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Pension Provisions. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The very same.

Pension Provisions. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: How does the Minister define capacity?

Pension Provisions. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has the review group looked at the level of overdraft reduction in existing businesses? Does the Minister now admit that the level of credit available to small businesses in Ireland is reduced and is there a need for a Government guarantee scheme to ensure that funds flow to small businesses?

Pension Provisions. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister recommend publication?

Pension Provisions. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will he also recommend publication of Mr. Colm McCarthy's report?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the National Asset Management Agency; when he expects that the NAMA legislation will be published and brought before Dáil Éireann; and when and the way if will free up credit facilities for small businesses. [27952/09]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Section 3 refers to the involvement of "2 or more of those persons". Does the Minister regard a criminal gang as comprising two or more or three or more individuals?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: If two people are involved in criminal activity, under the legislation can they be prosecuted as being part of a gang?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there a reason for that? Does it relate to section 70 of the 2006 Act?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the section, which will be of assistance in the fight against organised crime, and so will the people of Limerick. I am of the view that it may allow us to avoid the need for juries or witnesses in certain instances. The key point is that we should have sufficient time to tease out whether what is intended in the legislation will be capable of being applied in practice. That is...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will speak with reference to Limerick as I represent that area. This legislation is very welcome but I would like extra time to go through the various sections and consider the Bill in detail to ensure we get it right. I commented previously on an issue which goes to the heart of the matter. As a result of the mindless murders of Roy Collins and Shane Geoghegan recently, victims and the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: That was the point I was making.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would surveillance legislation suffice?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about the use of covert surveillance?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can people be convicted without witnesses?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under this legislation, is it possible that, with the discretion of the presiding judges in the Special Criminal Court, opinion evidence from the chief superintendent and corroborative evidence obtained under surveillance legislation could lead to a conviction without the witnesses being required to give evidence?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I come from a very straightforward perspective on this; Limerick in particular has to deal with gangland crime, as Deputy Jan O'Sullivan knows. There is intimidation of witnesses and we have heard people like Michael Murray, the State solicitor, on the intimidation of jurors, about which I know. I welcome the Bill but I want to ensure that we give as much protection as possible to jurors...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the section. We are dealing with people involved in criminal activity. There is anecdotal evidence that many of the operations of criminals are directed from prison via mobile phones. What is the position of the Minister in terms of scrambling mobile phones and the phone network within prisons given that it is generally acknowledged that a good deal of the operations of such...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Gardaí do fantastic work and have great knowledge. The Offences against the State Act requires that opinion evidence be given by a chief superintendent or a more senior garda. The evidence referred to in this section is slightly different. For a garda to report to a chief superintendent seems a more formal way of achieving the same result. When the evidence is presented in court it will...

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (1 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her review of Health Service Executive capital projects will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/09]