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- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The reference to detention is separate.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I am trying to tease out whether these provisions would apply if one was not allowed to leave one's house, and then one's boyfriend, who is more than two years older, arrives. I am thinking on my feet. This provision is a very broad stroke. I expect the Minister to say that prosecutions would never be brought in such circumstances. That is the only safeguard in this regard. We should be...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister is offloading the responsibility for it.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I am mindful of the fact that Deputies are hanging around and obviously want to exercise themselves before they leave. I tabled these amendments to tease out certain aspects of this Bill.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: At every step of the way, we have unveiled the complexity of the legislation in this area and the absolute requirement for care in that regard. Anybody who reads the transcript of this debate will be less secure in their belief that the House has legislated well for these matters. I genuinely believe we will have to return to this issue at an early date. I am not looking forward to the...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: There should at least be a steer from the Government of its belief before people are asked to vote.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I agree there is not.
- 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: Before other Deputies speak on the general point, I wish to finalise my comments on amendment No. 5. I am conscious we have only 15 minutes remaining. I wish to be clear about amendment No. 5 but I will not be putting it to a vote. Section 6 creates a new subsection 2(a) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. It is a new offence. The key point of the new offence is visible in...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: It could be two children, an 18-year old arranging to meet a 16-year old, for the purpose of snogging.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: It is the fact. The Minister did not accept my proposition last year but he was wrong.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Now we are talking about the courts interpreting it. I will leave others speak. I genuinely believe my interpretation â as it was last year denied by the Minister and proved to be right â is right in this case now.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I did not say that.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: I believe my view is right but I will not press the amendment.
- Written Answers — Trade Missions: Trade Missions (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans for a trade mission to Kazakhstan in 2007; if it is intended that there will be a Ministerial delegation as part of this trade mission; the estimated cost of this trade mission; his goals and targets for the trade mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/07]
- Written Answers — Migrant Workers: Migrant Workers (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views, in view of the stark difference in the number of work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals as against the number of PPS numbers issued to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals in 2007, on whether there is a significant problem of so-called false contracting being used to exploit such workers; the steps...
- Written Answers — Television Licences: Television Licences (6 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that full year, full cost radio/television licences must be obtained in respect of caravans and holiday homes even where such premises are used for only a number of weeks in the year; his views on arranging such licensing where appropriate on a part year basis at pro...
- Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: We are dealing comprehensively with Part 2, which deals with the prisoner escort services, and, in particular the Minister's original threat to privatise such services as a way of leveraging an agreement with prison officers to operate in a way that satisfied him. He gave a guarantee to the House on both Second and Committee Stages that he would not activate these provisions and I would...
- Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: It goes without saying.
- Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Brendan Howlin: A freedom of information request was required to get the inspector's report last year.