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

Deputy Helen McEntee:

I move amendment No. 33:

In page 6, line 13, to delete “connivance of” and substitute “connivance of, or to be attributable to any wilful neglect of,”.

These are technical amendments to the corporate liability provisions in the Bill as initiated. Amendment No. 33 will include the concept of wilful neglect as well as connivance in respect of bodies corporate commonly seen in statutory provisions on corporate liability. Amendment No. 34 will provide for the words "body corporate" instead of simply "body" on line 16, as the words "body corporate" appear everywhere else in the provision. This is to ensure that there is consistency and certainty in respect of who may be liable under a particular section. I ask that Deputies support these technical amendments.

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