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Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 38, line 42, to delete "over 14 years of age" and substitute ", aged not less than 16 years,". This relates to people of 14 years of age being granted training certificates. That is far too young. The age threshold should be increased to people not less than 16 years of age. It may be suggested that one has such training schemes in various schools and so on....

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: He is only 18——

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: It is not very clear.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: If a 19 year old brings a 16 or 17 year old into the pub he or she is not entitled to drink.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I am not suggesting that but the problem is in the paragraph (i) which refers to the person over 18 years of age.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: It is the 14 year olds I am worried about. They may not have the vote.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: It is unclear.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: The gun should be locked away.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I did not make that point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Early in the year I raised the question of identity cards for 18-year-olds and the delays in processing these by the Garda authorities in Dublin. Delays can take three to six months and it means young people must bring their passports as identification to gain access to nightclubs. This is unacceptable. We were told the delays were because of a shortage in the relevant Garda department. What...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 1: In page 16, subsection (8)(a), line 40, after "practicable" to insert the following: ", but any failure to so do shall not render invalid, retrospectively or otherwise, such a direction". Amendment No. 1 concerns the designation of a place as a crime scene. Subsection (8) prescribes that an order designating a crime scene should be in writing, where possible, and if...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: We will resubmit the first amendment. We appreciate the fact that the Minister will examine amendment No. 1, in particular, for Report Stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 5: In page 19, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "(2) Where a judge of the District Court issues a search warrant under subsection (1), he or she shall endorse or cause to be endorsed on such a warrant- (a) the time and date of the issue of the warrant, (b) the time and date on which the warrant shall expire, the period of validity of any warrant not to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 11: In page 23, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "(b) in section 2 by the addition of following new subsection (11): "(11) Where a court hearing, seeking the extension of the period of detention of an arrested person, is in session at the expiration of the period of detention, the detention period shall be deemed not to have expired until the court...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Can I take it from what the Minister has said the anomaly that existed has been removed by those sections?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Maurice Cummins: It is a case of stop the lights.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate this very important legislation. Since this is the first time the House has seen the Criminal Justice Bill 2004, it is worth registering, at the outset, our dissatisfaction with the manner in which this legislation has been progressed. Despite the fact that the Bill has been on the Order Paper of the Dáil for over two years, the vast majority of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: Recently we passed the Road Safety Authority Act which dealt with the use of mobile telephones. I read in today's newspaper that a significant report in the US shows that even the use of hands-free mobile telephones when driving is as dangerous as drink driving in some instances. Researchers found that the use of all mobile telephones while driving should be banned. In view of this report,...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: I spoke at length on Second Stage on the subject covered by the three amendments. Local authority members should not be excluded from the boards. It seems the Parliamentary Counsel has included their exclusion as a matter of course. On two occasions, a Minister has agreed with what we said on this matter on this side of the House. One Minister decided local authority members should be...