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Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I listened with great interest to Senator Henry who comes from the coal face of the medical profession. I had not realised the level of injury because it is not reported in the newspapers. I recall when the restrictions on fireworks were brought in during the late 1940s or mid-1950s.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I understand that and I listened with great respect to the Senator. I recall when the ban was introduced a firework shop in Donnybrook exploded and people were killed. I also recall an incident similar to the one Senator Henry mentioned which involved not children but a Trinity student. During some prank a rocket went down her boot and blew her leg off. She was an adult and this section would...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear. I could not agree more.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Yes, definitely.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: The children.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: What about Guy Fawkes?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Ignite child and retire.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Since these sections deal with ASBOs, is it possible to take them together?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I will speak on all of them if I may and we will take it from there as these sections amount to a package of measures. I have some difficulty with the question of anti-social behaviour orders, ASBOs. I recognise that there are unpleasant circumstances in which people, especially old age pensioners and single mothers, have come under a lot of pressure from gangs of young louts. It is not just...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I am thinking of central Dublin where one sees people with cans all the time yet nobody does anything about it. These people sit on steps having been to the local off-licence, the Polish pub or wherever else. They misbehave considerably, especially in an insanitary fashion which I will not describe fully in this House, immediately after consuming all this booze. This type of situation is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Can the police enforce them?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: For one horrible moment I thought the Minister had resurrected some shocking misdemeanour of my own.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Will the Minister indicate if those by-laws are enforceable by the Garda?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I thank the Minister. I will do my best to ensure that they are. We already have a solution to that problem without resorting to ASBOs. The Taoiseach was quite right when he stated the Bill is fairly draconian. The section relating to people engaging in offensive conduct in public is a similar situation. What constitutes offensive conduct is any unreasonable behaviour which may, with regard...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I took the opportunity of transferring to the Minister the correspondence that had been sent to me on this subject. The problem is one of definition. I hope the Minister will be able to look at this situation again and make it very clear to the gun clubs exactly what their situation is in terms of matters like being able to make appeals and registration. While Senator Jim Walsh raised this...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: The first was by the Minister and the second was by me.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: In that case, the Senator cannot count. Will the Minister examine the material and make a response?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Indeed they did. Some of them were shot in the 1960s.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: The person might be a member of Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I sympathise with the Minister's argument, but could he meet Senator Cummins half way? The Senator could amend his amendment to refer to persons convicted of violent crimes including the use of firearms and table it on Report Stage.