Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

This is in order but no answer seems to be forthcoming. The first five or six Bills are the Courts (Court Funds Office) Bill, "To establish a Courts Office to replace the Accountants Office and assume other cash management and accounting functions"; the Criminal Justice (Forensic Sampling and Evidence) Bill, "To provide for the establishment of a DNA database", something that is seriously wanting; and the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill "To provide for miscellaneous changes to the criminal law and to give effect to a number of international instruments". Surely somewhere in the bowels of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform during the discussions that take place from time to time there must be somebody with sufficient inspiration and vision to be able to answer those questions.

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