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- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Helen McEntee: I am sorry.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: This Bill will amend the Criminal Justice Act 1990 to disapply both the mandatory life sentence for murder and the minimum custodial period for capital murder for those who were under 18 at the time of the offence. We support legal certainty, which is absolutely necessary as regards sentencing, especially in cases involving the circumstances such as the case which led to this, where a...
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, we are on the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: I understand that, but you know yourself, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle - you do not always have an opportunity-----
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I do not, actually. We are on the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: I accept that, but we are looking at a case where we could have convictions overturned and a huge amount of work that has been done-----
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: There are many ways of raising important issues.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Well, I think these are questions that relate to the Minister and I would like her to take the opportunity at a later stage to answer them and to tell us when she became aware and what can be done.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please. This is the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill.
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Okay. As I said, we are in support of this. We see it as an absolute necessity from the point of view of ensuring certainty in sentencing. As I said previously, however, when we are talking about the coercion of children into criminal activity, we know that we do not have the tools that are necessary in dealing with this scenario at this point in time. The Government has spoken about a...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister to respond.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Alan Kelly: Why is the Minister not asking the board about those sums and why the board keeps losing to BAM?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are way over time, Deputy. The Minister to respond.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Alan Kelly: Second, why was there a request to bring in a judge to adjudicate on whether this individual should stay in place?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: It is worth making the point that in terms of the total value of claims that have been adjudicated in this period, the net change in the value of the contract is a small amount of the total claims that have been made by the contractor.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Alan Kelly: It is €500 million.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: On the standing conciliator, to whom I assume Deputy Kelly is referring-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Alan Kelly: I referred to the independent adjudicator.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: Standing or independent; it is the same point. It is not really a question for the board as to whether it has confidence in that independent adjudicator. Indeed, it has challenged the decisions that were made by the adjudicator recently through the initiation of High Court proceedings. As I said in answer to questions earlier, I expect and support the board to take all the steps it needs...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I ask Members for their co-operation. There are three more contributors and we are way over time.