Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the existing legislation relating to begging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3126/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to publish new legislation on begging in due course. The new legislation arises from, and will take account of, the High Court judgement in the Dillon case. In that judgement the Court found that the current law, Section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847, was unconstitutional.