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Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I move amendment No. 12a:: In page 12, line 10, to delete ", on or after the commencement of this section,". Although I raised this matter on Committee Stage I did not table an amendment because I wanted to hear what the Minister had to say on it. The issue relates to the abolition of the double jeopardy rule and to whether such abolition should be retrospective and prospective. I have...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: The Minister has his mind made up on this matter and perhaps it was made up before the debate on the Bill commenced today. The Minister is making the wrong policy choice. I have attempted not to be political about this issue. Following on from the Committee Stage debate, I returned to the authorities on this issue. The Minister is wrong to attempt to adjudicate on these constitutional...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I rely on the authorities-----

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: There would be no legitimate expectation.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: It is to allow double jeopardy.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: That is a choice.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: They did not rule it out either.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: That is correct.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, lines 2 and 3, to delete ", on or after the commencement of this section,".

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I thank the Minister for spending his time in the House on this Bill. I was not happy with the responses to the different amendments I had tabled, both on the rights of victims and on the double jeopardy rule, so I shall wait for the next Bill to see whether any amendment I put forward might be accepted by the Minister. None the less, I thank him for dealing with the Bill from beginning to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: A motion in my name on the Order Paper states "Ireland has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption in the world" and mentions problems such as "alcohol related violence" and "anti-social behaviour" which are associated with alcohol. Given that a headline in one of today's newspapers reads, "Irish among top alcohol consumers in OECD - report", it is incongruous that the Government is...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I welcome Senator Ó Brolcháin to the House. I wish him the very best as he pursues his deliberations and debates in this House. I would like to speak about the unanimous judgment that was delivered today by the five Supreme Court judges in a case relating to the protection of human embryos. They decided that human embryos do not constitute the unborn within the meaning of Article 40.3.3°...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: We are debating the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill today and tomorrow. This is one of the measures the Government has chosen to introduce to get the public finances back in order. The one major issue which will come back for debate in this House and the Lower House is NAMA. I have the raised the issue previously as to when the Government will formally...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: ----where we facilitate cover up and acquiesce in the crimes that take place in our society.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I wish to make two essential points on the legislation. Fine Gael has supported the economic discipline that is required to get our public finances in order. It has encouraged action to be taken on the expenditure front. On the specific proposals which are the subject of this Bill, Fine Gael produced an alternative budget which was fairer and more even-handed in regard to public sector...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: What about the €2.5 billion in consultancy fees in the case of NAMA?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: I asked a few questions.