Prosecutions under section 32

Summary

Fitzpatrick asks how many prosecutions have been brought under section 32. Collins does not have the figure to hand and says he will try to obtain it; Fitzpatrick recalls only one possible case.

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T. Fitzpatrick Ceann Comhairle

Can the Minister tell the House how many prosecutions have been brought under section 32 since it was introduced almost 40 years ago.

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Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle Independent

That seems to be a separate question.

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Gerard Collins Mr. Collins Fianna Fáil

I do not have that information ready at hand for Deputy Fitzpatrick but I will try to get it for him.

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T. Fitzpatrick Ceann Comhairle

Would the Minister agree that they were few and far between? The only one I can recollect was one for black marketeering in the late thirties or early forties in Cavan.

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