Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion
Dr. Cl?ona Saidl?ar:
-----two separate things here. The age and maturity aspect, we feel, simply muddies the water and that this would be argued out. The consent of the DPP's office is a safeguard and a threshold. There is an assessment there. The steps taken and the reasonableness of the steps taken is something for the courts to decide.