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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to speak on amendments Nos. 115 to 120. They are on the point I have made already about mandatory sentences so I will not repeat them except to say that we dealt with firearms in legislation last year. The fact that we are returning to the issue so soon shows that the Tánaiste does not think we got it right then. There have been several gangland killings in the meantime but we have...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 115: In page 35, to delete lines 27 to 41 and in page 36, to delete lines 1 and 2.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I had questions about the board of the National Museum. My father worked for the museum for many years, he travelled the country to obtain firearms for the museum and there was an anomaly because he had no licence to do so.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have never possessed a gun illegally.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My father related a sad story about the Garda museum in the Phoenix Park. The museum had a range of weapons which had been discovered or confiscated over the years and which were used to educate staff in the forensic laboratory. When the Troubles broke out the person in charge decided the weapons were in danger of being confiscated by certain forces and they were brought into the yard and...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is a problem with bored weapons which are for sale in various places in the European Union and, as I have heard recently, in this State. They can be rebored and put back into circulation and that needs to be taken into account by the museum and others. Even though we do not want the destruction of historical artefacts, weapons in museums must be made unusable. I will not rehearse the...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know, but the fact that we have come back to it so quickly means the Minister did not get it right.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister did not identify the problems. I did not agree with mandatory sentences, which is the reason for the amendments. I assume, if a mandatory sentence is to apply to somebody caught with a firearm in suspicious circumstances, it would apply to a wife who picks up an unlicensed gun kept in the home. If a person carries out a hijacking or an armed robbery he or she knows what they...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 122: In page 38, to delete lines 37 to 39 and substitute the following: "(4) Not fewer than 50 per cent of the members of the Board shall be women.". This is a standard amendment of mine and a proposal I have submitted to various boards. I have heard the Minister's arguments to the effect that such a provision would be awkward to implement but we should try, when...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My amendment was ruled out of order. It offered a separate model and formulation. If the Minister believes that at some stage we should have a police authority, this is the time to establish it. Has the Minister given any thought to the remuneration that would be available to the non-executive members? It will be subject to discussion between the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 125: In page 39, line 1, after "in" to insert the following: "the application of best practice in human rights compliance,". This amendment is self-explanatory and similar to other amendments I have proposed in respect of various pieces of legislation. It is also similar to amendment No. 126. Even though we are talking about strategic and financial management and...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 128: In page 40, line 8, after "review" to insert the following: "and advise the Garda Commissioner, the Minister and both Houses of the Oireachtas on". This amendment aims to ensure that the function of the board is to advise the Garda Commissioner even though he or she would be a member of the board. At the end of the day, the Commissioner will be making decisions by...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 130: In page 40, lines 17 and 18, after "performance" to insert the following: "including the distribution and stationing of An Garda Síochána members throughout the State". This amendment is self-explanatory. The amendment gives an additional job to the board to review. It is probably included the Bill, but I wanted it to be stated.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 131: In page 40, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(3) The Board shall also keep under review the recommendations of the various Joint Policing Committees and the implementation of those recommendations by the Minister and an Garda Síochána.". Joint policing committees were set up last year and they have a function to make recommendations. This...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 133: In page 40, line 39, after "receipt" to insert "and no later than two weeks". This is to ensure there is a timely publication of the report when submitted. A quick turnaround is required.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 134: In page 41, to delete lines 3 to 5 and substitute the following: "42.—(1) The Minister, both Houses of the Oireachtas or the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, with respect to any matter considered by him or her or them to be of public concern, shall by order appoint a person to-". The intent of these amendments is to ensure there is...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 136: In page 41, line 15, after "appointed" to insert the following: "with the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas". The Minister referred to occasions when he might come under pressure from the Oireachtas to initiate special inquiries. My amendment seeks to ensure the Oireachtas will play a role in that regard. The wording of subsection (2) suggests the Minister...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 138: In page 42, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following: "(10) The Minister shall publish any report received under this section unless to publish it or to publish parts thereof would prejudice future criminal proceedings in which case the parts in question may be blacked out.". The Minister addressed this issue in his response to my amendments Nos. 136 and...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendmentNo. 142: In page 43, to delete lines 32 to 43, to delete pages 44 to 46 and in page 47, to delete lines 1 and 2. Last year, this House began the process of criminalising fishermen. Section 42 goes further in this regard. It is yet another instance where we are returning to legislation that was dealt with only a short time ago. The Minister obviously got it wrong in his own...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not think they are traitors. It has more to do with the foreign invaders that we have less fish stocks than before. There is a logic to the Garda management executive board being included in this legislation. The Minister has said that unless we get the management of the Garda Síochána right it could hamper the fight against crime, so the more effectively it is managed, the better....