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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1971-08-11/9/
11 Aug 1971 - length in his book, Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd Edition , Chapter 23, at page 328 and many... following pages. It is also dealt with as far as specific Irish statutes are concerned by Justice.... He says: Every criminal statute is expressed elliptically. It is not possible in drafting... the defence of insanity or duress. The exemptions belong to the general part of the criminal law..., which is implied into specific offences. On the Continent, where the criminal law is codified
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1982-07-07/8/
7 Jul 1982 - -Border difficulties and crimes. Extradition is only one method of dealing with fugitive criminals... is the scheme enacted in the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act, 1976 — is also capable of dealing... with the problem and gets over the major difficulty about politically motivated crime. There is a good... deal of loose talk about people wanted in Northern Ireland for serious crimes walking the streets here... not so at the date of their commission. So far as crimes committed after 1976 are concerned
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-04-19/26/
19 Apr 2011 - justice being done within their localities. The Bill does not interfere with the independence of judges... imposing prison sentences on those whose crimes warranted only a short sentence. The Bill offers a solution... destroyed. The Bill allows us to be smarter and more clever in the manner we deal with crime and offences... justice in respect of those who commit a crime within their own communities. Prison is something.... This is the first occasion on which I have formally addressed the House as spokesperson on justice issues. I look
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1986-02-04/19/
4 Feb 1986 - with the minimal reduction in the crime rate and trying to win some kudos for that. Crime... in the Minister saying to Deputy Woods that there are some inadequacies in the Bill, that some changes... of technology. Criminals are very good at using updated technological equipment and the disposal... of State made much play about that point in our Bill, saying it was confusing still further... not stand back and do nothing. It must be remembered that criminals are as well versed in these Acts
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1984-10-02/4/
2 Oct 1984 - for the last time at the possibility of the amendments to a Bill of this kind. I refer in particular... to amendments Nos. 5 and 7. In fact, amendment No. 5 is only changing the Bill in the event... that this Bill is going back to the other House. Therefore, additional amendments will not in any way... Mr. O'Leary I notice that we find it difficult to wind ourselves up again to deal with the Bill... having all our passion spent last week as a result of the detailed examination of the Bill
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-02-17/10/
17 Feb 2005 - to my area with guns in the boots of their cars. While we are providing in a criminal justice Bill... to track down criminals and bring them to justice. While, in general, the Human Rights Commission..., because it is pretty outrageous that we are here in the national Parliament debating a Criminal Justice.... I want to see a separate firearms Bill. There is more than adequate reason to provide one to update... of crime scenes, perhaps the Minister will explain why it is necessary. What is it about the proposed
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2002-12-18/11/
18 Dec 2002 - financial gain – and it supports any measure that will bring an end to their activities. The amendment... moved by Senator Tuffy seeks to distinguish between well-organised criminal gangs that engage... of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to cater for such a distinction by defining commercial vehicles... in a clearer manner. Senator Norris is right to say that this section of the Bill does not apply... of the type catered for in this section of the Bill take place. Perhaps the Minister can supply
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_and_womens_rights/1998-10-21/2/
21 Oct 1998 - is trying to speed up and streamline criminal justice procedures. On first observation the likelihood... Mr. J. Higgins (Mayo) I move amendmentNo. 16: In page 10, to delete lines 5 to 27. Amendment... urgent attention because it is widely believed that parts of the current criminal procedure are unwieldy... to the very heart of the justice system and due process, which is part and parcel of the nature
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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/2005-04-28/2/
28 Apr 2005 - . This section refers to bringing criminals to justice. Is one a criminal before or after one... Aengus Ó Snodaigh My amendment is similar to Deputy Costello's in that it proposes the promotion... table an amendment on Report Stage. Does section 7(6) relate to a disclaimer whereby the shop owner
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-11-30/20/
30 Nov 1993 - Proinsias De Rossa I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 30 and 31, to insert... with the debate on the Local Government (Dublin) Bill, 1993, which also comes within his remit. This is one... of the curses of having four Deputies only to cover all matters. These amendments deal with the heart... reopened having gone through all the legal procedures. This Bill arose initially from concerns... report although it accepted them in principle. Yet three years later a Bill published
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-11-01/14/
