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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: There are a lot of "C"s.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It would be useful to have clarity on these important issues before going into the Easter recess. Deputy Jim O'Keeffe asked how the two processes for possession of drugs sit together, one for drugs of a value greater than £10,000 or €13,000, and the new provision which is of an extraordinarily different order. The Tánaiste thought of withdrawing his second proposal which would clarify...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: There is a similar tariff accruing.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Is €13,000 worth a significant quantity?

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I agree with the observations of the leader of the Fine Gael Party. This is an extremely important Bill. All types of corners have been cut in regard to it, putting enormous pressure not only on Opposition spokespersons and their support staff but also on the staff of the Houses. Recommitted Committee Stage will resume for one hour, but there are important issues that have not been debated...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Opposition has shown firm evidence that it is willing to engage constructively on this. It is unfair——

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What is that choice? Is it that we not have a division——

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I am attracted to the proposal. However, is the proposal that the House not divide on the Order of Business when the House resumes following the Easter recess? Is that the condition?

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We will work to complete the Bill.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We will only be able to discuss Seanad amendments. That is ridiculous.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That is not the choice with which this Parliament should be faced.

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a recent newspaper report (details supplied) which says that a site adjacent to Thornton Hall was sold for around €100,000 per acre, approximately half the price paid for the Thornton Hall site; if he will confirm that this site was also short listed for the possible...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that more than 10,000 requests were made by the Garda during 2006 under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 for access to personal telephone records; his views on the view of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner that such a number of applications suggests that...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I will not rehearse the ground already well travelled by my colleagues. I approach this legislation as a non-lawyer and as a practical citizen. Some of the niceties of court bamboozle people. For example, a person who has heroin on the heel of his or her shoe might not give any explanation. The notion that he or she is not required to give any explanation strikes most people as odd. As...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I was a Member of the Seanad and I recall the debate in 1984. At the time, the notion of detention for questioning was novel.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The question is when did the person make it up.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, I am very conscious that we have 35 minutes left.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It is very useful to have that discussion because many people outside did not understand this provision. I wish we had time to discuss every section.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We do not have time to get to it.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We have not had the time.