Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is in section 46C(1)(a). I do not think that is problematic. I do not think it is an issue that there is a severance and it is identified as being severed from the date of the offence. It does not really alter it. Obviously, there is a process for a court to determine whether it should stand severed, but if the court, based on the evidence, reaches a conclusion that the provision applies, it just applies it retrospectively from the date the offence was committed.