1 Nov 1989 - Mr. Yates Amendment No. 3 in my name was ruled out of order because it was a potential charge... criticism of the Bill is the way the State propose to deal with child care services. Ever since... referring to the Department of Justice and the juvenile justice system. The task force recommended... decided to tack the implementation of this Bill as an "any other business" item to an already over... service involving representatives of the Departments of Education, Justice and Health to provide
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-07-07/10/
7 Jul 2009 - are being locked up despite not being convicted of offences under the criminal justice system... will rush through criminal justice legislation in a matter of hours when it has taken us nearly seven... regarding the brief time provided to debate this important Bill. It is a terrible shame... that the House is rushing through all Stages in one day, given the significant impact the Bill will have on many..., even with the undoubted improvements offered by the Bill. I am grateful to the free legal advice
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-05-08/49/
8 May 1990 - , the Deputy's Bill is a copy of provisions in the English Criminal Justice Act, 1988. The fact... of the passing of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Bill, 1988. The implications of this situation... to the procedure being proposed in the Bill as representing a fundamental change in criminal procedure... notice that it proposed to lodge its appeal. This was done in the UK Criminal Justice Act. A change... of case involved would not be covered by the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-03-20/10/
20 Mar 2018 - the eighth - it is about repealing the eighth amendment and substituting new wording... amendment into the Constitution. There have been various other referendums on the right... Pregnancy Act 2013, which flowed directly from the eighth amendment. People were concerned when the eighth... amendment was passed that the situation would not be clear and the Supreme Court would end up making.... The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 deals with the provision in regard to the eighth amendment where
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1989-12-19/8/
19 Dec 1989 - Mr. Norris I cannot freely welcome the Bill. I cannot freely welcome the amendments because I... know precisely what the amendments are calculated to do. I will address myself directly to one or two... their purpose. Specifically I draw attention to the amendments contained in section 3. What... of the then Minister for Justice, Deputy Collins, when he went into battle on a very sticky wicket... with inadequate understanding of the motivation behind the attempt to insert these amendments, and produced
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1929-07-04/5/
4 Jul 1929 - a person is to be charged in the Central Criminal Court or in the Circuit Court with any crime or offence... Cathaoirleach Before the Senator proceeds to speak to his amendment, might I point out... that in Amendments 13, 14, 15 and 16 practically the same principle is involved. That being the case, perhaps... Senators in whose names these amendments stand would agree to take a discussion on them.... The amendments are:— 14.—Section 3. To add at the end of the section a new sub-section as follows
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1931-10-14/33/
14 Oct 1931 - . That in the case of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill, 1931, two days shall be given... forthwith the question, That the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill, 1931, be now read a second... amendment set down to the Money Resolution, nor upon any amendment set down to the Bill save an amendment... and the Title to the Bill, or, That the Section, the Sections, the Schedule and the Title (as amended..., if amendments have been made) stand part of and be the Schedule and the Title to the Bill; (c
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-11-09/31/
9 Nov 2011 - Deputy Seán Kyne I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Competition (Amendment) Bill. Its... Government parties of the need for law reform in key areas. The amendments made in the Bill will provide... for strengthened laws to combat so-called white collar crime. I dislike the euphemistic connotations... associated with the phrase "white collar crime", as if such acts are less serious and dishonourable... financial institutions and businesses during the latter half of the last decade is criminal in terms
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-02-01/34/
1 Feb 2017 - the Minister said on amendment No. 11. Will the Minister comment on amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, which... who give their consent. While the legislation is primarily directed at victims of trafficking... and exploitation and targets the pimps and organised criminals who exploit and traffic those individuals... their consent and are not trafficked, coerced, harassed or exploited. Amendments Nos. 14 to 16... the legislation proposed. If these amendments are not acceptable to the Minister, how do we propose
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-10-25/12/
25 Oct 2007 - Deputy Mary O’Rourke I welcome the publication of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007.... This Bill is a very good initiative. I know the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law... Members' Bill on this whole issue. It never got anywhere as it was overtaken by the election and we... brought the Bill to fruition. It is both evolutionary and developmental in its nature... (Trafficking) Act 2000 and the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. When introducing this Bill
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2003-11-26/2/
