Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
In particular crimes, it takes a lot of courage for a victim to take that initial step to make a complaint. In a scenario where the person who is accompanied is asked to leave - I accept it could be in rare cases - it might make the difference where the victim does not go back a second time.
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