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Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: ...tobacco sales, subsequently laundered, were playing in fuelling global terrorism. There is also a problem in this country with illicit tobacco sales. The report specifically mentioned the role of the Real IRA, among other international groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK. We are dealing with a very serious issue. Last week I was unable to contribute...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage. (26 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: ...subversives, for example - one can be detained for a maximum of seven days. Such legislation applied in the United Kingdom at one stage. I lived there in the 1970s during a bombing campaign by the IRA. At the time people disembarking from boats and planes, including me, were taken in and questioned for very innocuous reasons. While I understand the serious purpose of the legislation,...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: ...the need for this legislation would not arise. I made the point when supporting a previous motion on this legislation that, having regard to the continuing threat posed by either the Continuity IRA, Real IRA or any other such group, the Government should, rather than putting such a motion before the House each year, consider only reviewing the need for this legislation every three or five...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...of the provisions of the Act should be extended to a three to five-year renewal period. I cannot envisage that this threat will vanish overnight. There is no doubt those groups, such as the Real IRA, the Continuity IRA and the INLA, which have not given up their arms and which have not complied with the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement have no moral approbation whatsoever, either...