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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 62: In page 15, to delete lines 23 to 29 and substitute the following: "(3) Regulations under this section shall require the prior approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas following debate.".". This amendment is straightforward. The Minister has said in the past that there is a significant number of regulations and that it would put an onerous burden on Members to deal...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The debate on sentencing is an important one but it is not taking place beyond the few Members present who are interested, as well as members of the Bar or the Law Society. Obviously judges themselves would have a view on it. Sometimes we are forced to react by sensational headlines about a perceived wrong or inconsistent sentencing by a judge, but I am concerned that the debate has not...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 69: In page 18, to delete lines 21 to 44, to delete pages 19 and 20 and in page 21, to delete lines 1 to 11. This amendment proposes to delete section 24, which deals with sentencing in its entirety. However, I will deal first with amendments Nos. 70 and 80, which are alternatives to amendment No. 69. Amendments Nos. 70 and 80 propose that the provision that section 24...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We can recommit.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister indicated at the start of the debate that he would listen to Deputies and in fairness to him he has done so. In re-examining the section I ask him to consider a number of cases other than the two I cited to highlight the issue of proportionality and demonstrate that penalties should not be arbitrary. Other circumstances must be taken into account to ensure we do not fill more...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 84: In page 21, to delete lines 12 to 45, to delete page 22 and in page 23, to delete lines 1 to 39. Amendments Nos. 84 and 89 to 92, inclusive, are in my name and relate to crime prevention orders. At present, before a convicted person is released, it is often possible for the person to be granted temporary release. During that period, the person is usually subject to...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have sympathy for the point raised by Deputy Jim O'Keeffe. Perhaps in this new modern era, a desk sergeant should be reported to by offenders who are released so that the notification would immediately be input into the system.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That would mean the information could be input into the system immediately and a garda tracking the individual could access the PULSE system. My amendments seek to ensure appeals are permitted within a short period. A breach of these conditions is criminal conduct and the individuals involved should be entitled to free legal aid because, in this instance, they have been recently released...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 93: In page 24, line 12, to delete "25(10)" and substitute "25(11)". Amendments Nos. 93 and 94 are related but the remaining amendments relate to Part 4. I would prefer to take the first two amendments only.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 94: In page 24, line 15, to delete "25(12)" and substitute "25(13)".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 95: In page 25, to delete lines 10 to 46, to delete page 26 and in page 27, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: "27.—The Act of 1984 is amended by the insertion of the following two words "or mainly" after "solely" in Section 18(1).". This concerns the section allowing inferences to be drawn in certain circumstances, representing a major shift in the law...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 101: In page 30, to delete lines 6 to 47 and substitute the following: "30.—Section 2 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 is repealed.". This section deals with the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998. A jury does not have the opportunity to draw any inferences because there is no jury. We get annual reports on the Act in this House....

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 104: In page 31, to delete lines 3 to 47, to delete pages 32 to 34 and in page 35, to delete lines 1 to 14 and substitute the following: "31.—(1) Section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 is amended by the deletion of subsection (3B).". As far as I recall, we dealt with mandatory sentences for drug barons last year, but we are legislating for them again in section 31....

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not labour the point except to state that I welcome the fact that drug barons and drug dealers are convicted for ten years by judges, albeit infrequently, but I have a problem with taking away the discretion of the Judiciary. The more drug barons and drug dealers who are locked up, the better. However, I have a problem as to whether this will be effective and whether it will...

Written Answers — Drugs Trade: Drugs Trade (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken, other than producing more legislation amending his earlier legislation, in anticipation of the expected impact in summer 2007 from the 49% increase in poppy production in Afghanistan in Spring 2006. [12977/07]

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (4 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cars in the Garda fleet; the person who has the contract for maintenance of the fleet; if that contract has been evaluated against value for money; and if it is intended to purchase more Garda cars. [12981/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter, namely, the MacEntee report and the other reports on collusion, in particular, the systematic failures and cover-up by the Garda Síochána and successive Governments who chose not to respond appropriately to acts of violence undertaken by the British State surrogates in the Twenty-six Counties; the need for the Garda...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As somebody who has engaged fully in the Second and Committee Stage debates on the Bill, I am opposed to the proposal. As we teased out this Bill, it became obvious the Minister was not on the sure footing he believed himself to be on. He undertook to re-examine a number of parts of the Bill, including section 24, and stated yesterday he would consider withdrawing it. This shows the...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: He needs a two week holiday.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste was in possession on a point of order and I do not know whether he had finished.