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- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, after line 40, to insert the following: "Protection of smuggled persons from prosecution 11. A person who has been the object of people smuggling and derives no financial benefit from people smuggling shall not be considered to have committed an offence under any provision of this Act.".
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State said that apart from 19 countries only seven countries have brought in the exemption. The Minister of State has not brought in an exemption; he has brought in a defence. That is the whole issue. I mentioned France but France has not brought in this measure in a perfect way at all. There are issues around it, but it has brought it in. Some parts of it are good. I...
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No, that is not correct. If we take-----
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: It is far from that. I did not quote France as a wonderful example. I quoted it as a limited example, referred to in different documents that I have read as one case where they allowed for an exemption in certain circumstances. A question has been raised and I will go back to what the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said, as opposed to the European Commission. In its...
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: We have no experts before us to tease out these matters.
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I think it has to be done because the Minister of State is under pressure and he has to have it completed by the end of the year. That is why it has to be done. I do not think five to eleven at night time is an appropriate time to tease out the nuances of this legislation. It should have been done at the relevant committee, with submissions from the various organisations involved to help...
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: When we started this debate last week, reference was made to 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who died horrifically in trucks in Essex two years ago. Reference was made, going back further, to the tragedy in Wexford. On the night of last week's debate, the Minister of State delicately told us about the tragedy unfolding in the English Channel. I was somewhat flummoxed by that and I...
- Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: To be fair, Deputy, you have time left on the clock.
- Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Can we do this through the Chair, please? The proposer was allowed to come back in a third time and that is why I allowed that. Does the Minister want to come back in?
- Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Well, we can swap places if Deputy Doherty wants. I would be happy to move out of here.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 42, 44, and 49 to 51, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: We are discussing amendments Nos. 42, 44 and 49 to 51 , inclusive, together.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 38 to 40, inclusive, and amendment No. 47 are related and may be discussed together.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: The time for contributions has passed.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: We have. It was grouped, and we cannot discuss it. The next amendment is in the Deputy's name.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 20 to 37, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: To clarify, we are discussing all of the amendments between No. 20 and No. 37 at this point. If any Members wish to speak to any one of those amendments, they should do so now because I will formally be putting them to the floor after this.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Did Deputy Gould want to make a contribution?
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No, this is amendment No. 22.
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I am going very slowly.