Éamon Ó Cuív presses for overdue mutual recognition justice bills
Éamon Ó Cuív asked when two 2008 Council framework decisions that were meant to be transposed into Irish law by 2012 will be implemented and when related bills will be restored or published. He said the Criminal Justice, Mutual Recognition of Decisions and Supervision Measures Bill 2019 and the Criminal Justice Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences Bill are way overdue by eight years.
Parliamentary question and deadlines
Éamon Ó Cuív addressed a Teachta with a direct question about two Council framework decisions of 2008 and the failure to transpose them into law by the 2012 deadline. He pressed for clarity on when the outstanding implementing legislation would be brought before the House.
Bills referenced
He named the Criminal Justice, Mutual Recognition of Decisions and Supervision Measures Bill 2019 and the Criminal Justice Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences Bill, noting the custodial sentences measure had not yet been published. He also said the 2019 bill "was in the Seannet, it came in here" and asked when it would be restored to the Order of the House.
Reply from the Deputy Taoiseach
The Deputy Taoiseach responded that the Criminal Justice 2019 Bill will be brought back next week and that he would follow up on the publication timing of the Mutual Recognition Bill referenced by Éamon Ó Cuív. The reply committed to a short timeframe for restoring the 2019 bill while leaving the publication date for the custodial sentences bill to be confirmed.
Outstanding issues and implications
The exchange highlights an eight-year delay in implementing Council framework decisions via domestic legislation and a commitment from the Deputy Taoiseach to restore the 2019 bill promptly. The publication date for the Criminal Justice Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences Bill remains outstanding pending further information.
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Teachta, I want to ask you a question in relation to two Council framework decisions of 2008 that were meant to be transposed into Irish law by 2012 at the latest. We're now in 2020. So can you tell me when the Criminal Justice, Mutual Recognition of Decisions and Supervision Measures Bill 2019 will be restored? It was in the Seannet, it came in here, but when will it be restored to the Order of the House here, so that that bill can be put through the House here? And can I ask when the Mutual Recognition, the Criminal Justice Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences Bill will be published? These are way overdue by eight years. Thank you, Deputy Taoiseach. Just quickly, in relation to Deputy O'Keefe's walking backwards, it'll be next week we'll be bringing back in the Criminal Justice 2019 Bill and I'll come back to you in relation to the publication of the Mutual Recognition Bill that you referenced there.
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