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Criminal procedure, mediation and archives Bills

Summary

Deputy Durkan seeks progress on three promised Bills concerning criminal procedure, mediation and the National Archives. The Minister says mediation is expected later in the year but has no dates for the other two.

Bernard Durkan Deputy Bernard J. Durkan Fine Gael

The criminal procedure Bill is promised legislation. It proposes to modernise the pre-trial process. Have the heads been approved by Cabinet? When is it likely to come before the House? The mediation Bill will have a very broad impact on a series of other areas outside its immediate area. I ask the extent to which that has been progressed at the moment. When is it likely to come before the House? Many people are concerned that the law be changed in accordance with the proposals in the National Archives Bill. Have the heads of that Bill been approved by Cabinet? When is likely to come before the House.

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I will have to revert to the Deputy in respect of the criminal procedure legislation, which is an important area of law.

The mediation Bill will be later this year. I do not have a date for the National Archives legislation.

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