Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

I have always accepted the position that a chief superintendent or a member of the Garda Síochána could have an opinion as to whether somebody was a member of, say, the IRA. I was always happy to have that opinion accepted and taken into account by the court because it was an opinion as to fact. I can see what the Minister is trying to get at here but he is going about it the wrong way. How can an opinion that somebody will commit a crime in the future be taken as a fact in any circumstance?

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