, that provision raises a number of difficulties...Section 4(1), however, does not state whether the rule is to apply in respect of criminal proceedings
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-03-23/6/
23 Mar 2006 - Generally speaking, the criminal justice system is concerned with protecting the public, punishing criminals...in the courts should strive to conduct their business in a way that protects the rights not only of victims...of crime but of particularly vulnerable persons, including those unfortunate enough to suffer from mental...The Henchy report, on which much of this Bill is based, referred to the need to ensure that persons who...Amendment No. 25 is a consequential amendment arising from the amendment providing for a court to refer
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2006-05-03/2/
3 May 2006 - McDowell I move amendment No. 140: In page 25, before section 24, but in Part 4, to insert the following...—Each provision of the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2006 specified in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act...2006 is amended in the manner specified in the third and fourth columns opposite the mention of that...This is a provision to amend the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2006 in the manner specified in the Schedule to...this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1970-06-24/5/
24 Jun 1970 - Alexis FitzGerald I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, lines 26 and 27 to delete "under the Merchandise...We can take a particular view of the criminal code operative in this country, and the law here is British...It is one thing to be liable civilly but it is another to be liable criminally....create a situation which by one fact associated with another makes someone look as if he had committed a crime...and this Bill only.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-04-09/33/
9 Apr 2019 - By debating this Bill, we have a useful opportunity to restate our perspectives on what Ireland’s neutrality...I will return to the text of the Bill but I want to first elaborate on the core issue of our military...aid or assistance to be provided to a member state which is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim...our military neutrality, the question that arises for Sinn Féin is what, if anything, requires us to amend...I raise these questions because the Constitution as it stands probably does not need to be amended to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-06-20/2/
20 Jun 2014 - Those provisions include amending the law as it relates to the purchasing, selling, trading, consignment...As we are all aware, criminals do not respect borders....This is definitely the way forward in crime solving in this area....It should be obvious to everyone that metal theft is not a victimless crime....Fianna Fáil is happy to support the Bill introduced by Deputy McGrath.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-05-16/16/
16 May 1995 - health risk to them and to society as a whole, mindful of the direct link of heroin abuse to petty crime...for drug importers, distributors and suppliers of drugs; the immediate introduction of the Juvenile Justice...Bill; and the implementation of existing legislation to seize the proceeds of those criminals involved
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-01-25/15/
25 Jan 2018 - committed to establishing a commission of investigation into the circumstances surrounding the horrific crimes...committed by Bill Kenneally....I am advised that criminal investigations are ongoing in respect of a number of such cases....It is also my belief and that of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, and all my Government
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-07-08/20/
8 Jul 2004 - However, I would not want to overload the schedule of the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence...The concept of the International Criminal Court is fine but we must accept that it can only act after...It is like the old story about crime, namely, that we have means of punishing people if we catch them...would like the Minister to indicate, in anticipation of the successful application of the International Criminal...The concept behind the Bill is good.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1971-08-26/3/
26 Aug 1971 - At column 195 of the debate of the same day, dealing with the question of civil law and criminal law,...citizens are concerned, it is a matter which should be dealt with by the civil law rather than by the criminal...Bill which was bad because it created three new crimes for some people and not for others; it introduced...into our legislation, for the first time in relation to criminal law, this concept of guilty by association...was that no amendment was going to be accepted, that no matter how bad the Bill was it was going to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-11-11/34/
