Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I do not wish to prolong the debate as my argument is broadly similar to my previous one. I object in principle to the fact that section 13 covers not only photographs but palm prints and fingerprints. I believe the Minister is extending the period for which such evidence can be held, if there is not a prosecution, from six to 12 months. Given the way in which science is advancing, particularly in this area, we should retain any evidence more or less indefinitely. People who have once been interrogated and released are sometimes rearrested many years later because another piece of evidence has been uncovered which can be used to mount a successful prosecution. It comes back to the earlier argument about whether we should retain such evidence. The Minister said this would be part of a subsequent Bill which is probably when the full debate on the matter should take place. However, I wish to record that I am not happy with this section.