Dáil debates
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:52 pm
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is correct. The way the interpretation of retrospection works is that those people could still be subject to the law as extant at the time of a second or subsequent offence that carries a penalty of a mandatory minimum sentence. Therefore, such persons would have grounds for appeal and there would be all sorts of consequences from that. This is to ensure the provisions we pass here apply to those cases.
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