Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage

2:00 am

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I would not. It depends. Each prosecution will depend on the facts of the case no matter what the name of the entity alleged to have perpetrated the act is. It is not for us to determine the guilt or innocence of individuals prosecuted under legislation that we enact of those offences.

That is a matter for a court. All we can do is draft the legislation. We take into account what we want to include and what type of situations we want to cover.