Dáil debates

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Criminal Justice Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages

 

7:35 pm

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One point strikes me. The person who is applying for bail could come back within a week or a month, but it could be six months, a year, two years or more. The amendment does not stipulate any restriction on that person looking for that information. If three years later people decided they wanted to know why the judge did not give them bail, they could go and ask and this amendment would mean they should get it, which would be totally impracticable. There is an in-built technical flaw in these two amendments.

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