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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...and Protection Bill. The latter is a comprehensive codifying measure that deals with all aspects of the right to residence in Ireland and repeals all the relevant legislation going back to 1935.

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Bertie Ahern: ...the House this year because of the huge number of loopholes and areas that have to be dealt with in the legislation that we never had before. We have been working on immigration legislation since 1935 and a number of amendments have been made since then. I will give three examples. There is a huge Chinese community here. All the issues relating to education, English language training,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jan 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the home care grant. [1935/08]

School Curriculum. (13 Nov 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...of the day has the right to make rules. This goes back to the mid-19th century when rules for national schools were introduced. This was replaced with rules for national schools in 1922. In 1935 the Ministers and Secretaries Act put the drawing up of rules under the remit of the Minister for Education. The rules for establishing new schools make it clear that a school can only be...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Sep 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...the management of inward migration to Ireland and represents a comprehensive overhaul of the State's laws on immigration, and on the protection of refugees and others, dating back to the Aliens Act 1935. It lays down a number of important principles governing the presence in the State of foreign nationals, including the obligation on a foreign national who is unlawfully in the State to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Apr 2007)

David Norris: ...what the Irish Human Rights Commission, IHRC, has to say about it. The commission makes it clear that the right to silence is one of the fundamental elements of our justice system. It states: In 1935, Lord Slankey in the House of Lords described the presumption of innocence or the burden on the prosecution to prove the guilt of the accused as a golden thread that runs through the web of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: On 23 May 2006 the Supreme Court delivered its decision in the C.C. case in which it found that section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935 was inconsistent with the Constitution. That section, and the related provisions in the Act, formed an essential part of the legal regime for the protection of children from sexual abuse. The immediate response of the Oireachtas was to enact the...

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

Michael McDowell: So was the 1935 Criminal Law Amendment Act.

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Hanafin: ...Education in Ireland were transferred to a new board called the National Education Commissioners. That new board, in turn, was dissolved by order of the Executive Council dated 2nd August, 1935, whereupon all the jurisdictions, powers, duties and functions formerly exercised by it were expressly transferred to the Minister for Education. A revised code of "Rules and Regulations for...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...an offence of soliciting or importuning a person for the commission of an act which would constitute an offence under section 3, 4 or 5 of that Act or section 1 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935. The maximum penalty on summary conviction was €1270 and/or 12 months imprisonment. Section 7 of the 1993 Act recreated in modern format the offence of soliciting or importuning a person...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...was required, that is, that one had to know one was committing an offence. However, there were a number of exceptions but one classic exception was in regard to under-age sex. We proceeded from 1935 to 2006 on that assumption. On occasion some people said it was unfair as a rule but it was generally accepted orthodoxy among the lawyers and the Judiciary. There was one judgment of the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...5 amends the penalties for attempting to have sex unlawfully with a person under 17 years of age. Last year when we legislated on this matter we provided low penalties for attempt, based on the 1935 Act. However, it would be remarkable if the penalty for soliciting a child attracted a more severe penalty than attempting to do the act upon the child. It was felt that if this was to be...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Mar 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...why, with regard to this particular offence, we are not providing a defence of honest mistake. I go back to the old offence of indecent assault, now called sexual assault. It was in the same 1935 statute and the Supreme Court, for reasons which are quite complicated, held that it did not carry with it an exclusion of the requirement for mens rea in that particular case. Therefore, the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Jim O'Keeffe: ...Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, or of an offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006" for "unlawful carnal knowledge under section 1 or 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935". I wonder how a law student could make any sense of that, never mind poor unfortunate legislators. To be blunt, it is legislative gobbledygook of a high order. We should be aiming to draft...

Rail Freight. (6 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: ...could be opened sooner and could be extended further than the Government proposes. Last weekend I read a book on the Letterkenny to Burtonport railway line, which was still in operation in 1935 when my father was a young man. These decisions had a negative effect on the promotion of our rail infrastructure. Sinister decisions relating to rail freight have been made in recent years. For...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...prostitution attracted the higher penalty set out in section 6. Advantage was taken to increase the fine to the maximum then allowed in the District Court and add the offence at section 2 of the 1935 Act to the offences comprehended by the section. Nonetheless, the offence remained a summary offence triable only in the District Court. Consequently, it could not be tried on indictment...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ...before the debate begins. The controversy, as Deputy Kenny correctly noted, arises from the Supreme Court judgment last year in which the court struck down as unconstitutional an offence under the 1935 legislation prohibiting unlawful carnal knowledge of a child. The offence was struck down because it was one of absolute liability. In other words, the offence did not allow a defendant...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (28 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that the legislation governing the granting of licences for public dancing is set out in the Public Dance Hall Act 1935. A licence granted to operate a Dance Hall is granted as appropriate by the District Court Justice in the locality. I have no direct function in the matter. Section 11 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (which substituted a new section for section...

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2006: Statements (13 Feb 2007)

Mary White: Senator Terry should acknowledge how well the economy has developed, something shown by the fact that the life expectancy of a 60 year old woman is now seven years longer than in 1935. That is evidence for how much living standards have increased. One policy decision that has been absolutely visionary has been to ban the smoking of cigarettes in public places. At the moment, Irish life...

Immigration Systems. (13 Feb 2007)

Tom Parlon: ...and interests in the immigration system. Following on from this, new legislation is being drafted that will overhaul existing legislation in this area, replacing six Acts going back as far as 1935. Last September, the Tánaiste obtained the Government's approval to publish the outline scheme for the new legislation. He invited interested parties to make contributions on the...