Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-24
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Michael McNamara (IND), Clare

I have already. Deputy Pa Daly probably has more experience of the criminal courts than everyone else in this Chamber put together and he made the point that many of the gangland trials were carried out in normal courts and that much of what affects trials is not neutered by having it in the Special Criminal Court because there still are witnesses and there is no more witness protection in the Special Criminal Court than there is in the Circuit Criminal Court in Limerick, unfortunately. This is a reality of life and if we are serious about protecting witnesses and juries there are actions-----

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Sitting date: 2020-06-24