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.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.