Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 18:

In page 18, after line 47, to insert the following:

"(2) In issuing a warrant under subsection (1), a judge of the District Court shall—

(a) have jurisdiction to issue a warrant for any District,

(b) not be jurisdictionally limited to the District wherein he or she ordinarily sits, and

(c) not be obliged to be physically present in any District or in a District in respect of the jurisdiction of which he or she is issuing a warrant.".

This amendment relates to a case in west Cork in which jurisdiction was questioned.

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