Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-05-18
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Vincent P. Martin (GP), Nominated by the Taoiseach

To add to the comments made by Senators McDowell and Ward, that archaic device also finds its way into sworn depositions and people have to laboriously write out every word. I recall taking a deposition from the governor of a prison when I was a very young barrister. It was just me and the governor and there was nothing controversial about the deposition but the process went into a second day. We had to do this in the old Special Criminal Court and it seemed like something from a different century. It was highly inefficient and hugely delaying and at the end of the day it did not serve justice because justice delayed is justice denied.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-18