WATCH: Rehabilitative Services in the Irish Prison System
Full transcript: Deputy Costello: It was confirmed to me in recent weeks that the progression unit within Mountjoy Prison has been closed and that it is being used to deal with excessive numbers of sex offenders. My concern is for the inmates who were in the progression unit, which is an important part of the…
WATCH: Defence Forces Reforms.
Full transcript: A minor frustration in relation to this Bill is that it is yet another amendment of an Act that has been amended and amended. It would have been in everybody’s interests to produce a consolidated version of the various amended Defence Acts and produce a clear piece of legislation instead of one needing…
WATCH: Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024
Transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide and guarantee that administrative decision makers operating under Article 37 of Bunreacht na hÉireann are obligated to dispense of their quasi-judicial functions in accordance with due process and fair procedures, to give the Minister power to…
WATCH: Review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act
Transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello The issues surrounding apartment and fire defects have highlighted in some instances the deficiencies in the Multi-Unit Developments Act. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to review this legislation. Given the Government’s time is drawing to a close, will this review start and, more important, finish before the…
WATCH: Law Reform (Contracts) Bill 2024
Full Transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello: I move that leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for third party rights in relation to enforcement and performance of contracts; to provide for orderly consequences of discharge of a contract due to frustration; and to provide for related matters. At the outset, I…