11 Nov 2015 - him, but he must forgive us for feeling a bit aggrieved that we see very little of the Minister for Justice...Neither I, Deputy Clare Daly, Deputy Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin's justice spokesperson, nor the Fianna...preventing, detecting and investigating offences under the Offences against the State Acts 1939 to 1998, the Criminal...Law Act 1976, the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 and the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering...It is a long Bill, there is a lot to talk about and I will not go on too long on amendment No. 1.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-12-15/3/
15 Dec 2017 - It is one of the most heinous crimes that can be committed....occurs behind closed doors, or because it is inflicted by a person known closely or intimately to the victim...Some were in the original Bill and some have resulted from amendments....Deputy Rabbitte outlined a good example of the types of behaviour the legislation should seek to make a criminal...Domestic violence is a crime and it is everyone's business.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1984-09-19/4/
19 Sep 1984 - Robb Towards the end of this long discussion on the Criminal Justice Bill I should like to add a few...law; but equally I have no doubt as to its not solving the serious problem of crime....it will not be much longer before, in relation to the forces I have mentioned, what starts out as a Criminal...Justice Bill forces more and more people to come into the categories covered by the Offences Against...to give people a greater sense of confidence so that when law and order is applied, it is related to justice
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2002-02-27/5/
27 Feb 2002 - Ryan I move amendment No. 10: In page 15, subsection (1), lines 11 to 22, to delete paragraph ( e...Children's prisons are academies for graduating from a child criminal to an adult criminal....It is difficult to have a rational discussion about issues to do with crime, punishment, etc., but to...to have rational discussion because of the understandable frenzy that is sometimes whipped up about criminal
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-28/5/
28 Oct 2004 - I welcome this report, as does the Government amendment to the motion....of youngsters involved in crime....are concerned about our youth justice system....The incidents of violent crime and public disorder offences involving young persons are becoming too...criminal justice review.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-03-26/6/
26 Mar 2015 - Senator John Crown My two amendments to sections 9 and 11, taken together with this discussion, are...or save the lives of others, but they can serve in the Army, they can die and be prosecuted for war crimes...The Bill may let them contact their genetic parents or siblings but regards them as being at such a tender...We are putting an unnecessary restriction into a Bill and formulating two different categories of adult..., which I do not think is in accordance with the principles of natural justice.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1971-08-19/4/
19 Aug 1971 - against them under the section in order to expose the injustice of the approach of the Minister for Justice...Everybody on all sides of the House realises that more people are concerned about the terms of this Bill...also because they were concerned for the freedom of all people, and concerned that it would not be a criminal...the Bill before it has become law and that this incongruous way will have to be adopted in order to...amend it.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-10-20/17/
20 Oct 2015 - extensive degree of co-operation between the Garda Síochána and the PSNI in regard to smuggling and criminal...CAB, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the UK's HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, and the National Crime...Changes were made to the Finance Bills here in 2012 and 2013....it, but I think we should wait for the publication of the report from the Garda by the Minister for Justice...We should examine in the talks in Belfast the two cross-Border anti-fraud, anti-smuggling, anti-criminal
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-29/24/
29 Mar 2000 - The Bill shows sincere and genuine high level co-operation between the Departments of Justice, Equality...The Bill rightly spans the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Education and Science and...The action plans will include a range of measures from children making apologies to their victims, a...stay away from certain places or people in order to avoid involvement in criminal activity....Justice Geoghegan's decision in 1995 was referred to.
