Dáil debates
Friday, 2 June 2006
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages.
2:00 pm
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
There was insufficient time to provide an official translation of the Bill. I will address Deputy Sargent's comments about people in an educational role. Unless we adopt this Bill, a 35 year old male teacher who has sex with a girl aged 15 or 16 will commit a serious offence under the law if we reinstate it as it was but, curiously, a female teacher who seduces a boy aged 15 or 16 would be guilty of no offence. This Bill treats these two scenarios equally.
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