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McDowell accused of gross incompetence as two different version of same Bill published

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Monday December 08, 2003 16:34author by joe - lp

Deputy Joe Costello, has called on the government to withdraw the European Arrest Warrant Bill, 2003, the Committee and Report Stage of which is due to be completed in the Dail this week, following the discovery that two distinct and conflicting versions of the Bill had been published.

Joe Says: “This is a case of virtually unprecedented incompetence on the part of the Department of Justice for which the Minister, Michael McDowell, must take full responsibility. In almost fifteen years in the Dail and Seanad I have never come across a situation where two different versions of a Bill have been published and those who have been here far longer than I have cannot recall such a situation ever happening before".
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Banana Republic or What?

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any chance of seeing both versions?
author by tricks and treatspublication date Tue Dec 09, 2003 13:00author address author phone

so we may make comparisons?

Here's a link......
author by interestedpublication date Sat Dec 13, 2003 21:34author address author phone

Cant wait for the first CEPOL benifit disco..... Second thoughts I can.

Related Link: http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/news/laecken_council/en/mandat_en.htm
you might be interested by the fact your qan idiot
author by !publication date Sat Dec 13, 2003 21:39author address author phone

THe above link dont take you to two versions of the same bill it just takes you to a EU site about the EAW and its theory.

Another link.........
author by bored againpublication date Sun Dec 14, 2003 00:51author address author phone

This time to the Irish bill, or at least one of them(?_)

Related Link: http://search2.openobjects.com/kbroker/iegov/kbsearch?sr=0&nh=10&cs=iso-8859-1&sc=iegov&ha=107&qt=european+arrest+warran
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