Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

Is trua go bhfuil an deis agam labhairt ar an Bhille seo, mar níor chóir go mbeadh sé os ár gcomhair in aon chor. Ritheann sé trasna an daonlathais pharlaimintigh a leithéid de Bhille a bheith ann, leis na cumhachtaí atá ann. Tá sé ar tí cumhachtaí agus dualgais ar chóir dóibh a bheith ag an bParlaimint seo a bhronnadh ar Aire amháin. Is é an gnáthrud, agus muid ag caint ar choireanna nó pionós, ach go háirithe má tá príosúnacht i gceist, ná go mbíonn an reachtaíocht déanta ag an bParlaimint iomlán agus do-athraithe. Tá an Bhille seo ar cheann de na Billí is frithdhaonlathaí agus contúirtí ó thaobh fhreagracht na Parlaiminte seo don phobal de, dóibh siúd a thogh muid agus dóibh siúd dá dtugaimid treoir agus muid ag déanamh reachtaíochta ar a son.

Allowing Ministers to determine criminal offences and sanctions, including imprisonment by regulation, may be acceptable to the elite that is trying to create an EU state, and it may even by acceptable to a Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who is clearly jealous of the powers available to dictators, but it is not acceptable to Sinn Féin.

When I first saw this Bill, I believed it was innocuous and the explanatory memorandum and briefing note suggested it was such. However, just after I was elected I was advised that when a Bill looks innocuous, it definitely is not.

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