David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 3:

In page 6, to delete lines 36 and 37, and in page 7, to delete lines 1 and 2.

The purpose of amendments Nos. 3 and 41 is to clarify and elaborate on the information about the final decision in a trial about which the Garda or the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, will be required to provide to a victim where the victim has requested such information.

Amendment No. 3 deletes the definition of “final decision” from the interpretation section.

Amendment No. 41 sets out in section 7 the details of the information the victim should receive on such a decision. These details now specifically include any sentence imposed on the person and any orders related to or ancillary to the judgment.

Amendments Nos. 7 and 33 delete the definition of significant developments from section 2 and insert it into section 7 for clarity, as the term only appears once in the Bill. The definition of “significant developments” in the context of the investigation contains some important details about the information which a victim is entitled to receive on request under section 7. These include the arrest of a person, the charging of a person and the release on bail or remand in custody of a person. The amendments retain all of these factors.

Amendment No. 33 also adds an additional factor concerning any bail conditions which relate to the list of significant developments which a victim is entitled to receive. While it is likely bail conditions will be included in the existing text which provides for information relating to the release of a person or the bail of a person, the amendment will make this explicit.