Results 2,801-2,820 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Yes, if they actually had sex.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy can explain it to us.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Does that have extra-territorial effect?
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: No. Would the importuning or soliciting be in effect if the child was not in the jurisdiction?
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: So it would not capture the point.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Yes, and I think much of this would be extra-territorial. That is the idea of the travel provision.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Is that the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996?
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: No, but we must be clear on what we are doing. On the raw reading of the section, one might wonder why there must be two occasions before the act would become an offence.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I sought to transpose section 14 of the UK Act to an Irish context to fit into last year's Sexual Offences Act because that establishes the separate offence of grooming. If we are depending on section 15 of the UK Act alone, there is no parallel grooming offence, inadequate as the Minister deems it to be in the UK legislation. We do not have such an offence and will not have it following...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: That is true.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, line 31, before "inviting" to insert the following: "in the case of a child who is more than 5 years younger than the person concerned,". I tried to read the legislation today. The last part of the Bill causes concern, namely, the definition of sexual exploitation. The proposed subsections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) are fine, but the definition in...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister please read that again?
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: That is what I am worried about.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: What does "to detain a child" mean? Does it meanââ
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Is it, in effect, an 18 year old inviting a child into a bedroom?
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I seek clarity from the Minister. Perhaps he could reflect on the matter. He is reading out subsections (1) and (2) which I understand have nothing to do with the Bill. The new definition in the new subsection (3)(e) will apply to a new offence under subsection (2)(a). Therefore, his quote to the House about taking, retaining and all the other things is irrelevant.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Let him answer my query first.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: That is my problem.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister read out subsections (1) and (2) ofââ