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

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances 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.