Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 9, to delete line 39 and substitute the following: “7. (1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act (other than an offence under subsection (5)of section 5)shall be liable—”.

The amendments follows advice from the Parliamentary Counsel. It is around the different fines and offences under the Bill. There is a difference between a summary conviction and a conviction on indictment and we want to bring the legislation in line with most other legislation in terms of the severity being escalated for conviction on indictment and reduced for a summary conviction. The amendments bring us into line in that way.