Dáil debates
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed).
12:00 pm
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
Perhaps. There could be extraordinary circumstances but to have a firearm with intent to endanger life is a very serious offence. The norm should be a ten-year sentence and only in exceptional and specific circumstances should there be a departure from the ten-year norm. That is the intent of this section.
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