Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I wish to ask about the Criminal Justice Bill 2007 published last Thursday. It is scheduled to be taken on Thursday and Friday of this week, with six hours allowed for the entire Second Stage. More alarmingly, I was informed today that the Committee and Report Stage amendments must be tabled by 11 a.m. on Friday. Some Deputies will have received the Bill only today. It is 128 pages long and fundamentally changes the criminal justice system. We have not begun to debate it.

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