Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: Conspiracy to murder

4.(1) A person who conspires, or otherwise agrees, whether in the State or elsewhere, with one or more persons, to murder, is guilty of an offence irrespective of whether a murder actually takes place or not.

(2) Subsection (1)applies to a conspiracy committed outside the State if—

(a) the offence, the subject of the conspiracy, was committed, or was intended to be committed, in the State or against a citizen of Ireland,

(b) the conspiracy is committed on board an Irish ship,

(c) the conspiracy is committed on an aircraft registered in the State, or

(d) the conspiracy is committed by an Irish citizen or a stateless person habitually resident in the State.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)—

(a) a stateless person who has his or her principal residence in the State for the 12

months immediately preceding the commission of a conspiracy is considered to be habitually resident in the State on the date of the commission of the conspiracy,

(b) “Irish ship” has the meaning it has in section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act 1955.

(4) A person charged with an offence under this section is liable to be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.

(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to imprisonment for life or a lesser term of imprisonment.”.