Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

Section 6 makes necessary consequential amendments to various enactments. For example, it will be possible to convict a person indicted under this Bill with another serious sexual offence where the evidence for the offence under this Bill does not warrant a conviction. Other amendments will ensure, for example, that a person convicted of an offence under this Bill will be obliged to notify the Garda of his or her name and address and any changes to those details, in other words, to register on the sex offenders register.

Section 16 of the Criminal Justice Bill 1992 provides that a video recording of evidence given by a person under 17 years of age in respect of sexual or violent offences shall be admissible at a trial as evidence. A committee established by my predecessor, Deputy O'Donoghue——

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