Results 26,441-26,460 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: That is a huge change on foot of receiving a letter from a lawyer. Will the Tánaiste let us debate it in the House?
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: We are not the Seanad.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I think we would.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: One would imagine that finding the drugs would be a sufficient ground.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: He is a future judge.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Shortly.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I would like to comment briefly on this important set of amendments without prolonging the debate. A coherent case has been made. The Minister has given a reasonable response on his ability to carry this bomb on board the aircraft. There is disbelief among the general public that we cannot structure the legal system in a way that ensures glaring wrongs can be avoided. People who...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: That is far too logical.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, to delete lines 18 to 22 and substitute the following: "(e) any previous convictions of the applicant and information as to which (if any) of those previous convictions were in respect of offences committed while the applicant was on bail;". Section 6 inserts a new subsection 1A into the bail Act. This new subsection sets out: "A person who is charged with...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: All right.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Child sexual abuse, for example.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Or have it filled out at the local Sinn Féin advice centre.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: We do need time to consider it.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I tabled a one word amendment to section 7 but my concerns go much deeper. Section 7 creates a new section 2A in the Bail Act 1997. I made a reasonably long submission in my Second Stage contribution about the real fears that were alerted to me by my legal advisers at the time that section 7 is unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the Minister did not respond in any way to that point at the...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: It can only be speculation.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: What does it corroborate?
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The mere assertion of it is proof positive.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The statement is evidence.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister going to reply?