Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

We have a common purpose in trying to address the most dangerous evil facing the State, which is the drug lords. With regard to the Minister's mandatory sentencing proposals, has he considered the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment in the CC case regarding the determination of honest knowledge in so far as it might impact on a declaration by a garda that the value of drugs held is a fixed amount regardless of the state of mind or knowledge of the individual in possession of the drugs? Is he confident his proposal is not constitutionally frail in light of the Supreme Court decision?

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