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International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this issue. I have listened to the debate so far. I was intrigued by the tone it took at some stages, which was reminiscent of the debate that took place in the UK before Brexit. It would appear that we had decided we were going to assert ourselves in a way we had not known about before, we were going to go it alone and come up with our own...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: If a jumbo jet with 500 people were to crash in the Atlantic Ocean tonight and all the passengers drowned, it would make headline news tomorrow. Last year, the equivalent of six jumbo jets full of people drowned in the Mediterranean Sea trying to cross into Europe. These were desperate people getting on coffin ships. We had this happen in our own history. Some 186,000 people tried to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As I did not do so earlier, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I had the pleasure of meeting him on many occasions. I know people remember him fondly for many different reasons, in particular his wonderful and colourful coverage of our national sports. Later on, as the Minister of State with responsibility for older...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Amendment put.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 June 2024.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2024 and ending on 29th June, 2025.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: ": — resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2024 and ending on 29th June, 2025; and — calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Amendment put.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 June 2024.

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Message from Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Message from Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2024: Vote 29.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae will follow. I am not supporting the retention of these provisions. There are lots of issues the Minister could deal with rather than having this wheeled in every year. I support the Garda. I am aware of a Garda member at home in Cahir, County Tipperary. He is one of the finest community gardaí ever. He had to go to a case last Wednesday on his own. It was...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: When it comes to issues like this, I do not like to be negative but I have to remind the Minister that when An Garda Síochána was looking to the Government for support and when the Commissioner wanted support, the Minister sided with one man rather than siding with our gardaí. That did not sit well with me or the hard-working members of the force. One thing I will say about...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Connolly, sharing with Deputy Pringle.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I will go first. As I have said many times, it is absolutely farcical that we are forced to debate and extend these Acts year after year. It undermines the House and our justice system to keep working off emergency legislation on a permanent basis. This rubber-stamping exercise is just one of the many undemocratic practices that this Government insists on continuously engaging in. I have...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will not agree to the renewal of this legislation. As my colleague said, it is an insult to democracy. I have three minutes and 15 seconds. I cannot do justice or carry out my role as a TD in examining this legislation, seeing what it is based on and deciding on the need for it. Therefore, I relied on what the Government did. It set up an independent review. I have taken the trouble...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Mick Barry: "There is no jury at the Special Criminal Court and it accepts secret evidence from gardaí. This is in violation of our right to a fair trial, our right to trial by jury and our right to equality before the law." Those are the words of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, which is far from the only human rights organisation that has criticised the Offences against the State...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. I recognise the work that went into the review on the modernisation of our criminal justice laws, but to be brutally honest, there is little or no point in doing this until this Government provides sufficient garda numbers to enforce the laws. It is a missed opportunity. The Government has had this, but it has continued to sit on its hands...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Cathal Berry: I very much welcome the opportunity to make some brief comments and contribute to this very important debate. I will say at the outset that I am very much in favour of renewing these two really important Acts for another 12 months, namely, the Offences against the State Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. I do so for the following reasons. First, they are the very...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Richard O'Donoghue, who is sharing time with his colleagues.