Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The use of the term "protected person" in section 21 is to distinguish the fact that the protected person in this instance does not have the capacity to consent by reason of disability. We need to distinguish the two. This is the reason.