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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The fixed point system is much cheaper.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: My complaint is that the Minister does not seem to have done anything about it.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Some 200,000 such orders have been made in the UK since 1999; obviously, they have well developed technology there.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: "PART 2 QUASHING OF AN ACQUITTAL 5.—(1) The Director may apply to the Central Criminal Court for an order— (a) quashing a person's acquittal for a stated offence, and (b) ordering that he or she shall be retried in respect of that offence. (2) On an application under subsection (1),...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am not sure what way the Minister wants this. He curtailed a debate, yet claims we cannot adopt a proposal with which he agrees in principle because we will not have sufficient time for debate. This is incredible stuff. He now says we should not consider my proposal, which is synchronised with a similar proposal from Deputy Howlin, because it would cause controversy. I would find that...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: That is not so.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: No, it is not.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Let us get to that later.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: On a point of order, my proposal relates to a small section of the Hogan report dealing with the quashing of an acquittal.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister can be very loose with his language at times. I did not refer to taking the 295 pages of the Hogan report and immediately enacting them into law. My amendments contain a proposal, the background of which goes back to 1982. It has been examined from time and time and it was raised and supported, not least by my colleague, Deputy Howlin, in the context of the 2004 Bill. It is...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: We will allow time for that. That is not a problem.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister's principle is ludicrous. He agrees with me in principle, yet he will not accept the proposal or offer any way to deal with it because there is not time to discuss it with the Attorney General. This all goes back to the headlong rush the Minister is in to put the Bill on the Statute Book. Are we trying to improve the criminal justice system? The Minister stands convicted on...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Tánaiste is breaking the rules of the House. Methinks he protests too much.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: They are related.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: To what amendment does the Acting Chairman refer?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: 6.—(1) The requirements of this section shall be met if there is new and compelling evidence against the acquitted person in relation to the offence of which he or she was acquitted. (2) Evidence is new if— (a) it was not adduced in the proceedings in which the person was acquitted,...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 14: In page 6, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: 7.—(1) The requirements of this section are met if, in all the circumstances, it is in the interests of justice for the court to make the order under section 5. (2) In determining whether the requirements of this section are met, the court shall have particular regard to— (a) whether...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: 8.—In this Part— "Director" means the Director of Public Prosecutions; "member of the judicary" means a judge of the District, Circuit, High or Supreme Courts.".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, before section 5, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section: "PART 2 WITNESS INTIMIDATION 5.—The Minister shall, by regulation under this section, make provision for identification of suspects by witnesses, victims and other persons where the suspect can be identified through a one-way screen and the identity of the witness, victim or other...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: On page 233. The report states two issues were raised. One was the possible inference that might be drawn from a failure to attend an identity parade. I will not focus on this because it raises broader issues and the group did not come out with a clear recommendation. The second issue raised was that the injured party would identify the person involved from behind a one-way screen. It is...