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Dáil Éireann - Volume 40 - 06 November, 1931 Private Notice Question. - Detention of Dublin Men. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little asked the Minister for Justice whether he is aware that a person named James Stephens has been detained in the Bridewell since Saturday and whether that person has been notified that he will be brought before the Tribunal in accordance with Section 14 of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Act, and whether in accordance with the said section any inspector or other officer has made any statement on oath before any Court of Justice and what was the nature of that statement; and further whether in view of the fact that he has been detained for a longer period than seventy-two hours without any evidence being produced against him, the Minister will have him released. Minister for Justice (Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney) James Fitzgerald-Kenney Minister for Justice (Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney): Stephens was arrested at 8.10 a.m. on the 31st ultimo and notified on the 2nd instant in writing by an officer of the Gárda Síochána that he would be brought before the Constitution (Special Powers) Tribunal. In accordance with Part III, Section 17, sub-section (2), of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Act, 1931, the trial will take place within one month of the date of such notification. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: May I ask the Minister whether any specific charge has been made against him? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: There has been no trial but he has been informed that he will be brought before the Tribunal. That is all that is necessary. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: Will he be afforded an opportunity of preparing his defence? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney 1112 [1112] Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: He will be afforded the same opportunity as everybody else. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: According to the ordinary civil law? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: According to the regulations. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: Will the Minister say whether he is going to publish the regulations? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: I do not publish any regulations. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: How is he to know? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: If the Deputy has even an elementary knowledge of the Act he will know that I do not publish any regulations with reference to the trials at all. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: How is he to know how to conduct his trial? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: I would advise the Deputy to read the Act and, when he has read it, to come back with his supplementaries. Mr. T.J. O'Connell Mr. T.J. O'Connell Mr. T.J. O'Connell: Will the Minister say if the prisoner will be told the charge on which he is being tried? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: Of course. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: Will the Minister say what rules will be adopted? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: I have already told the Deputy half-a-dozen times that I do not draw up the rules. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: They are not in the Act, and you are not giving any indication of what the rules are or how he is to proceed. Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: If the Deputy reads the Act he will see how the rules are to be drawn up. Mr. Little Mr. Little Mr. Little: They are not in the Act. Dáil Éireann 40 Private Notice Question. Detention of Dublin Men. Questions 19311106
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