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- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is agreed. We are supporting it.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I do, with your indulgence, Acting Chairman. The members of the Rural Independent Group are supportive of this. Any right-thinking Member or person would be supportive of it. As I said, several enactments are being amended, some of which are rather old. The criminal justice legislation is only from this year but this Bill is also relevant to section 30 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977....
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am dealing with the amendment. This is a wrap-up.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I have dealt with the amendments and the different Acts that we are pulling together with advice from the OECD and others. The idea is to provide a basic Bill and the tools of the trade for An Garda Síochána and our prosecutors.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I understand that you only came in and that we are nearly finished. I understand your difficulty, Acting Chairman. I am not trying to be obstreperous. I am simply saying that I welcome it.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am wishing the Bill well and I am looking for an evaluation to be held in six months. I asked the Minister when he expected the legislation to be enacted earlier but he did not answered me. He might clarify that. I am also seeking an evaluation on how it will impact----
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: When will it be enacted?
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I have things to say myself without adding to that. I welcome this as well. I have great respect for the OECD. We do not listen to it often enough. It is an independent advisory body. It has done a series of evaluations. This is the third report. There is talk of setting up inquires here. Given the number of tribunals we have here, it would be better to bring in people from abroad who...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: As the Minister has said, he is proposing a new section 23 which will amend the Criminal Justice Act 1994. The 1994 Act and other Acts were badly needed to keep up with the activities of well-organised and highly trained criminals who had resources oozing out of them and had overseas links on several countries and continents. Like the previous speakers, I praise the brave officers who put...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to the amendments. This is about the words "accepted or obtained" in the amendment. There was a lot of accepting, a lot of obtaining and a lot of bullying and intimidation. A lot of lives were lost and trampled on and much suffering went on. It totally flies in the face of God, in the first place. It also flies in the face of accountability. That is what I am talking about...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is relevant.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Uimhir a dó.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am aware of that and thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I support the amendment which reads: "In page 17, lines 8 and 9, to delete “offered, given or agreed to be given, accepted, obtained or agreed to be accepted” and substitute “accepted or obtained”. The Minister might think this is semantics and that I am playing with language and grammar, on which...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: My contributions are always as relevant as I can make them. I might invoke the advice given today by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle when he stated that he cannot anticipate what Members will say. He does not have the power to do that.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Pope and The Cope together. I hope they have a healthy meeting when the Pope comes to Ireland. While I am on that point------
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: An bhfuil an t-Aire ag éisteacht ar maidin?
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: An raibh. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan, a barrister, for his advice on grammar.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: One cannot beat third level education. I have only been to the university of life. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle today reminded Members that we still have a democracy and free speech, with his permission. Our contributions are relevant as possible and speak to amendments that have been tabled. Deputy O'Callaghan suggested this amendment. I cannot remember the exact terminology used by the...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I did not provoke the Minister.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I was not provoking anyone.