Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Informing victims may give rise to a cost to the Exchequer but we either inform them or we do not inform them. As an Opposition Deputy, I find it extremely frustrating that, having spent considerable time doing research and drafting amendments, they are ruled out of order because the word "shall" as opposed to "may" is used. The way we do our work in here is bonkers.
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