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

David Norris: Then the Minister has won hands down. He has certainly persuaded me.

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

David Norris: It is addressed by the next amendment.

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

David Norris: The Senator remembers him well. He was in this House.

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

David Norris: The Minister makes an interesting case. He is right in that this is a question of balance, which one should examine. On the Minister's difficulty in understanding why I described this provision as a penalty, if he ever achieves a national DNA register upon which everyone can be found, having a sample of one's DNA taken would not be a penalty, as there would be nothing unusual about such....

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

David Norris: No. They might be cloned.

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

David Norris: He was, but the other cousin in America could be the person referred to by the Minister. King Edward often visited here.

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

David Norris: I move amendment No. 13: In page 27, paragraph (c), between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(i) the video taping of the taking of samples in any case where the accused has refused permission for such samples to be taken,". We do not need to spend much time on this amendment, but I hope the Minister will accept its principle. Just as Senator Quinn usefully proposed that DNA evidence...

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

David Norris: They are tight themselves at that time of night.

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

David Norris: Do the regulations come back to the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval?

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

David Norris: It would be useful to know whether the Minister had taken the view on board. Can he get information on the practicality of his proposal by Report Stage?

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

David Norris: That would be splendid. I understand the point made about the use of videos by the criminal classes for entertainment purposes or for frightening or harassing witnesses. I know they display them in pubs but that seems to be much more likely to occur following an interview situation, where they give smart alec answers. I cannot imagine there would be much mileage in photographing the taking of...

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

David Norris: I have been contacted by a constituent who is an Olympic shooter and has significant problems. A cousin of mine has shot at Bisley. Shooting is a legitimate sport. Due to what my constituent feels are loose definitions of firing ranges or gun clubs in this Bill, he is afraid it may not be possible for young people to train effectively in this reasonable sport. He would support the Minister...

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

David Norris: I have good news. Having rushed down to my office and back to the Chamber, I discover that what I had looked at but did not think was my briefing material actually was the material. I should not have doubted the wonderful and efficient Miriam. That reminds me that when I was in a butcher's shop on Parnell Street a couple of days ago a man said in a very accusing voice, "Are you David Norris?"...

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

David Norris: This addresses the very subject about which we were talking.

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

David Norris: On Second Stage the Minister and Senator Jim Walsh nodded when I mentioned country pursuits. This is a fact of life. My correspondent is interested in the question of definitions, not just ages. He indicates that guns were removed wholesale because of the "Troubles" although this failed to stem the "Troubles". The only people who observed it were the legitimate users of gun clubs and it...

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

David Norris: The Minister surprises me.

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

David Norris: They will not look for a licence.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I am glad Senator O'Toole raised the question of human rights in China. Like America, China is an empire that denies being an empire. It invaded, annexed and colonised Tibet in 1959. Now it has brought the railway that will complete the cultural genocide. For the reason Senator O'Toole mentioned, because we have dollar signs in our eyes, nobody utters a squeak. I raised the question of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

David Norris: The Senator is most welcome and I thank him for his support.