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Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I also asked about the number of passengers that is deemed to constitute "sufficient traffic".

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a question of balanced regional development.

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (1 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her review of Health Service Executive capital projects will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/09]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Section 3 refers to the involvement of "2 or more of those persons". Does the Minister regard a criminal gang as comprising two or more or three or more individuals?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: If two people are involved in criminal activity, under the legislation can they be prosecuted as being part of a gang?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there a reason for that? Does it relate to section 70 of the 2006 Act?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the section, which will be of assistance in the fight against organised crime, and so will the people of Limerick. I am of the view that it may allow us to avoid the need for juries or witnesses in certain instances. The key point is that we should have sufficient time to tease out whether what is intended in the legislation will be capable of being applied in practice. That is...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will speak with reference to Limerick as I represent that area. This legislation is very welcome but I would like extra time to go through the various sections and consider the Bill in detail to ensure we get it right. I commented previously on an issue which goes to the heart of the matter. As a result of the mindless murders of Roy Collins and Shane Geoghegan recently, victims and the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: That was the point I was making.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would surveillance legislation suffice?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about the use of covert surveillance?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can people be convicted without witnesses?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under this legislation, is it possible that, with the discretion of the presiding judges in the Special Criminal Court, opinion evidence from the chief superintendent and corroborative evidence obtained under surveillance legislation could lead to a conviction without the witnesses being required to give evidence?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I come from a very straightforward perspective on this; Limerick in particular has to deal with gangland crime, as Deputy Jan O'Sullivan knows. There is intimidation of witnesses and we have heard people like Michael Murray, the State solicitor, on the intimidation of jurors, about which I know. I welcome the Bill but I want to ensure that we give as much protection as possible to jurors...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the section. We are dealing with people involved in criminal activity. There is anecdotal evidence that many of the operations of criminals are directed from prison via mobile phones. What is the position of the Minister in terms of scrambling mobile phones and the phone network within prisons given that it is generally acknowledged that a good deal of the operations of such...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Gardaí do fantastic work and have great knowledge. The Offences against the State Act requires that opinion evidence be given by a chief superintendent or a more senior garda. The evidence referred to in this section is slightly different. For a garda to report to a chief superintendent seems a more formal way of achieving the same result. When the evidence is presented in court it will...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Lending has stopped since the Government stated it was to introduce NAMA.

Budgetary Process. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes planned for the preparation of the budget and Estimates for 2010; and the role he envisages for the Houses of the Oireachtas in evaluating choices presented by review groups. [28107/09]

Budgetary Process. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: As we have an economic crisis, will the Minister agree that it is time to change the budgetary process to allow the Estimates and annual output statements to be debated well in advance of the pre-budget outlook? Will the Minister allow the Opposition to have an input into the Estimates whereby they can be changed by moving figures from one area to another to bring about efficiencies?...

Budgetary Process. (8 Jul 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Not by the Fine Gael Party.