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Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am happy to accept this amendment.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Michael McDowell: This is a very prescriptive amendment. A body that none of us knew about could be dug up in Ireland. We may not want it in Ireland and relatives might want to bury it elsewhere. The amendment would tie us down unduly.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Michael McDowell: We revised section 14 in the Dáil to take this into account. The amendment is redundant at this stage.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Michael McDowell: This was discussed in the earlier debate.

Seanad: Family Law Cases (28 Sep 2006)

Michael McDowell: I welcome the opportunity to inform Senators of the progress being made in the area of reporting of general trends in family law cases. I know from the debate in this House and in the other House during the passage of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 that the subject of family law and the in camera rule is of great interest and import to Members of both Houses. I readily acknowledge...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my replies to a series of parliamentary questions which he asked earlier this year and in particular my reply to his written Question No. 468 of 27 June 2006. Since then a comprehensive reply to these queries issued to him from my office on 20 September 2006. By way of background, it should be noted that the effect of a deportation order when served on a person is that...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: Of course I noted that in a rather derivative way the Deputy thought that he could ask the same questions of me that Charles Clarke was asked as British Home Secretary leading to particular embarrassment for himself. However, the Deputy should have consulted the Statute Book and realised that a very different legal position pertained in Britain in that the Judiciary there could order...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: It is central to the issue.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should stop bluffing and shouting.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: It is central to the issue.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should let me answer the question instead of just shouting. In Britain, the Judiciary is entitled to order deportations and it transpired that the Home Office was not following up on that. In Ireland, the Judiciary has no such power. It can make a recommendation——

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: —— which is an entirely different matter as the Deputy well knows. The Deputy asked for the number of non-EEA people who were prisoners at the relevant time. Some 662 people were convicted of offences of whom 150 have been deported, a further 127 have not been deported and are legally resident in the State, the situation of a further 108 is under consideration as to whether they will be...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should listen to the point; his obfuscation is pathetic. She might have a conviction in those circumstances.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: Why does the Deputy keep shouting? He does not want to hear the truth.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: I will try to answer it if the Deputy will stop shouting. The non-EEA national mother of a family with a conviction would be eligible for deportation and would fit into the figures I have supplied. However, it would be plainly wrong to deport or even consider deporting a person in those circumstances if her husband and children were law-abiding people legally resident in the State. Instead...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should finally sit down and let me answer his question. I have given the Deputy the figures and as he well knows, 662 people would have been eligible for deportation under the relevant section, 150 were deported, 127 were not deported and are legally resident in the State and 108 are under consideration. Therefore, 258 out of 662 have been considered or are being considered for...

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy's party's focus groups may find some evidence for the proposition that being hard on migration makes good politics. However, I must make reasonable decisions about real-life situations.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: I must deal with the shoplifting mother who would be eligible for deportation under this provision.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: I make fair decisions.

Deportation Orders. (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: If the Deputy would keep his eye on me and not on the Press Gallery——