Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand this amendment is around the issue of harassment.

We did speak about this on Committee Stage. The consensus was that there are already harassment laws in place and that the conflation of the offence with harassment could cause problems down the line. I would like to hear the view of the Minister of State on that. I believe what is proposed could be difficult. While I fully appreciate where Deputy Pringle is coming from, I believe we need to be very cautious about the issue. In all this, we need to be very careful that we do not have any unintended consequences.

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