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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I move amendment No. 28:

In page 23, to delete lines 6 to 11 and substitute the following:
“(2) Where--
(a) a person is accused of a sexual offence, and

(b) a person who has attained the age of 18 years (being a person in respect of whom a sexual offence is alleged to have been committed) is to give evidence,
the court may direct that the accused may not personally cross examine the witness unless the court is of the opinion that the interests of justice require the accused to conduct the cross-examination personally.”.