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Garda Deployment. (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is needed now.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The proposal was in the Hogan report commissioned by the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Tánaiste could bring forward a recommendation.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Do I take it that we are operating from the new list of Report Stage amendments?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Are we dealing with amendment No. 43 to section 13, which deals with electronic monitoring?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The list of groupings is wrong.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am an avowed enthusiast for electronic tagging.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have always held the view that somebody is better off being electronically tagged and out of prison than in prison. I say this based on every perspective, particularly that of civil liberties. It is also of huge advantage as far as the taxpayer is concerned because the average cost of keeping someone in prison is approximately €2,000 per week. The figures I receive from the UK indicate...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I accept that if one did not have a——

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I accept that if one did not have a scale, one might not be able to run at a rate of €300 per week. Still, it indicates that the figures are much more cost-effective from the taxpayer's perspective. I also accept the point consistently made by Deputy Howlin that, at this stage, the only assured system that works properly and cost-effectively is the home curfew system, which is related to...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: It will hardly be relevant as far as this Minister is concerned at this stage. I was impressed by the comments of the head of the Garda inspectorate yesterday when she spoke about issues which were close to my heart. She then seemed to suggest that the bureaucratic obstacles to getting anything put in place were substantial hills to climb. Leaving aside the question of whether the Minister...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: That is very disappointing. On the other hand, if steps had been taken to put it into operation when we passed the last Act a year ago, it would be virtually operational now.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister has done nothing about——

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have been advised along those lines by officials of the House.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: That is true.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I compliment Deputy Howlin on putting forward the proposal. I utterly reject the earlier remarks of the Minister, which seemed to suggest that it is inappropriate for members of the Opposition——

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: That supports my point about the suggestion by the Minister that it was inappropriate for the Opposition to bring forward issues——

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The public and this House have had very little opportunity to discuss many of the propositions put forward by the Minister. If we are to talk about improvements to the criminal justice system, let us talk about them. However, suggesting that any such discussion should be based solely on proposals by the Minister is entirely wrong and undemocratic. While I have considerable reservations...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I carefully keep my driving licence in my wallet on the basis that I need to produce it if I am stopped on the road as there is a law that tells me I must do that, but there is no law that states that one must keep one's television licence in a safe and secure place so that it is not the best example. There should be some evidence from an inspector to show that he checked the list and the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (4 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is useful to discuss this proposition from Deputy Howlin. I have some concerns about accepting it because——