Dáil debates
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages
9:00 pm
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
I would not state that there were no such charges. However, Deputy Howlin is correct that there appears, in the context of prosecuting policy, to have been a decline in the use of the summary offence. Perhaps it is the case that mere verbal remarks were not provable beyond a reasonable doubt and that attempts——
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