Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the committee. This is very important legislation that will criminalise those who engage children in criminal activity. While currently if you get a child to carry out a criminal act, you can be charged with that offence, this Bill marks out the very particular harm done to a child when he or she is engaged in criminal activity, separate from the offence he or she was groomed into committing.
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