Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

My point is a separate one. I am discussing the possibility of girls and boys being criminalised in the event of a conviction. I suggest that the offence would be expunged from the record when they reach the age of majority if the sex was consensual.

The first page of the Bill refers to persons in authority. Perhaps siblings should be added to this category. Obviously an older brother or sister can be a person in authority.

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