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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: So it is updated online as it is amended.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: That makes common sense.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: Are there any closing comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: It really is fascinating. I thank the witnesses for coming today. We may seek further engagement with them. We do not want to take them away from the valuable work they are doing. When they produce a report, we may discuss coming together again for a discussion. There was the recent one on missing persons and I do not know we did much on it afterwards. The committee produced its own...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: On behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses for their attendance today and I wish them every success with their programme. In accordance with Standing Orders the following message will be sent to both Houses, "The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the fourth programme of law reform prepared by the Law Reform Commission."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: I am glad we have moved from the language of Chaucer anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: Is the commission thinking of a consolidation Act to bring all the legislation into line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: We move to No. 9: landlord and tenant law for residential tenants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: One of the issues that comes up from time to time is neighbours from hell who are renting privately. Even the PRTB is having problems dealing with that. If somebody complains that the person next door is the neighbour from hell, the landlord has a problem but how can that be dealt with? The criminal justice system has issues with this as well. It can make life miserable for those who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: This is huge and has implications for the media as well, so it is very important and is up to date. One of the first Bills I dealt with here was the Copyright Bill 2000. The preceding Act had been enacted in 1963, when people were worried about the impact of the advent of television. In 2000, we were worried about the advent of the Internet, but now we have gone way beyond that. It is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: It is really fascinating.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: I do not know why anybody says the law is boring. I think it is amazing. The next item is No. 8. It is not quite as fascinating.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: Are there any questions on that? We will move on to No. 5.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: We heard that presentation by Lord Justice Coleman Treacy earlier this year on the sentencing guidelines in the UK, which was quite interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: We are now into the high tech age, taking in cyberbullying, which is very important and up to date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: The committee has had several discussions on white-collar crime. We all feel a little helpless in this area. Accordingly, it is important and useful that the commission is examining this area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: I think we can briefly go through the other ten as well if Mr. Justice Quirke wishes to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: Yes, if members of the joint committee are happy with that. Perhaps Mr. Justice Quirke can give us a brief overview of what they are. I hope there are others out in media-land listening to this because it is important. We want to get it on the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: That is very interesting and I can see the issues involved. This matter arose in some of our earlier discussions on legislation that we examined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)
David Stanton: Will Mr. Justice Quirke move on to No. 3?