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Defence And Women's Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_defence_and_womens_rights/2010-11-24/2/
24 Nov 2010 - Ahern We discussed these issues with the Garda Síochána in detail both before and after publishing the Bill...Gael amendment....the offence of organising prostitution under section 9 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993...I did not include such a provision in the Bill as published because I wanted to satisfy myself that we...Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-06-18/5/
18 Jun 2019 - business, it is proposed that Nos. 13 and 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Proposed Amendment...Corporation, referral to committee, and motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Regulation (EU) 2018.../1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency...for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust, and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA...State and all Members may share time; and No. 2, National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-02-06/9/
6 Feb 2019 - records relating to parental leave or force majeure leave in accordance with the Act may be subject to criminal...In essence, the amendment requires employers to retain a record of leave taken by their employees for...I propose to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage to rectify this anomaly....The Department of Justice and Equality has identified a technical issue caused by the Bill's proposed...if the Bill remains unchanged.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-05/16/
5 May 1999 - Representations made on the Sheedy Case; No. 34, Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Bill..., 1999 [Seanad] – Committee and Remaining Stages; and No. 4, Criminal Justice (Location of Victims' Remains...) Bill, 1999 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage to be taken not later than 8.30 p.m.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-12-01/7/
1 Dec 1993 - Minister of State at the Department of Justice (Mr....In section 3 (3) (a) the Court of Criminal Appeal is being given an important new power to order the...the United Kingdom and the Nicky Kelly case in Ireland and recommended that the person who was the victim...Third, it proposed that the Government introduce a statutory system of compensation for the victims of...miscarriage of justice.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-06-20/3/
20 Jun 1991 - Enright I agree with the unanimous view of the House in relation to this Bill....Offences relating to television licences, driving licences and motor tax come under the criminal law...Such cases would be called along with criminal cases....Members of the Garda Síochána, justices and people in general are demanding that criminals who continue...I welcome the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-12-07/10/
7 Dec 2005 - If our common law in this regard does not reflect natural justice, we should intervene by producing such...The Bill is refreshing because it appeals to the highest common denominator....While there may be flaws in this Bill, the Minister should accept its principle and amend it, if necessary...It is interesting that the Minister introduced the Criminal Justice Bill 2004 without many of its most...changes to this legislation on Committee Stage, if he feels it needs to be amended?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-03-12/4/
12 Mar 1998 - The Bill is welcome and long overdue....Will the Minister consider offering organisations such as Victim Support a seat on the board to ensure...This Bill is a potent weapon that will further advance the fight against crime....The Government has a zero tolerance policy towards crime....It is fundamental to the continuing fight against crime.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-03-01/6/
1 Mar 1990 - subsections (1), (5), (6) and (7) of section 2, will only be taken in connection with very serious crimes...I again refer to the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 and to the importance of providing...Justice Act....I welcome the safeguards which have been included in the Bill....I would like the Minister to comment before this Bill completes its passage through this House on the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-11-03/8/
3 Nov 2005 - The Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002 has limped through the Oireachtas since then, finally seeing the...aptly described, to the repeal of section 4A(1)( c ) of the Criminal Justice Act 1999....I will carefully scrutinise amendments taken on board by the Minister in the Seanad to consider if they...the detention of people in prisons is contradictory if they may or may not have been convicted of a crime...Justice Henchy 27 years ago.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2016-06-15/23/
15 Jun 2016 - Having said that, we all recognise the major threat posed, in particular, by organised crime....Clearly, there is a significant threat from organised crime and from paramilitary crime....Looking first at the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 motion and its renewal, as has been...I will deal briefly with the motion on the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009....Justice Act 2006.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2002-11-14/6/
14 Nov 2002 - Justice Act, 1994....Section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, is being amended to take account of this requirement so...In bringing this Bill before the House, the opportunity is being taken to make amendments to sections...35 and 36 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, which relate to enforcement powers, jurisdiction and prosecution...The amendments to give effect to these changes are contained in section 28( c ) of the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-05-26/22/
26 May 2015 - The Taoiseach It is proposed to take No. 37, Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill...Tomorrow’s business after Oral Questions shall be No. 39, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill...2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 5, Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment...) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 38, statements on the Fifth Report of
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-11-22/114/
