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Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Minister explain this amendment?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: We had a roundabout discussion on it. What exactly does the "search" relate to?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: On a procedural point, it does not seem that amendments Nos. 35 to 37, inclusive, are connected. Can we take amendments Nos. 35 and 36 separately?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Amendments Nos. 36 and 41 are connected.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: If amendment No. 35 is accepted, the other amendments will fall.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The approach I favour is slightly different to that proposed by Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I support the section of the Bill relating to the detention periods. The Minister is aware that I have tabled an amendment, subsequent to this section being dealt with by my colleague, that seeks to put in place a unified detention period, rather than a variety of different detention periods for different...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: We are nearly there.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Or a shovel.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: A Cheann Comhairle, I am sorry for disaggregating the two amendments.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: On a procedural note about the previous amendments, a Cheann Comhairle, I assumed when I alerted the Chair that I wanted the question disaggregated that it would not be put in a way so as not to allow discussion on the video-taping issue.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Out of good courtesy, Sir, I thought if they were not going to be discussed, you could have alerted me to that fact.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: No, if the amendment was carried, and it was not carried.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The actual words I wish to amend still stand in the Bill.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It is an important issue.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Exactly.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It is not a matter of misleading. I raise this because it is an important issue.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I do not wish to take up the time of the House. However, I was in favour of the Minister's proposition in section 9, but I wished to insert safeguards. That is a different position from deleting the additional time an individual can be kept in custody. May I still address the issue of my amendment?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The formula used was that the words proposed to be deleted stand. The question was declared carried and the amendment declared lost. Therefore, the words my amendment proposes to insert are still contained in the Bill. They would not be there if Deputy Ó Snodaigh's amendment was agreed. We are making law and the issue my amendment deals with is a fundamental one rather than a technical one....

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: If the Ceann Comhairle had indicated to me that this was my one opportunity to discuss the matter, I would have addressed it more directly.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I regret the Minister did not have the opportunity either. I would have liked to press the point by way of argument.