Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like the committee to know that I am further considering an additional role for the prosecutor in the disclosure of relevant counselling records. It is provided for in circumstances where the prosecutor has in his or her possession or has knowledge of counselling records which he or she believes should be disclosed to avoid a real risk of an unfair trial. Legal advice has recommended a mechanism to be put in place to ensure that the prosecutor may make an application for disclosure should the accused fail to do so. I will bring forward an amendment on that.

There are some other numbering amendments in subsection 13, which I will bring forward on Report Stage. It was unintentionally omitted from the amendments we are dealing with today.