22 Nov 2000 - Cowen) The statute of the International Criminal Court was concluded at Rome on 17 July 1998 and was...An amendment to the Constitution is required to permit the State to ratify the statute and, in this regard..., I have asked the chairman of the Government legislation committee to arrange for the draft Bill containing...a proposal for such an amendment to be given priority in the Government's legislation programme....by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform together with my Department, the Office of the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-06-23/27/
23 Jun 1999 - There is the Criminal Justice (Fraud Offences) Bill – number 10 on the C list....We were told that the proceeds of crime Bill may be published, if we are lucky, by mid-1999....This Government is not serious about dealing with white collar crime and corruption....We had a series of kick starts, amendments, counter amendments, withdrawal of sections and finally the...the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-10-06/14/
6 Oct 2015 - As the Minister is aware, section 176 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 creates an offence of reckless...I will now turn to the main element of the Bill which will make it a criminal offence to purchase sexual...I tabked amendments to the human trafficking legislation which was for too conservative and timid in...It was doing nothing to protect victims of trafficking and it was certainly doing nothing to protect...victims of prostitution.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-06-04/20/
4 Jun 2014 - taking the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014 in another part of this building....As I said, that Bill is currently being debated in the Dáil....Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and the Criminal...It is my hope, however, that racism will not be a silent crime, with victims afraid or unwilling to come...In proposing an amendment we have sought to incorporate those ideas, while taking account of the work
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-04-20/5/
20 Apr 1983 - When the Minister came to office there was on his desk a draft of a more major Criminal Justice Bill...That Bill would have a major effect on the state of law and order....any other Bill relating to this problem....committees set up to defend themselves and punishment squads carrying out their own forms of rough justice...This is a wrong policy, particularly in relation to youth crime prevention.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-07-06/31/
6 Jul 2016 - I am pleased to introduce the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 to the House....crime associated with the illegal sale of certain substances....Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 which is to be amended by this Bill....This Bill provides for a series of amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977....This Bill proposes to amend the provisions which were inserted into the 1977 Act by the Irish Medicines
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-09-02/5/
2 Sep 1998 - They have demonstrated their commitment to perpetrating the most appalling crimes to strike directly...We will propose amendments on Committee Stage to seek to bring about those changes....We have given thought to and debated the Bill....During a debate such as this the fate of groups such as the Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four and other victims...of miscarriage of justice have a particular resonance.
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Debate: Select Committee On Finance And The Public Service
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_and_the_public_service/2003-04-01/3/
1 Apr 2003 - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, before section 1, to insert the following...The amendment was recommended by the Information Commissioner....Some groups have been mentioned such as Parents for Justice....We have advocates on behalf of victims of child sexual abuse and child abuse in general, groups such...Amendment No. 7 seeks to insert in the Bill the words: 'person' shall be construed as importing a body
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1986-06-25/10/
25 Jun 1986 - They often deal with ruthless criminals. This should not be overlooked....I am glad, therefore, that this amendment is included....justice system, policy and performance, the Minister dealt with the long term solutions to the main...causes of crime....Subject to further discussion and, perhaps, amendments on Committee Stage, I also welcome the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-02-15/3/
15 Feb 1990 - On Second Stage of the Rape (Amendment) Bill the Minister's speech was delivered by one of his colleagues...and on subsequent days we had to deal with the Larceny Bill and the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Bill...I accept that the Minister for Justice has a very demanding schedule....with fewer issues and points of justice than ever in the history of the Dáil....or on how the Minister intends to develop the Garda Síochána as a crime prevention force in the community
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-03-06/20/
6 Mar 1996 - There are good proposals in the Bill but the Minister for Justice has explained that the Government is...I wish to refer to accusations made by Deputy O'Donnell last night on the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking...) Bill....The proposals are the same as those contained in a previous Private Members' Criminal Justice Bill introduced...If the aim is to reduce crime, I very much doubt if such a register would have any positive impact.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-05-16/13/
16 May 2017 - Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (Deputy David Stanton) I thank Senators...for giving their time to consider this relatively concise but significant Bill....The general and strong support for the Bill shows the Legislature is committed to dealing with cybercrime...New technology creates opportunities for new forms of crime, or at least crime committed in an online...The legislation before us reflects these international instruments in that it provides for criminal offences
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1986-05-27/31/
27 May 1986 - Section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act of 1984 requires me to lay these regulations in draft form before...Justice Bill, to the code of practice recently adopted in England and Wales and to the recommendations..., particularly serious crime, and bringing to justice those who commit it....Under the proposals, which give effect to section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act, the member in charge...These measures are the Criminal Justice Act, the Garda Síochána (Complaints) Bill and the proposed regulations
