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Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Committee and Remaining Stages of this Bill will be taken in the House tomorrow.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: condemns the abandonment of patients in Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary following the wholesale cancellation of scheduled and planned care for several weeks at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in August 2024; notes the forthcoming publication of the report of the independent investigation by retired Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, into the...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I join with my colleague Deputy Cullinane in offering condolences to the family of Aoife Johnston, especially her parents, James and Carol, and her sisters, Megan and Kate. The people of Limerick, of the mid-west and, I am sure, of the entire the country are perplexed as to how a healthy 16-year-old comes to their hospital and does not return home. Mr. Justice Clarke's report, which was...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I welcome that the Government took on board my recommendation to ensure this Bill is a stand-alone Bill that addresses one important issue, rather than a Bill that lumps a lot of mostly unrelated issues into one piece of legislation, which the Government has been inclined to do lately with justice Bills. I am...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank Members for their contributions and, for the most part, broad support for the proposed changes. I thank them for their assistance in bringing it forward. I will touch on the Bill itself and then, if the Chair allows some latitude, I will respond to other issues raised. The Bill is clear; we need to make sure there is equity. Nobody is disputing the fact that murder is the most...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Brendan Howlin: The Children Act cannot apply to an adult.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: Absolutely, but mandatory sentencing for murder is being disapplied in this case and that means we are reverting back to common law. If the two are separated, there is no sentence for a child who commits murder. I commit to engaging with my team on that to get clarity before speaking on it tomorrow. More broadly, the best thing we can do for young people is to make sure they get the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Bill has been introduced because of the equality provision under Article 41 of the Constitution. Under that provision, there is a requirement to ensure that all citizens shall be dealt with equally before the law. That means that when the State and particularly the Oireachtas, when we enact laws, cannot unjustly or arbitrarily discriminate between citizens. It does not mean we cannot...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Visiting, I hope.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: -----and I met a man who had been convicted of murder and had received a life sentence. He was not in any way trying to impress me but I was surprised by what he said to me, that when he was being brought up as a young man, he was taught by his father that all the problems in his life could be resolved through violence. He believed that into his 20s and 30s. He consistently believed that...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure if there are three speakers left or there are two.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Two.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. There are 12 minutes. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is next.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is obviously a very serious matter and we must treat it as such. When we are talking about mitigating the life sentence for the murder of some other human being, it is serious. You always have to think of the family whose family member was taken from them by someone else, whether it was with a knife, a gun or some other means. There are two sides to this. We cannot be seen to...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Michael Collins: The main point of the changes being made in this criminal justice Bill is to address how young people who commit serious crimes like murder are sentenced. Specifically, it deals with the situations where someone commits a crime as a child but is sentenced after they reach the age of 18. We are speaking about the sentencing of young people. I was talking to a mother the other day on the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: That is not true.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Every day, more and more gardaí are resigning and retiring. Every day, gardaí are being attacked in this country. There is a breakdown in the criminal justice system which is leading to a situation where some criminals feel they can get away with murder with impunity if necessary. That is a very serious issue. I will repeat the core points on this issue. We certainly want to...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am. I was at a briefing with the Ceann Comhairle. Interestingly, it was about the security of Members and staff. I certainly want to comment on this situation. It is very important that we try to take all measures to protect all of our citizens, and not only Members of this House and whoever else. The situation is very bad at present. It has deteriorated rapidly under the...