Seanad debates
Monday, 3 July 2006
Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage.
Derek McDowell (Labour)
I accept the proposition that privacy and the use of material is a crucial question. This will be dealt with in the DNA legislation when we bring it forward later this year. Listening to Senator Norris, I was struck by his description of the retention of fingerprints, photographs or DNA samples as an additional penalty. I do not see how retaining these samples constitutes a penalty. I have a philosophical difficulty in respect of this. I would not regard it as a penalty if my photograph, in addition to being everywhere else, was kept in a file in the Department of Foreign Affairs on my passport application
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