Diesel laundering and proceeds-of-crime Bill
Ray Butler seeks a debate on diesel laundering and asks when the criminal justice freezing and confiscation Bill will be published. The Taoiseach has no date and suggests raising the issue during discussion of Northern Ireland matters.
Commissioner Phil Hogan has spoken about diesel laundering in the Border areas and the contamination of water supplies, with consequential suffering for businesses, specifically farming businesses. We need a full debate on this serious issue in this House. When is publication expected of the criminal justice (freezing and confiscation) Bill, which is to transpose Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing of proceeds of crime in the European Union? I am sure Deputy Adams would love a debate on diesel laundering in the Border areas.