Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to a case in which a person was assaulted and injured, so it was an assault causing harm for which a criminal conviction was secured. Then, within three years, he or she passed away due to head injuries secondary to the assault or suffered a stroke or something. What is the reclassification process if someone has already been convicted of a crime but there is a subsequent consequence under the Criminal Justice Acts? If the crime has subsequently caused the death of the person, how is that information converted in the context of an investigation? Will subsequent criminal proceedings take place?