Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislation to control the location, time, date and manner in which street begging may take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been examining the High Court's judgement in the case Niall Dillon v. The DPP in which the Court held that the current law under which prosecutions for begging were brought, i.e. section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847, was unconstitutional. I hope to be in a position to bring proposals to Cabinet shortly that will entail the introduction of new legislation to address the question of begging, having regard to the High Court's judgement.