Dáil debates
Friday, 2 June 2006
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages.
2:00 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
The next amendment deals simpliciter and clearly with that net point without reliance on any extraneous matter. I ask the Minister to accept it for the sake of clarity. If the defence that the accused believed the child to be aged over 15 years were accepted, one could still be charged with the offence of the child being under 17 years.
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