Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I again welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, and his officials to our meeting. We will now proceed to consideration of the Bill. Everybody has a copy in front of them.

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Does the Minister of State want to make any final comments?

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the committee. This is very important legislation that will criminalise those who engage children in criminal activity. While currently if you get a child to carry out a criminal act, you can be charged with that offence, this Bill marks out the very particular harm done to a child when he or she is engaged in criminal activity, separate from the offence he or she was groomed into committing.