Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 7, line 32, after "by" to insert "the prosecution or".

This is a straightforward amendment which seeks to clarify the practice where an application is made for a victim impact report. The practice is that it is usually made by counsel for the DPP, and therefore it is necessary to make plain in the legislation that given that it is not customarily the victim directly who makes the application, but rather counsel for the DPP, it should be plain in the legislation that the words "the prosecution or" ought to be inserted. I should like to hear the Minister of State's views on this.

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