Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021: Discussion
Dr. Seamus Taylor:
I overwhelmingly agree with the points made by Dr. Schweppe and Dr. Haynes on this issue. It might seem as if there is a distance between us on various aspects of the general scheme of the Bill, but on this point I believe Dr. Schweppe articulated it very well. There could be an incitement to hatred and hate crime Bill or they could be separated out, as Dr. Schweppe alluded to, and the previous legislation could be tweaked. At the moment, Part 3 is unduly complicated because it is all rolled in together.
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