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Lie Government Press Release re legislation before the Dáil

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  • 28-05-2012 7:36pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 39


    I'd really like to post this thread here. My concern is that the Government issued a Press Release on 4th May which stated that a new Bill they were publishing did not deal with certain matters. The Press Release is given at this link.
    http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR12000128

    The published Bill does deal with certain matters, reclassifying offences.
    http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Criminal%20Justice%20%28Spent%20Convictions%29%20Bill%202012-P&C.pdf/Files/Criminal%20Justice%20%28Spent%20Convictions%29%20Bill%202012-P&C.pdf

    I don't want to start a discussion on the Bill. It's the lie in the Press Release that concerns me. This Government has only been in power for just over a year and they feel free to tell an obvious lie, without any worry that it will clearly be found out. Legislation before the Dáil is a public matter which we all have a right to know about.

    My previous attempt to start a thread on this was removed to legal discussion although the legal issues are not what I want to discuss. The move might have been OK, if it had been possible to start a discussion, but 24 hours later the thread is locked with no reason given.

    I would appreciate it if the thread could stay here with a focus on the lie in the Press Release. It's bad enough that the Government suppresses debate - we should at least be free to disuss the issue here.


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  • Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    What "certain matters"?


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    Thread already moved to Legal Issues afaik

    Cheers

    DrG


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