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 Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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I have listened to the Dáil and committee debates and I still have no idea as to what the Minister is trying to solve with this section 3. I asked the last time but the Minister did not answer the question. What problem is the Minister trying to solve here? Will he point out to me one example of where a glorification offence directly impeded a terrorism prosecution? I have heard the Minister tell me all the things it is not, but I still do not have a clue as to what he is trying to achieve with this and what exactly it is doing. How will we be better off for it?