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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: Absolutely. That is why one has to consider even the credibility of a witness, as he or she may have a reason to be dishonest. That is why we try to cover as many bases as possible when determining how this can apply. It is not simply a matter of looking at it through one lens.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: If the Deputy has a suggestion to strengthen the provision on the grounds mentioned, I will be happy to engage with him and explore it further.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 9: In page 19, after line 32, to insert the following: "PART 7 FORENSIC SCIENCE IRELAND CERTIFICATE EVIDENCECertificates relating to receipt, handling, transmission or storage 36.(1) In any criminal proceedings, the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of Forensic Science Ireland of the Department of Justice and relating to the receipt,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 10: In page 19, after line 32, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 10 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 37. (1) The Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 10: “10.(1) In any proceedings for an offence under the Principal Act or section 5 of this Act, the production of a certificate purporting...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 11: In page 19, after line 32, to insert the following: “Amendment of Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 38.Section 169 of the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 is repealed.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 12: In page 20, to delete lines 16 to 18, and substitute the following: “Amendment of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 36. The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following section after section 9: “Failure to comply with direction of member of Garda Síochána with regard to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: We would have to look at the use of the word and how it is applied.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: There would have to be a direction. We can come back to the Deputy on that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 15: In page 22, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 12 of Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 44.Section 12(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 is amended by the deletion of the words “the act constitutes an offence under the law of the place where it was done and”.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 17: In page 5, lines 8 to 10, to delete all words from and including “to” in line 8 down to and including “stalking;” in line 10 and substitute the following: “to provide for offences relating to non-fatal strangulation, non-fatal suffocation, harassment and stalking and for those purposes and other purposes to amend the Non-Fatal...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 19: In page 5, line 11, after “conduct;” to insert the following: “to provide for circumstances in which a court may order the anonymity of a witness in criminal proceedings;”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 20: In page 5, line 11, after “conduct;” to insert the following: “to provide for certificates of evidence relating to the receipt, handling, transmission or storage of certain items, and for that purpose to provide for amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 and the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014;”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 21: In page 5, line 12, after “1992,” to insert “the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994,”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 22: In page 5, line 12, after “1997,” to insert “the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006,”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Chairman for making the time for Committee Stage of the Bill. As he outlined, we are amending a large number of Acts, some of them dating back to the 19th century. What started out as a much smaller Bill has expanded. It is important with these types of miscellaneous provisions Bills that we bring about as many changes as possible, and many of the changes that have come forward...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: We always need to be mindful of two different sentences potentially being applied or two different scenarios. I appreciate that we are talking about follow-on harm subsequent to significant harm that has already been caused. The applying of a civil order or a conviction for harassment or stalking is to protect somebody immediately. We want that to apply immediately and not at the end of a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 13: In page 21, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of Schedule 1 to Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 40.Schedule 1 to the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 8: “8A. Where the chairperson is temporarily unable to perform his or her duties as chairperson due...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 14: In page 22, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 53 of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 42.Section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 is amended— (a) in subsection (7)(a) by the substitution of “subsections (8) and (9)” for “subsection (8)”, and (b)...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 16: In page 5, line 8, to delete “Firearms Act 1925 and the Firearms (Proofing) Act 1968;” and substitute “Explosives Act 1875 and the Firearms Act 1925;”.