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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: I wish the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, members and all our guests a good afternoon, be they officials attending with the Minister or, indeed, the interested parties in the Gallery. They are very welcome to observe our proceedings. Today, we consider the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022. We have not received any apologies to date....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 1 and 8 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Amendment No. 8 is also in Deputy Ó Ríordáin's name. Would he like to speak to it?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 2 to 6, inclusive, and 26 are related. Amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 3. Amendments Nos. 2 to 6, inclusive, and 26 will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Amendment No. 3 is in Deputy Ó Ríordáin's name. Does the Deputy want to speak to that now?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: There are a lot of amendments all right. We will stay with amendment No. 2 but we will follow the grouping order.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Deputy Bríd Smith has indicated. Amendment No. 5 is in the Deputy's name.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy. Did Deputy Pringle want to say anything on amendment No. 6? It is grouped.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: Amendment No. 26, in Deputy Ó Ríordáin's name, is also part of that grouping. I do not know whether the Deputy wants to make any further comment on that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: When we come to it later on, we will move through it. We will not discuss it again because we have had the group discussion.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: I am sure the committee will recall that when we did prelegislative scrutiny on this legislation, it was one of our findings that it was important to have precision in criminal law because prosecutions flow from it. Elements of the crime must be satisfied in order to have successful prosecutions. I listened to Deputy Ó Ríordáin's comments about the 1989 Act and perhaps the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: We have lots of other amendments to do but if the Deputy wants to make a brief point that is all right.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

James Lawless: How stands amendment No. 2?