Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 12 is in my name. I am not going to move the amendment but I will briefly outline the rationale for it. The Bill already covers the position of relationships and of people known to each other. This pertains to a position where people may not know each other but content, images or video may come into the possession of somebody through his or her occupation, perhaps in law enforcement, such as a garda, or the medical profession, and there are different scenarios where there could be a trust issue and a breach of trust may ensue. That could be an aggravating factor. Again, I just put it out there and I reserve the right to reintroduce the amendment on Report Stage. I would ask that, if there are any views on this, perhaps they could be communicated in advance of Report Stage so we could consider it then. I will not press it and I will withdraw amendment No. 12.

Is Deputy Smith pressing amendment No. 8?

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