Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-02
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Jim O'Callaghan (FF), Dublin Bay South

Amendment No. 100 makes a number of technical amendments to the miscellaneous provisions Act 2020 that are consequential on or necessary to ensure consistency with amendments elsewhere relating to the use of electronic technology in certain court proceedings. It also repeals two redundant provisions of the 2020 Act. Those provisions are inoperable because in reality the Courts Service when sourcing any such equipment is bound by specific budgetary and procurement frameworks. A court can therefore only use such technology as is available to it on that basis.
Amendment No. 101 amends the criminal justice perjury Act. This is a purely consequential amendment to take account of the proposed insertion in this Bill of a provision for statements of truth in criminal and international co-operation proceedings.
Amendment No. 5 amends the Long Title, consequential on amendments Nos. 100 and 101.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-02