Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I object to No. 8 being referred to committee without debate. It arises from an EU proposal of which the Government has been aware since 25 March. There has been adequate time to address that properly on the floor of the House. It involves the harmonisation of criminal law, something we have not properly debated in the Dáil. Accordingly, its passage would be without the due scrutiny that it deserves. That should have been addressed here.

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