Tom Brabazon (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)

I thank everyone for coming in and giving their various perspectives on this legislation. It is very welcome. In particular, I want to pay tribute to Ms Behan's contribution which was erudite and brave.

It gives serious weight to our consideration of the head 19 aspect of the legislation.

I wish to move away from that briefly and onto the issue of the face mask, which was raised by Mr. Herrick. I find it hard to accept the position he has adopted. In Dublin, particularly in the inner city, the north side of the city and in other parts of the city as well, we have serious issues with youths masked up going around on e-scooters, e-bikes and electric scramblers. They are not wearing any protective gear. They are clearly intimidating local communities. They are selling drugs. They are getting up to all kinds of criminal activity and antisocial behaviour. We have to do something to tackle that. One of the measures has to be the removal face masks. He raised that people wear face coverings for religious reasons. He also raised the issue about people wearing face masks and that it might undermine the right to protest. Has Mr. Herrick any alternatives to the proposal in the legislation that might tackle that youth side where we see it prevalent on our streets with drug running and all that nefarious activity?