Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I thank the witnesses for all their hard work on this. It is a really impressive level of engagement. It is a complex piece of legislation. Some of the questions around the timelines and so on which were a concern have been asked. I found the document we received in our briefings around the witnesses' response to the Garda Síochána really useful. I direct attention to page three, the second last item there, part 2, head 8. I guess this is from the Garda Síochána and it reads that due to the fact that offences arising under this Act are likely to give rise to unusual public interest it might be worth considering that the direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions is necessary in such cases. The answer is that the Department is engaging with the DPP in relation to this issue and will be guided by its advice and that there are no set objections from a policy perspective. Will the witness expand on that point?