Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)

I again thank the Technical Group for allowing me time to speak on the very important Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012. As previously stated, the purpose of the Bill is to address the implications of the Supreme Court judgment made in February 2012 with regard to future Garda investigations into subversive and other serious crimes. In that case, the Supreme Court found section 29 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 to be repugnant to the Constitution.

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