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Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Why not? Is the Senator justifying my accusations?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: This is the Senator's opportunity to take a stand.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: We are giving him the opportunity now.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 45, lines 16 and 17, to delete "or relating to the commission of,". This is a technical amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 51, line 24, to delete "and". These are technical amendments. Amendment No. 23 substitutes €5,000 for £1,000 in section 15 and €3,000 for £1,000 in section 16. The other amendments are technical in nature.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 59, before section 55, to insert the following new section: "55.—The Juries Act 1976 is hereby amended— (a) in section 6 by the substitution of the following for section 6: "6.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, every citizen, aged eighteen years or upwards who is resident in a jury district, shall be qualified and liable to serve as a juror for the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister has agreed again that we should make changes, but this only bears out the point that I made earlier that today's debate is a farce. It is a farce because we do not have people questioning all sections of the Bill. I have confined my arguments to my amendments because we do not have enough time to discuss the minutiae of other areas of the Bill. Neither have we Members from all...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I also wish to state that my party has always supported measures that will assist the Garda and all agencies within the State to fight crime and gangland crime in particular. I hope the provisions contained in this Bill will succeed. I have some doubts regarding the constitutionality of some of the provisions, as well as the possibility of legal challenges to them at a later stage....

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Whether in his capacity as Minister or otherwise, he and I have robustly debated a number of Bills in the House in recent years. In many instances, he was receptive to my amendments, for which I thank him. The jury is out on the question of how the Government has handled the issues of law and order and the fight against crime, but the matter will be adjudicated on in another forum and on...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I am pleased the Minister agrees with some of my amendments. However, that he is not prepared to accept them highlights what is going on here. While the Minister may find some amendments worthy, he will not accept any of them, which is out of character for him as on previous occasions he accepted a number of amendments from this side of the House. What we are doing today is a farce as no...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: "PART 2 WITNESS INTIMIDATION 5.—The Minister shall, by regulation under this section, make provision for identification of suspects by witnesses, victims and other persons where the suspect can be identified through a one-way screen and the identity of the witness, victim or other person...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Tánaiste's response. He has put the case for one-way mirrors better than I would have, but will we introduce guidelines as a matter of urgency given that we are in agreement? Is it intended to issue guidelines to put one-way mirrors in place soon?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section:

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: It is crazy.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Are there similar provisions in the United States, for instance, such as the so-called plain sight rule? Would such provisions not be similar to what I am talking about?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, line 21, after "bail" to insert "and shall otherwise be of good behaviour". I am surprised that this amendment was not accepted when it was moved in the other House. Does the Tánaiste believe that a person on bail should not otherwise be of good behaviour? Given the significant volume of crime committed by persons on bail, I ask him to reconsider the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 10: In page 20, before section 24, but in Part 3, to insert the following new section: "24.—In this Part— "Freedom of Information Acts" means the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2003; "law terms" refers to the four periods (to wit Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter and Trinity) of prescribed sittings for the Superior Courts, as defined in Order 118, rule 1 of the Rules of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister has accepted the principle of the amendment and obviously the cost comes into play. I am not suggesting we have a monopoly of wisdom in this regard but some register of sentencing should be kept. This is done in other jurisdictions and I hope a number of researchers would be employed to refer to a register of sentencing. What the amendment suggests is somewhat rigid but I am...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the information given by the Minister which demonstrates that at least something is happening in this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Apr 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The preliminary findings of the mental health attitudes and awareness of Ireland survey was published yesterday. It found that suicide is now regarded as the single most significant mental health-related problem in Ireland. The survey also found that one third of people reported they do not attend any social or leisure events. This finding of social isolation is evident throughout the...