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Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I assure the Minister that it is highly unlikely that I appreciate that at all.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: FCA training was not lost on the Minister.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I am disappointed with the Minister's response. He has said he has no difficulty with my proposals but he does not want to put them into law. Apart from the technical amendment, I do not see why it cannot be in the law if it gives an assurance to people. A requirement to a consultation process is not a great burden. I know Departments do not like legal requirements to consult with other...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: That is exactly it.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: However, it was founded by a revolutionary, James Connolly, who had an armed tradition. The Progressive Democrats Party has no armed tradition of which we know. It tends to keep its pugilism internalised.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Occasionally, it spills out. On amendment No. 90, it will not damage the Minister to acknowledge in the law that he should have regard to the desirability of facilitating persons engaged in sporting or other lawful use of firearms. He has agreed with this publicly and, for once, he should kick the traces of his advisers. I accept the Minister's point on amendment No. 91 that he does not want...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: One can just state that.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Most Ministers would never see them.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: That is not saying much.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I am no wiser as to why the first part of amendment No. 91 cannot be accepted. I cannot imagine it could be a difficulty for the Minister. If he claims it is already a democratic right, why will he not formulise it? I am taken aback he will not accept the right of appropriate bodies to advance consultations on regulations that could impact upon them.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I wonder which one of us is the better educated.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 89: In page 37, to delete line 38 and substitute the following: "(iv) the muzzle energy of ammunition likely to be used by the firearm,".

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 90: In page 38, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: "(2) In making an order under subsection (1) the Minister shall have regard to the desirability of facilitating persons engaged in sporting or other lawful use of firearms.".

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 91: In page 38, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: "(2) A person aggrieved by an order of the Minister under subsection (1) may give notice in a form to be prescribed by the Minister of his or her grievance and of the grounds for it, and the Minister shall consider such notice and shall make a decision on foot of the notice either to make no amendment to the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: My amendment No. 93 proposes to replace the words "one month" in subsection (8) of section 30 with "three months". I have tabled this amendment at the behest of the shooting fraternity whose members point to an anomaly in this regard. I am interested in the Minister's view on this. A certificate holder cannot currently apply for renewal of his or her firearm certificate until one month before...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The reality is that there should be synchronisation in this process. If the Minister says licence holders should only have a month to apply so that applications will be proximate to the expiry date, it should also be the case that the Garda has a month to make a decision on those applications. Whatever may be the general case in practice, the law provides that gardaí have three months to...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: What is the legal framework?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It does.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister cannot say that for certain.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Exactly.