Seanad debates
Thursday, 22 May 2003
Order of Business. - Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.
I would ask Senator Paddy Burke to bear in mind that this Bill is an amendment of the Public Order Bill, which dealt with all the individual misbehaviour he referred to – being drunk or disorderly in a public place, failing to comply with Garda directions and so on. An important provision in the Bill is that individuals convicted of offences under public order legislation will be capable of being barred from being at or in the vicinity of other places. Accordingly, rather than being directed entirely against owners, the Bill is, in fact, being brought forward to help them.
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