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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 64: In page 21, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the court is satisfied that it would be disproportionate in all the circumstances of the case to specify as the minimum term of imprisonment to be served by the person concerned the term of imprisonment referred to in that subsection in respect of the subsequent offence.".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 68: In page 21, line 30, to delete "subsection (1)(c)" and substitute "subsections (1)(c) and (10)".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 70: In page 21, lines 40 and 41, to delete "this section" and substitute "subsection (1)".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 71: In page 21, lines 42 and 43, to delete "Schedule 2 during the previous 7 years." and substitute the following: "Schedule 2— (a) during the period of 7 years from the date of conviction of the subsequent offence and, for the purpose of determining that period, there shall be disregarded any period of imprisonment in respect of the first offence or the subsequent...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 72: In page 23, to delete lines 6 to 13.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 73: In page 23, to delete lines 14 to 45, to delete page 24 and in page 25, to delete lines 1 to 42 and substitute the following: "25.—(1) Where a person (other than a person under the age of 18 years) (in this section referred to as "the offender") is convicted on indictment of an offence specified in Schedule 2, the court shall consider whether it is appropriate to...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: There is a variation mechanism.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: It is in subsections (8) and (9).

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Yes.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: They are orders made on foot of a criminal conviction. They pertain to the Criminal Court and are appealable to the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: It is part of the decision the courts make. It is not a question of proof as sentencing does not require proof.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: On a point of order, the record of the House should show that before the Easter recess, I stated that we would follow a particular course if we finished business today. However, Deputies have pursued other projects. There was plenty of time to discuss——

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Electronic tagging to the nth degree.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am not accepting further Opposition amendments.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Deputy Cuffe is here. There must be a vote.

Written Answers — Legal Profession: Legal Profession (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Section 29 (as amended by substitution by section 44 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994) of the Solicitors Act 1954 provides that five years continuous practice as a solicitor is required before a solicitor may, with the written consent of the Law Society of Ireland, take on an apprentice. The Law Society has recently submitted a proposal to me to amend the legislation to reduce to four...

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Funding has been made available by my Department for a number of key research projects in the last five years relating to violence against women, violence against ethnic women and domestic violence. In 2005, the National Crime Council, which is funded by my Department, published, in association with the Economic and Social Research Institute, the first ever large-scale study undertaken to...

Written Answers — Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Reform (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 170 of 6 March 2007. The position remains the same other than to indicate that the necessary legislation is a commitment in the Government's Legislative Programme for the Summer Session as announced by the Chief Whip on 23 April 2007.

Written Answers — Community Policing Fora: Community Policing Fora (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Currently funding is made available via the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to a number of community policing fora which have been set up in the context of the Government's National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The further establishment of community policing fora is being delivered in the context of the policy framework set out under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. This will...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department on 6 December 2004. Processing of the application has commenced and the case file will be submitted to me for a decision in the near future. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the...