Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Senator Ward. The Minister was correct. This is the only obligatory requirement for such a thing to happen. The way it is phrased is clever enough. It prevents repeat applications being made with a view to obstruction. It gives the court the discretion to navigate its way around that issue while, at the same, giving both the prosecution and the defence one bite of the cherry.The judicial policy will be to put all one's cards on the table on day one and not to keep coming back with more objections in sequence.