Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

It is not a question of the perpetrator of a crime getting off on a technicality. That is the wrong issue. It is a question of somebody who has been charged with a crime having a right to an expeditious trial in order that the courts can then decide if the person is guilty. It is a question of people being held at a time when they have not been convicted and we do not know whether they are guilty because the courts have not adjudicated. This happens as a matter of course in many European countries and is recommended by the European Council.

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