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Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: Why did Fine Gael enact the Bill in 1997 if it is so worried about it in 2006?

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: What about the Labour Party Deputies? Have they lost their voice?

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: They are embarrassed by the kind of shamateur, fascist theatricals.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: Yours sincerely, John Wayne. Come on.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: This is sad.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: What is the Labour Party's position on the Bill? Its Deputies have been struck dumb during this nonsense.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: Let the Labour Party come out.

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

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 117: In page 52, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: (7) Subsections (2) to (6) of this section apply and have effect in relation to a person convicted of a first offence under this section (other than a person who falls under subsection (8)(b) of this section), and accordingly references in those first-mentioned subsections to an offence under this section...

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

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 119: In page 52, to delete line 34 and substitute the following: "(9) Section 27C of the Firearms Act 1964".

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

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 120: In page 52, line 37, after "imposed" to insert "under subsection (4) or (8) of this section".

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

Michael McDowell: I sympathise with the view that matters should be dealt with expeditiously but the courts have other things to do. It is not usual to put into a provision in respect of a court's exercise of its jurisdiction that it will act at the earliest opportunity available, or words to that effect. Amendments Nos. 122 and 123 are in my name. Section 30 as it stands provides that any person issuing a...

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

Michael McDowell: I take the point the Deputy is making. This State, unlike the US, does not provide a constitutional right to have a firearm.

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

Michael McDowell: There is no general right to have a firearm. The State does not have a presumption one way or another — it does not hold that everyone who wants a firearm can have one. The State's view is that having a firearm is a licensed and certificated activity.

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

Michael McDowell: That is the way Ireland works.

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

Michael McDowell: There is no presumption in favour of everybody who wants to have a firearm in their house. That is not the way Ireland has ever worked as an independent State.

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

Michael McDowell: We are not going down that road now. That is the first point.

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

Michael McDowell: The second point is that if a superintendent asks for a psychiatric report but does not get co-operation from the psychiatrist — the psychiatrist may be on holiday or there may be no conclusive evidence——

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

Michael McDowell: Of course the superintendent can refuse to grant a certificate in circumstances of that nature.

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

Michael McDowell: The superintendent can refuse if he does not have the evidence on the last day.

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

Michael McDowell: If he does not make a decision because he simply does not want to do so on the basis of nothing, he will be deemed to have refused. The applicant will not be in a worse position in such circumstances. I honestly believe we have to be clear about this. To possess a firearm is a matter of some consequence. To apply to the State for a permit to have a firearm is also a matter of some...