Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
I am confused as to the lady who spoke second last, as I cannot see the names. It was Ms Aoife O'Leary. I am glad I listened to the flow of conversation because I am not a legal eagle; I am just a plain Jane. Plain Jane would not have understood that, if God forbid she found herself in a position where she needed support and accessed therapy, counselling or whatever, due to section 19A somehow or another, she and her representative could go into their little room and have a conversation about whether they were going to use her notes and she would have a choice to use them. Will Ms O'Leary explain this in plain language so that I can understand exactly what she just said because it sort of counteracts what the Cathaoirleach spoke about a few moments ago?
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