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

No apologies have been received. We are here today to consider Committee Stage of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for law reform, Deputy James Brown, to our meeting. We will now proceed with our consideration of the Bill. In the context of efficiency, I will invite the Minister of State to make a few remarks at the end rather than at the start of our consideration, if that is in order. We will process the legislation and then invite him to make comments and give us an overview of it.