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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I think the Tánaiste's time is up, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste works hard to annoy people.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It involves a commencement order.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What about the commencement order?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: None of us is happy to say we have been given enough time.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Why is it good enough for the Attorney General but not good enough for the Opposition?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste does not want to answer the question.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That does not tell where a person is, merely if he or she is not in one location.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What are the updated costs?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We could not confine someone to his or her home as a condition of bail. That would not make sense.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It would need to work.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Tánaiste examined section 7 in the context of the constitutional point I raised, namely, taking the evidence of a senior garda as being proof positive?

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on a recent survey by the INTO that indicates that bullying is very prevalent in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10716/07]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction further schools under the patronage of vocational education committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10715/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she will put in place to enable two persons (details supplied) in County Wexford to get the speech therapy they need, in view of the fact that the replacement speech therapist is not taking on any extra clients and that one person is due to start school in September 2007 and the other who was due to be assessed in January...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I hope I will get injury time for all this. I will explain to the Minister how the system works. He is the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. He makes propositions and explains them to the House. He should not ask the Opposition to invent its own laws so he can scrutinise them. When we move to the Government benches, we will make the law and he can comment on it. As and from...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I know, that is why I am not at odds with this proposal. The notion that people who commit a minor offence face life imprisonment without parole is horrific. We must tread carefully. I do not oppose the Minister's suggestions, particularly on crime prevention orders, which are an extremely valuable development. I would like time on Committee Stage to find out the Minister's thinking on...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: He also dismissed the Opposition at the time.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I have read and reread the Minister's opening contribution to the debate and find it hard to recall ever reading a sentence introducing legislation that was more full of self-importance or that belied the facts so much. The opening sentence reads: "From time to time this House is confronted with issues that go to the heart of our role as national legislators". However, the conduct and...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Has there been some great advance technically? I certainly do not want another white elephant. The current Government's dallying with electronics should have warned it sufficiently about wasted money. If the project is unworkable, the Minister should tell us. If there has been some technological breakthrough since last May and the tall buildings, high trees and low clouds no longer affect...