Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 16, line 21, after "by" to insert "or on behalf of".

I will be brief because we discussed this matter at length on Committee Stage. We should allow communication made by or on behalf of a person who is a complainant in the proceedings. This provision is based on the Prosecution of Offences Act and it prevents certain improper communications about pending prosecutions, and rightly so. What I am proposing is that it be slightly less restrictive by allowing contact on behalf of the person concerned.

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