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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: A chief superintendent, specifically.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste has a great hankering for such a position.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I am conscious of time and aware that we want to proceed with these sections. However, our debate on this section has been extremely useful because the more we debate it, the clearer it becomes that the proposed amendment No. 33 is a horse of an entirely different colour to the subsection as originally presented by the Minister. The original subsection was commented upon by, among others,...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It was not at all a matter raised on foot of The Irish Times.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I will be brief because I am conscious we have only approximately one hour and ten minutes left in which to discuss the Bill. I hope we reach the issue of periods of detention which we have not discussed at any level in the House. We did not reach it on Committee Stage. My view on electronic tagging is well-rehearsed and we debated it previously. Deputy Ó Snodaigh's amendment proposes the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That is like comparing bus routes or the underground. It is a matter of scale.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendmentNo. 46: In page 15, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: 14.—The Criminal Justice Act 2006 is amended by the insertion of the following Part, after section 197, as Part 16: "PART 16 THE EVIDENTIAL BURDEN 198.—(1) Where an enactment or rule of law creates an offence but provides for a qualification, exception, exemption, proviso or excuse (all of which are...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 47: In page 15, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: 14.—The Criminal Justice Act 2006 is amended by the insertion of the following Part, after section 197, as Part 16: "PART 16 SUBMISSIONS ON SENTENCE ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT 198.—(1) In addressing a court on the question of sentence, a solicitor or counsel on a defendant's behalf may address the court, on...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Law or practice?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste explain?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Will this provision make this section of the Bill as mandatory as the drugs offences provisions?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: To which amendment does the Minister refer?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Will all murders now be included in the Schedule?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I thought it was ludicrous that a murder in which somebody was beaten to death with a baseball bat was not to be included.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Minister circulate a copy of Schedule 2 as it will look if these amendments are accepted?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It would be helpful to see the new Schedule.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Great. The reference to child trafficking and pornography offences in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 has been removed from the list of offences in the Schedule.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Is paragraph 10 of the Schedule, the reference to the Offences Against the State Acts, being removed in its entirety?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Why is paragraph 14, which relates to the suppression of terrorism, being removed?