Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 44, line 2, to delete "an appeal to it that has been" and substitute "any proceedings before it that have been".

On the face of it we seem to have a large number of amendments to section 72 but these amendments are technical. They spring from the fact that in reviewing the section, there was some concern that the use of the word "appeal" might needlessly curtail the effect of the transitional provisions. This is because it is possible to have applications to the Court of Criminal Appeal which are not strictly appeals, such as applications to activate a suspended sentence. The fundamental change made by the amendments is that the term "appeal" is replaced by "proceedings". The other changes to that section flow from that amendment.

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