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- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 1 to 48, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. There are amendments under the names of Deputies Cairns, Gannon, Pringle, Collins and Connolly. Amendments. Nos. 1 and 2 are from the same proposers and the Minister has an amendment that the section be deleted. The first business is to take amendment No. 1. Does Deputy Pringle wish to move the amendment?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Is Deputy Pringle speaking to amendment No. 2 as well?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: The Minister proposes to delete the section. Does she wish to come in on that?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: I thank the Minister. Deputy Howlin wishes to come in on that.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Yes, amendment No. 48.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: I thank the Minister and members for all the contributions.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: I thank the Deputy and all contributors. The comments were made that it will forevermore be known as Coco's Law in any discussions, on social media, in other debates and other interactions in any event. There is no doubt of that. That amendment to the amendment No. 48 will be taken towards the end. Deputy Howlin may, therefore, wish to indicate if he wants to bring it forward at Report...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: The Deputy is withdrawing it.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: How stands amendment No. 2? Is the position the same?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, will be taken together. One of these is mine. I will not speak to it because I am in the Chair. I believe it is covered by the other amendments in any event.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Am I correct that the Minister is effectively locating all the definitional terms in the Bill under one section, which is this new section that is being proposed? Is that essentially the proposal?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: That is fine. Deputy Pringle is saying he is happy to withdraw those amendments and bring them back on Report Stage. I know Deputy Carroll MacNeill had her name on one of those amendments as well. Does she want to speak to them?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: That concludes the discussion on amendments Nos. 3 to 6 in that event.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: Sorry I did not see the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: I can hear the Deputy anyway so she can proceed.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: We will keep an eye on Deputy Bríd Smith's radar in future. I will ask the clerk to keep an eye out so that if she is indicating again I will be sure to see her.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: I will use whatever way I can communicate and see.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: The issue to date is that it was not a criminal offence. That is why it was not subject to the provisions but it automatically will be once this comes in.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: We are jumping ahead a bit because that discussion pertains to section 6. I ask members to proceed in sequence as much as we can because it makes matters easier. There are enough amendments and amendments to amendments without jumping ahead of ourselves.. Amendment No. 3 proposes that the new section be inserted. Does the Minister want to press the amendment?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)
James Lawless: In that case amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 6, inclusive, effectively fall because the amendments cannot be made as the section is no longer present as constituted.