Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

Amendment No. 91 proposes that a grievance mechanism should be put in place for people who are aggrieved by a ministerial order restricting certain firearms on safety and security grounds. This amendment would mean, in effect, that the High Court would have the capacity to reverse the order on the grounds of reasonableness or policy. I do not propose to hand over that function to the Judiciary, which has enough to do.

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