Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

The main purpose is to insert a new subsection (3) in section 23 of the 2003 Act. Section 23 deals with requests for the surrender of persons by the issuing state to other member states. Section 23 gives effect to Article 28 of the framework decision. That article deals with the question of a person being surrendered to another member state, other than the one to which he or she was originally first surrendered.

Article 29 inserts a new subsection (3). It contains a presumption of compliance by the issuing member state within the terms of the framework directive in regard to onward surrender to another member state. It therefore covers the same issues as we have already discussed in regard to the previous amendment on this issue.

Amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive, are textual. The insertion of this new subsection (3), as in the other cases, will result in the renumbering of the remaining subsections in section 23.