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Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 1, after “Parts 1and 2” to insert “and sections 29, 30 and31”. The purpose of amendments Nos. 1 and 2 is to amend section 1 of the Bill to make provision for the commencement arrangements for the sections in Part 4 of the Bill. Amendment No. 1 relates to the sections that will be commenced by the Minister for Justice,...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, line 5, after "Part 3" to insert “and sections 27, 28and 30”.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, line 35, to delete “data” and substitute “data,”.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: Amendment No. 3 clarifies the punctuation in the definition of "currency instrument" for consistency with the definition of "counterfeiting instrument". It is aimed at ensuring consistency of drafting.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, line 6, to delete “receives or obtains” and substitute “receives, obtains or has in his or her custody or under his or her control”.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 6: In page 12, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 58 of Act of 2001 11.Section 58(1) (as amended by section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021) of the Act of 2001 is amended, in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “(other than Part 5 or 6)” for “(other than Part...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 7: In page 25, to delete line 2 and substitute the following: “ “(ka) section 34(2A);”, and”.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 8: In page 25, to delete line 3.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: Sorry; I did not hear the Deputy.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: The amendment proposes a change to the paragraph and sub-paragraph numbering in section 29 of the Bill, which is an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 1994. The amended numbering is required because the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021 was recently enacted and commenced and section 9 of the Act also amends the relevant provisions. The amendment is...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 9: In page 25, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “ “(pa) section 38(2); (pb) section 38A(1);”.”.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 10: In page 25, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Amendment of Economic and Monetary Union Act 1998 30.The Economic and Monetary Union Act 1998 is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following section for section 13: “13.The following shall be defrayed out of the general fund of the Central Bank of Ireland and debited...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: This is an amendment to the Economic and Monetary Union Act 1998 to provide for the recovery of costs by the Central Bank of Ireland for the functions carried out relating to euro coins and, in particular, relating to the protection of the euro against counterfeiting. As he was required to do under Council decision 98/415/EC, the Minister for Finance requested an opinion from the European...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: The review will be completed this summer and the scheme for the larger Bill is expected by the end of this year. It is on the Government's legislative list.

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

James Browne: Deputy Fitzpatrick's amendment refers to section 102 of the principal Act. Currently, this provision would allow a personal insolvency practitioner to propose that the principal amount outstanding on a mortgage should be reduced by a certain sum if the borrower grants a share of his or her equity in the secure property to the secure creditor. The effect of the Deputy's amendment is to...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Order for Committee Stage (19 May 2021)

James Browne: I move: "That Committee Stage be taken now."

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (19 May 2021)

James Browne: My Department has no record of the person referred to by the Deputy or of having received an immigration application on their behalf. If a person is in the State without an immigration permission they must engage with the authorities if they wish to be permitted to remain here legally. Therefore, I would encourage them to contact the Immigration Service of my Department or their local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 May 2021)

James Browne: The Citizenship Division of the Immigration Service of my Department has received the requested documents from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether they meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision when processing is complete. The granting of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (19 May 2021)

James Browne: While the International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department estimated that it would make in the region of 4,250 first instance recommendations in respect of international protection applications in 2020, the Deputy will appreciate that these figures were projected before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and before the IPO became aware of the impact the pandemic would have on its...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

James Browne: I know what the Senator is seeking to do with this amendment. The concern is that evidence given at a preliminary hearing might somehow be inconsistent with the evidence given at a trial and, therefore, there should be a facility for the court to allow these inconsistencies to be brought into the open and challenged and interrogated. Clearly, such situations can arise from time to time,...