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

I move amendment No. 52:

In page 20, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:

"24.—In this Part—

"Freedom of Information Acts" means the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2003;

"law terms" refers to the four periods (to wit Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter and Trinity) of prescribed sittings for the Superior Courts, as defined in Order 118, rule 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts;

"the Register" means the Register of Sentences established by section 4;

"the Service" means the body established by the Courts Service Act 1998;

"time already served" means the period of time, prior to conviction, during which the convicted person was detained in custody without bail.".

I will quickly dispose of these amendments. We should have a register of sentences. The case has been well made. It is something we will introduce in the next Government but, as of now, as the Tánaiste is not going to accept it, I will not press these amendments. We will keep them for the next Dáil.

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