26 Nov 2003 - Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy McDowell) I thank the Chairman... to be the cornerstone of judicial co-operation, particularly in criminal matters. That is the strategic... of approaching criminal law in Europe. We agreed to make all the systems interoperable and base them... on mutual recognition. At the Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in November 2000... was politically agreed at the last Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 8 May 2003. Discussions
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-06-27/26/
27 Jun 2006 - Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell) I move amendment No. 1: To delete..., if such be considered necessary, for inclusion in the proposed Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous... reading to the Bill in order that consideration be given to the issues raised in this Bill and another... Private Members Bill recently introduced in the Seanad on the same issue, and to allow time... Provisions) Bill.". In recent years, cases where intruders and people who have tried to tackle them
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-02-14/15/
14 Feb 2017 - constitute an offence under section 3, 4 or 5 of this Act or section 1 or 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment... consequences and I believe the law should remain that way. The Bill seems to state, with the amendments... that brings him before a District Court judge in the Bridewell or in the Criminal Courts of Justice... of the Bill. I know it has had a long history. I know it has been considered at great length... is to amend the Act of 1993. That Act was passed by Dáil Éireann when I was a member of the Opposition
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-07-03/35/
3 Jul 2019 - of imprisonment for an offence to which section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1990 applies, he or she... of imprisonment imposed in accordance with section 25(1) of the Criminal Justice 2007 in respect... intended in bringing forward this Bill. Amendment No. 34 inserts a new section relating to eligibility... Deputy Charles Flanagan I move amendment No. 34: In page 16, between lines 22 and 23, to insert... with section 58(1) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 in respect of a subsequent offence within
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-02-19/7/
19 Feb 2003 - rather than in that manner. The Bill takes into account the overlap between the criminal justice... is a reflection of his commitment to his new position. When one hears we are amending and repealing laws... be brought into line with the judicial and legal process. If the Bill is ever tested I hope the Minister... be a shame if this Bill failed to work in certain areas because of professional differences between... their face-to-face evaluations of criminal defendants. The judge went on to say that psychiatrists
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1929-06-06/20/
6 Jun 1929 - Mr. T.J. O'Connell I shall avail of the opportunity to speak now on this amendment in order... to put forward the arguments for my own amendment, as otherwise I may have to wait until after... the division on Deputy Lemass's amendment, and may not have an opportunity of speaking. I have set out... that the portion dealing with disrespect should be cut out. I am confining my amendment entirely... disrespect. "(1) Whenever a person charged in the Central Criminal Court or in the Circuit Court with any
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1927-08-09/6/
9 Aug 1927 - Mr. BAGWELL Anyone who reads and ponders over the provisions of this Bill needs no special... direct necessity could justify this Bill even for a limited time. I say all these things because I... am going to support the Bill. I should like Senators to know its defects and undesirable features... legislation, and if so, does this Bill represent the best means of meeting the special danger with which...-blooded crime, will be caught. No, this is not a measure of revenge, but of prevention. The reason
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-01/20/
1 Jul 2015 - the Person Act. There are issues beyond criminal matters which must be addressed and the Bill seeks to do so... Lorraine Higgins that this is not just a criminal justice matter and that there is also a huge need... Senator Ivana Bacik I welcome the Minister. I am pleased to support the Bill proposed by my... concerns, on which Senator Lorraine Higgins also spoke eloquently. As with most Private Members' Bills..., the Bill is a starting point and is not perfect. It is incumbent on all of us, therefore, to examine
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-06-19/46/
19 Jun 1991 - Mr. McCartan I do not wish to withdraw the amendment for the moment. I am glad the Minister... Chief Justice and then President of the High Court, Mr. Justice Finlay, had ruled on the same matter... that in criminal trials the right to trial by jury would exist where practicable and in as many circumstances... amendment, which provides that the right to elect shall be with the accused and with the Director... and understand fully the function of a district justice. Where he or she, irrespective of the position
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women's Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2008-04-02/2/
2 Apr 2008 - Review Tribunal, which is not evident in the Bill. We see two priorities, although we mention a number..., there should be a clear break between the two tribunals by removing the clause that has been added to the Bill... since the 2007 Bill, which provides for continuity in respect of the chair of the Refugee Appeals... be dealt with through the public appointments service for which the Bill provides in the case of all.... This is our big chance to get it right. We would be worried if only three textual amendments get
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-06-19/15/
