David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 16:

In page 10, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“(g) any particular measures, procedures or arrangements which are available to a victim who is a child;”.

Amendment No. 16 inserts a new subsection into section 6(1) to provide that a victim who is a child must be offered information at first contact on any particular measures, procedures or arrangements which are available for a child victim. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that child victims and their parents are aware of the special measures and additional protection which apply to children from their earliest interaction with the criminal justice agencies.