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Mon 07 Jul 2009Greens want more time to debate crime Bill
EXTRA TIME should be given for Dáil debate of tough new powers to be given to the Garda Síochána and Director of Public Prosecutions, the Green Party has said. But it will not insist that Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern complies.
Under the Dáil’s current timetable, TDs will finish dealing with the Criminal Justice Bill on Friday, before it is sent to the Seanad the following day and signed into law by the end of the month by President Mary McAleese.
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