19 Jun 2014 - at any stage. That is the challenge. I will now turn to the motion regarding the Criminal Justice... the retention of this amendment. We have argued each year that it should be repealed in its entirety.... Unfortunately, considerable elements have resorted to criminality. In essence, they are criminals.... They are involved in criminal activities to line their own pockets to enrich themselves.... They are not republicans. They could not be further from it. They are criminals. There may well be some among
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1928-06-27/45/
27 Jun 1928 - -section which stood in the Bill at the time. Now I come to Deputy de Valera's arguments, or what.... This Court of Criminal Appeal is a court which up to a very short time ago was unknown in this country..., or in any other country which administered a code of criminal law similar to the code which we... administer, and based upon that code. The Court of Criminal Appeal is, in this country, an extremely new... thing created by the Courts of Justice Act. There has been no time for legal formalities to grow up
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-12-14/54/
14 Dec 1949 - and it is, therefore, outside the provisions of the Constitution. In considering this amendment, as in every... other amendment to this section, we must start with the provisions of the Constitution. Even... administration of justice would be to ensure the fullest possible publicity for all trials, civil... and criminal. From that principle there would be excepted certain types of cases where it is obviously... know what goes on in the courts, what types of crimes come before the courts, how the district
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-11-14/35/
14 Nov 2017 - for it. This amendment and recommendation are mirrored in the Bill that has been brought forward by Deputies Ó... Deputy Seamus Healy I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and to support it. I... compliment Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Pearse Doherty on bringing it forward. The basis of this Bill is the Law.... That is what this legislation is about. It is about access to justice. Unfortunately, like our health... system, we have a two-tier justice system. Money talks, and those with deep pockets, the wealthy
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-07-08/15/
8 Jul 1982 - Mr. Kelly Such a person is as much entitled to consideration as the rest. He is a victim... be a difficult thing to do justice to him, that man cries out for justice to be done to him and the others... is still in office when a modification in the law is apposite I ask him, in the justice which... dearmad a dhéanamh air" so that when the next occasion arises for amendment of finance legislation some
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Debate: Select Committee On Legislation And Security
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_legislation_and_security/1993-09-20/7/
20 Sep 1993 - attempt to stamp out this problem because in dealing with real crime and criminals a person who goes..., it is important to achieve clarity of language in this amendment. I support her intention in the amendment... been the problem of organised crime conducted by the Mafia. The same problem exists in Italy... the power and influence of organised crime. Extortion, blackmail, racketeering and demanding... throughout the country to Cork, Limerick, Galway and other smaller towns. It is a crime that is abhorrent
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-03-29/24/
29 Mar 2000 - certain places or people in order to avoid involvement in criminal activity. The Bill also refers... this Bill is a long time coming, but one could equally say it was worth waiting for. It is the culmination... Department and country but from international sources also. The Bill shows sincere and genuine high... level co-operation between the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Health and Children... and Education and Science. The same work that went into preparing the Bill will also go into ensuring
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-03-27/24/
27 Mar 1996 - Mr. E. Walsh Deputies will recall the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1993, and the concerns... welcome the agreement on the new Criminal Law Bill, but there should also be a review of Garda...-West constituency this week. He would have realised that Bills in themselves are not the panacea... the support necessary to those involved in tackling crime. A complete review, perhaps even... Government and this Government would have immediately solved them. If this or previous Bills had been
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-05-13/13/
13 May 2015 - , the Bill has since been changed and very welcome amendments have been made. The Minister spoke... a strong and effective Bill that provides us with effective and robust regulation of legal practice in the interests of clients and the administration of justice. ... of the Bill. As we know, the Bill has been a long period in genesis and commenced Second Stage in the Dáil... during the process and I am very glad to hear the Minister say further amendments will be made... in the Seanad and that she will be taking those amendments. It makes our debate much better in the Seanad
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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/2006-04-26/2/
26 Apr 2006 - , the Offences Against the State Acts 1939 to 1998 or the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act... the State Acts or Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Acts and an offence under the law of any... Mr. McDowell I move amendment No. 113: In page 25, before section 24, but in Part 4, to insert... the following new section: "36.—Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1... of a firearm, and the sentence has not expired or it expired within the previous 5 years, and".". Amendment
