Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Martin Kenny sends his apologies.

Regarding section 9, the defence seems to be the same as that put into the money laundering and terrorist financing Act, which I think we have discussed before. We are not opposed to this defence per sebut we feel we should not leave it up to the courts. We may wish to come back on this on Report Stage. Obviously, we need strong legal and policy safeguards against white-collar crime, given the interaction with other forms of crime. I am just flagging that we reserve the right to table an amendment on Report Stage.