Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage

2:20 pm

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 15:


In page 16, line 16, column 3, to delete “2 years” and substitute “1 year”.
This relates to the matrix of columns at the back that are provided to outline periods of rehabilitation. What the amendments are trying to achieve is self-evident. We believe the periods of rehabilitation for more minor offences should be reduced, as set down in the two amendments.