Green Party Justice Spokesperson Patrick Costello called for better balance in sentencing by removing restrictions on Prosecutors. “Natasha O’Brien has shown great bravery, in first calling out homophobic harassment and in speaking out and standing up against violence. The state needs to show the same bravery in reforming sentencing. The process of sentencing needs reform…
Tag: Oireachtas Justice Committee
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: 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…
STATEMENT: I welcome Citizen Assembly on Drugs Report but think it could have gone further
Patrick Costello, Green Party TD for Dublin South, speaking today following the launch of the Citizen Assembly on Drugs final report. He began “I welcome the launch of this report, this was something that we pushed hard for in the Programme for Government so I am glad to see that it happened in the lifetime…