Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That does not happen here and in a way I think it is good that it does not happen here. The job of a prosecutor is to accumulate the evidence, put it before a jury and let the jury determine it. We should try to make the job of the prosecutor easier by facilitating prosecutors with greater presumptions in our law. I have asked the Minister to take on board those suggestions. I will also include some in Committee Stage amendments.

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I am very happy for people to ridicule the legal profession. It is very healthy in a democracy for them do so.

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