Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I support Senator Cox's call for a debate on sentencing and the consistency or lack of it in this area. I warn against discussing any specific case at this stage, as I would be fearful that we may prejudice an appeal that the Director of Public Prosecutions may make on a case, which nobody in this House would want to see happen. We should be careful about talking about specific cases and rather we should deal with the generality of sentencing and consistency or lack of it.