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Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Yes. What I was seeking has probably been changed in another section. The Bill represents an ideal opportunity to examine the outdated judges' rules and to update them so they serve the interests of justice more fully. Perhaps the Minister would comment on that.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: This section deals with the establishment of a Garda executive management board. While I agree with much of the section, the requirement that a person should cease to be a non-executive member of the board upon being elected to the Oireachtas or a local authority seems to be part of a thread that is creeping through the legislation passed in these Houses. Local authority members and public...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator now has an opportunity to do something.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Why not? Is the Senator justifying my accusations?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: This is the Senator's opportunity to take a stand.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: We are giving him the opportunity now.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 45, lines 16 and 17, to delete "or relating to the commission of,". This is a technical amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 51, line 24, to delete "and". These are technical amendments. Amendment No. 23 substitutes €5,000 for £1,000 in section 15 and €3,000 for £1,000 in section 16. The other amendments are technical in nature.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 59, before section 55, to insert the following new section: "55.—The Juries Act 1976 is hereby amended— (a) in section 6 by the substitution of the following for section 6: "6.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, every citizen, aged eighteen years or upwards who is resident in a jury district, shall be qualified and liable to serve as a juror for the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister has agreed again that we should make changes, but this only bears out the point that I made earlier that today's debate is a farce. It is a farce because we do not have people questioning all sections of the Bill. I have confined my arguments to my amendments because we do not have enough time to discuss the minutiae of other areas of the Bill. Neither have we Members from all...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I also wish to state that my party has always supported measures that will assist the Garda and all agencies within the State to fight crime and gangland crime in particular. I hope the provisions contained in this Bill will succeed. I have some doubts regarding the constitutionality of some of the provisions, as well as the possibility of legal challenges to them at a later stage....

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Whether in his capacity as Minister or otherwise, he and I have robustly debated a number of Bills in the House in recent years. In many instances, he was receptive to my amendments, for which I thank him. The jury is out on the question of how the Government has handled the issues of law and order and the fight against crime, but the matter will be adjudicated on in another forum and on...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I fully support the establishment of the commission of investigation into the tragic and unfortunate death of Gary Douch in Mountjoy Prison. I assure the Minister I will refrain from making any comments on the case for the reasons mentioned by him. The Commission of Investigation Act 2004 is the ideal vehicle to allow Gráinne McMorrow to carry out her business quickly and efficiently,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: It was very disturbing to learn today that several gardaí have been subject to Internet death threats from some of the many gangland figures currently active. The security of those men and women should be of paramount importance to us, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, must ensure that they who have rendered such service to the State and...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House, although I am sure he would prefer to be elsewhere. As the Minister has stated, the vast majority of these amendments are technical or drafting in nature and have been approved in the other House, with many tabled by colleagues. We fully support the amendments in the group.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The area of group water schemes requires clarity which this legislation provides. I support these amendments.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I agree with the Minister regarding privatisation. There should be no question of privatising water supplies. On the matter of leaks in the system, when I first became a member of a local authority in Waterford more than 25 years ago, the council encouraged many of the people who had previously worked on the water supply to return and provide assistance. These individuals, who had retired...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Are schools exempt from charges? That issue has been raised on a number of occasions. Surely schools should not have to pay charges and should be classified as domestic.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I thank the Minister and his officials for bringing before us this important legislation which it was essential to pass before the change of Government.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I support these amendments. We are certainly not going to do anything from preventing the Bill from going through and we fully support the amendments. The Bill has been given a very interesting hearing in both Houses of the Oireachtas. We have been circulated with a list of the Acts mentioned in both Houses of the Oireachtas at all Stages. The first one on the list is the Fairs Act 1204....