Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 February 2003
Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage.
10:30 am
Tony Kett (Fianna Fail)
I welcome the Minister and thank him for introducing this important legislation. Many elements of the existing legislation have probably been there since the 1800s when words such as "moron" and "imbecile" were used in medical terms and a criminal could claim lunacy as a defence.
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