Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 21, line 33, to delete "5" and substitute "3".

This amendment has been proposed because it is in everybody's interests that prosecutions or other follow-up actions are taken during a period that is as close as possible to the time of the offence. The five-year period proposed is too long. Deputy O'Dowd has proposed this amendment, which provides for a more realistic three-year period. It will have the effect of concentrating the legal activities at a time that is as near as possible to the time when the offence took place.

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