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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: You did.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Does Senator Donohoe want us all to sit as dummies and nobody to say anything?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: I do not want to hold up the passage of the Bill. It is innovative and has to be passed. The Minister would be in dereliction of his duties if he had not had the courage and the nerve to bring the Bill to the Oireachtas. The Bill was passed in the Dáil by 118 votes to 23 and that speaks for itself. It reflects the people of Ireland-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: God, Senator Bacik is great for overstepping the mark herself.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Is it appropriate to quote the comments of former judge, Mr. Feargus Flood, in the newspapers at the weekend?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Yes. He said that he had presided over gangland trials where juries had returned the wrong verdict. In what was described as the most outspoken contribution on the Bill by a sitting or former judge, Mr. Flood said the plans of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, to send gangland trials to the non-jury Special Criminal Court were necessary to maintain...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: If these gangs with which the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, has been obliged to deal were operating in the constituency of Dublin South, I do not believe Senator Alex White would have adopted the position he currently holds in respect of this Bill. The Senator lives in one of the most sedate and well-off constituencies in the country.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: In the Dáil, the Minister for Defence outlined his experience of dealing with gangs in Limerick and the evidence he provided in that regard is compelling. Two weeks ago I visited St. Patrick's Institution, part of which is devoted to catering for children between the ages of 16 and 18. Many of the children who are being held there work as couriers for the mobs and gang leaders in Limerick....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: It is your constituency.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: He was outlining his experience.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: It has taken much hard neck on my part to speak. Five people are speaking on this issue, of whom I am the sole lay participant. There are two barristers, a professor of criminal law and the Minister. However, I am speaking from a commonsensical point of view. I do not agree with Senator Alex White and I beg to differ with the Minister. I believe that one's experience as a representative...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: It has everything to do with it. I am not a legal person and I am speaking on this issue because I believe this measure must take effect. One awakens every morning to the news that someone somewhere has been shot, and something must be done in this regard. The socio-economic consequences of such gangland warfare and organisations must be dealt with in a firm manner. Moreover, there should...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Well done.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Yesterday in the Seanad, the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen, reflected on one of the great achievements of democracy, namely, the peace process in Northern Ireland. He stated: It was built upon unprecedented partnership between the British and Irish Governments, and the strong support of our friends in America, the EU and around the world. In more recent years it has been greatly strengthened by a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: One of the building blocks of the peace process was the establishment in 2005, by the then Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, of the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: -----Historical Enquiries Team to review all conflict-related deaths and to assist in bringing resolution to those families of victims affected by deaths attributable to the Troubles between 1968 and the advent of the British-Irish Agreement in 1998. Two weeks ago, the family of Henry Cunningham met the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, to discuss his murder 35 years ago this...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: The Historical Enquiries Team, HET, set up by Sir Hugh Orde to look into conflict resolution for families, published a report in June 2009 that I have laid in the Oireachtas Library today for those who are interested in consolidating the peace process. While the HET has not solved the crime, it was able to provide amazing information and answers to the family. For example, the family was...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: They never were informed that people were arrested with weapons which subsequently murdered Catholics.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: I wish to make the final point.