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Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the acceptance of amendment No. 5. It is the amendment I recommended from the group. I am concerned that some of the other amendments might add a complication, particularly to the issue of consent. It should not be a matter of being able to contest it by way of a new definition as opposed to the normal understanding of consent. The acceptance of Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: People will know this Bill has been a long time in gestation since I introduced it three years ago. Technology has changed as well and so we need to look very carefully at every aspect of it. All of the debate thus far on the Bill has focused on the sharing of intimate images. That element is only one part of the Bill but a very important part, and one that has come into greater focus in...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 15: In page 4, to delete lines 35 to 38, and in page 5, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: "4. (1) A person is guilty of an offence where he or she, by any means— (a) distributes or publishes any threatening or grossly offensive communication about another person, or (b) sends any threatening or grossly offensive communication to another...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister of State for accepting the potential of my proposed subsection (2). I do not know whether it is technically possible to amend my amendment simply to add that subsection to the existing section 4. The Ceann Comhairle might be able to advise whether it is technically possible to do so. We had a lot of debate on this issue and it goes to the heart of online bullying....

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to amend my amendment at page 4 and to drop “to delete lines 35 to 38” and add something after the existing section 4. I will read this section, as it stands, for clarity. It reads: 4. (1) A person who— (a) by any means— (i) distributes or publishes any threatening or grossly offensive communication about another person, or (ii) sends any...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: It will be printed in any event because of the amendment we have already made.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, I do.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: On that basis I withdraw the amendment.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: We have already accepted an amendment.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I just want to make a point on the Bill. The one thing I am very clear on is that there is no end to the amendments we could actually consider. People have been contacting me about this over the years, but also recently. Since there is such an urgent need for legislation in this area, our objective should be to establish a framework. As I said in my opening comments on this, the framework...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 17: In page 5, line 14, after “section 2 or 3” to insert “or section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997”. As the Ceann Comhairle said, we discussed this issue on Committee Stage. In the original Bill I drafted, to amend the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, I had the harassment elements included in a...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: On Committee Stage and subsequently, the Minister indicated that there is a justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill coming next year and that she will give further consideration to the instances concerned in light of it. There are cases where what I propose is warranted. I am asking not that a determination be automatic but that it be open to the court to make one. I trust the judges in...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 19: In page 5, line 23, after “section 2 or 3” to insert “or section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997”.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I do not know how many seconds I have, but the general point I was trying to make was about plain English. The Bill as drafted reads, "Proceedings against a person under the age of 17 charged with an offence under this Act shall not be taken except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions." This measure is being translated into "Notwithstanding section 52(4) of the...

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I will begin by saying that Brexit was never our project and never our doing in this country. It has, however, dominated our discourse for four years now. It is the Christmas season and that is my motivation in warmly and sincerely congratulating the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and his team on the way the Brexit negotiations have been handled and for keeping all of us and all the stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (14 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if this case has been raised with the Bahrain authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Trafficking (14 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report entitled Trafficking from the Fringes of Europe to the Middle East published by human rights organisations; if so, the action he plans to take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/21]

EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Motion (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak briefly on this important issue. We were not sure that we would ever arrive at the point when we would actually have a trade agreement between the European Union and the UK to debate. It became a very close-run thing. Although the details of this complex agreement will be unravelled over a period of time, a few points are clear from the outset....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will sanction the issuing of a work permit for a person (details supplied), given that it is not possible to supply documentation as requested by her Department. [2222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for community CCTV; if funding is available from her Department for the maintenance and or replacement of cameras involved in community policing; her plans to extend and support such schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2566/21]