Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have one question on this which is related to gender difference. Unfortunately, we had first-hand experience of gender difference in the context of incest and the implications of that in a very unfortunate and tragic case. Will the Minister assure us this does not give rise to any gender differential? I accept these are two specific pieces of legislation but I ask her to assure us this does not have implications in terms of the defilement of a boy under the age of 15 or between the ages of 15 and 17. Will there be equal treatment?

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