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Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, and his officials to the House. Fine Gael welcomes the introduction of this legislation. There can be no doubt that if any area of the law needs reform, it is that of conveyancing and property. We have long campaigned for legislation such as this, and I stress that we very much support this Bill. I am aware the Minister for Justice, Equality and...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Let the hare sit.

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House. I fully support the idea of sport for all and the provision of proper facilities for sportspeople. The development of sports campus Ireland is certainly significant. There is no doubt that Ireland lags some way behind many of its competitors in the provision of training facilities and coaching expertise for our elite and emerging athletes. Ten or 12 years...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I hope he looked after Tipperary for the Senator.

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share my time with Senator John Paul Phelan. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. I listened with interest to the Minister of State's speech. Whitfield private hospital will open in Waterford later this year. The company involved, UPMC Cancer Centres from Pittsburgh, is anxious that all patients who require treatments such as radiotherapy will have...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I spoke at length on Second Stage on the subject covered by the three amendments. Local authority members should not be excluded from the boards. It seems the Parliamentary Counsel has included their exclusion as a matter of course. On two occasions, a Minister has agreed with what we said on this matter on this side of the House. One Minister decided local authority members should be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Recently we passed the Road Safety Authority Act which dealt with the use of mobile telephones. I read in today's newspaper that a significant report in the US shows that even the use of hands-free mobile telephones when driving is as dangerous as drink driving in some instances. Researchers found that the use of all mobile telephones while driving should be banned. In view of this report,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate this very important legislation. Since this is the first time the House has seen the Criminal Justice Bill 2004, it is worth registering, at the outset, our dissatisfaction with the manner in which this legislation has been progressed. Despite the fact that the Bill has been on the Order Paper of the Dáil for over two years, the vast majority of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Early in the year I raised the question of identity cards for 18-year-olds and the delays in processing these by the Garda authorities in Dublin. Delays can take three to six months and it means young people must bring their passports as identification to gain access to nightclubs. This is unacceptable. We were told the delays were because of a shortage in the relevant Garda department. What...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 1: In page 16, subsection (8)(a), line 40, after "practicable" to insert the following: ", but any failure to so do shall not render invalid, retrospectively or otherwise, such a direction". Amendment No. 1 concerns the designation of a place as a crime scene. Subsection (8) prescribes that an order designating a crime scene should be in writing, where possible, and if...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: We will resubmit the first amendment. We appreciate the fact that the Minister will examine amendment No. 1, in particular, for Report Stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 5: In page 19, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "(2) Where a judge of the District Court issues a search warrant under subsection (1), he or she shall endorse or cause to be endorsed on such a warrant- (a) the time and date of the issue of the warrant, (b) the time and date on which the warrant shall expire, the period of validity of any warrant not to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 11: In page 23, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "(b) in section 2 by the addition of following new subsection (11): "(11) Where a court hearing, seeking the extension of the period of detention of an arrested person, is in session at the expiration of the period of detention, the detention period shall be deemed not to have expired until the court...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Can I take it from what the Minister has said the anomaly that existed has been removed by those sections?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: It is a case of stop the lights.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: As has been pointed out people have refused to give samples. I spoke on Second Stage on the question of bodily integrity and I support Senator Norris's important amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I take on board the Minister's point. However, I have some doubts regarding the sections relating to the admissibility of witness statements. They are mainly to address the fact that witnesses can be intimidated. That is the most important matter because we have seen in several recent high-profile cases that people have been too frightened to give evidence and have retracted statements that...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 38, line 42, to delete "over 14 years of age" and substitute ", aged not less than 16 years,". This relates to people of 14 years of age being granted training certificates. That is far too young. The age threshold should be increased to people not less than 16 years of age. It may be suggested that one has such training schemes in various schools and so on....

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: He is only 18——