Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Public Order Offences

9:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce new laws to prohibit vagrancy and begging in public places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1324/10]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I plan to bring new legislation on begging to Government for its approval to publish.

The new legislation arises from and will take account of the High Court judgement in the Dillon case. The Court held in that case that the current law, i.e. Section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847, was unconstitutional.

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