Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

For all of those reasons it is vitally important. The risk here for the Department and for system is that somebody who maybe is not deserving of humanitarian leave to remain or whatever can short-circuit the system to get into the process. Being compassionate towards victims of human trafficking is a greater good than actually allowing the prosecution of traffickers and defeating them. From that point of view, it is something that should be allowed and I hope the Minister will take that on board.

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