Lynn Ruane (Independent)

My next questions are for Ms Gomez. I know it is not covered within this Bill and I broadly support the intent of the Bill, but I have always struggled with 18 being the age at which adult culpability is formed. I am especially thinking of young people who may have any sort of additional needs, such as intellectual disabilities. We create exceptions at the age of 12 regarding some crimes, such as murder and sexual offences. We create an exception at that end of the scale for the type of crime. Is there ever any conversation about creating exceptions on the age of 18? Youth work legislation recognises that young people from ages 18 to 24 are not fully adults in terms of their brain development. Are there conversations on exceptions at the other end of the scale?