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1971-08-11/9/
11 Aug 1971 - in connection with this Bill or is permitted even to the ordinary citizens of this State. She stated...: It is a fundamental principle of the criminal law that it should be possible for a person... to ascertain whether his conduct or statement would amount to the commission of a criminal offence. She... further states that the word "advocate or encourage" are not defined in the Bill. She discriminates... (Amendment) Act, 1931. I find here the following references to the words "advocate" and "encourage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1990-11-29/4/
29 Nov 1990 - (Amendment) Bill, 1990, and I will be back here again next week to deal with the rape Bill and other... Government approval shortly for the drafting of a criminal evidence Bill which will include... Minister for Justice (Mr. Burke) I should like to thank the Deputies who have contributed... included in the Bill has been accepted in this country for at least 90 years and was included... in the definition of "malice" in Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law of 1902. It is true that uncertainty
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-07-14/22/
14 Jul 2011 - ? These are criminal matters. The State should be spearheading the justice system to deal with them..., as other Deputies suggested, for amending the legislation in order to extend it to other victims who... spent upwards of €1.8 billion on the victims of abuse at the hands of the religious orders... the thousands of victims have been put through by the severe trauma of abuse and the lifetime... it is relevant that we are discussing this Bill at the same time as the publication of the Cloyne
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2019-04-10/8/
10 Apr 2019 - funding has been made available to agencies that play such a pivotal role in the criminal justice area... Ireland with the much-needed facility to carry out its crucial role in the criminal justice sector. While... the proceeds of crime. All over Ireland the bureau is working to ensure criminals cannot enjoy the spoils... executive pillars, civil justice and equality and criminal justice, will be supported by a central... Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Charles Flanagan) I am pleased to have the opportunity
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-05-14/26/
14 May 2008 - look forward to discussing this Bill in the Oireachtas Select Committee on Justice, Equality... Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights works through the Bill as quickly as possible... of multiple publication. The Bill allows a person to bring, with the consent of the court, actions... this Bill, we will address section 11, which allows a body corporate, such as a company or even... that, by virtue of the Constitution and this Bill, anything we say in this Chamber cannot be taken up in any
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-02-03/20/
3 Feb 1999 - effective, the Minister should amend it or introduce a new Bill to outlaw joyriding and associated... Mr. Broughan I thank the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue... of these criminals caused terror and threatened the lives of residents in Coolock, Ayrfield, Donaghmede, Raheny... their cars wrecked, stolen or burned out. I speak from experience given that I was the victim... of tragic fatalities have been caused by these criminals in Dublin's northside in recent years. In 1998
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-06-24/4/
24 Jun 2003 - with amendment No. 9 and which seeks to refer the matter to the Court of Criminal Appeal, is far more... with the system of the convention? That is the net point which these amendments seek to address. The question... of payments, be they ex gratia or otherwise, does not arise under these amendments. What does arise... character and a conviction which is at variance with the provisions of the convention. The amendment... of the amendment, however, it is clear that all it proposes is that someone can write to a Minister
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-11-19/5/
19 Nov 1987 - on these islands or in Western Europe to combat crimes under normal criminal law. However, I will be looking... seen. They are wider than the powers of search granted in the criminal justice legislation which.... However, if the same Bill emanated from the Department of Justice we would be here for months trying.... I welcome the Bill. We have no difficulty with its principles and are hoping to give... the Committee on Crime, Lawlessness and Vandalism who did some of the preparatory work on this and initiated
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-02-11/3/
11 Feb 2010 - to the victims of institutional abuse. I understand that the Departments of Education and Science... and Justice, Equality and Law Reform have both accepted that the State was directly involved in women being... intend to introduce an amendment to the Residential Institutions Redress Act to extend the redress... in the Magdalene laundries? Under the heading "Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved... by Government" in the Government's legislative programme, No. 75 is the family law Bill, which has been
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-11-04/4/
4 Nov 1997 - of Crime contributed to three Acts passed in 1996, namely the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Criminal... for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and such a transfer would not in any event have the effect envisaged..., as do Bills at an early stage of preparation on nullity, fraud offences, indexation of fines and civil evidence.
