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Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 25: In page 19, line 21, to delete “14H.” and substitute “14G.”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 26: In page 19, line 22, to delete “or 14E”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 27: In page 19, line 23, to delete “section 14G” and substitute “section 14F”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 28: In page 19, line 27, to delete “or 14E”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 29: In page 19, line 30, to delete “section 14G” and substitute “section 14F”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 30: In page 20, line 2, to delete “14I.” and substitute “14H.”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, line 8, to delete “sections 14D and 14E operate” and substitute “section 14D operates”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, line 9, to delete “those sections” and substitute “that section”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I welcome this amendment and, as the Deputy said, it will be a practical support for gardaí in their work.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 8: In page 11, line 18, to delete “3 days” and substitute “7 days”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 9: In page 11, line 24, to delete “3 days” and substitute “7 days”.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 10: In page 13, to delete lines 23 to 28 and substitute the following: “(iv) the address of each other place (if any), whether in or outside the State, at which, on the date on which the notification is given, he or she resides or regularly stays, and (v) the address of each other place (if any), whether in or outside the State, at which the person has resided...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 11: In page 16, line 16, to delete “or 14E”. Amendment No. 12 is the substantive amendment in this grouping. It deletes the original provision under section 14D that concerns the disclosure of information relating to a relevant offender to police services or other law enforcement agencies outside the State. This was to allow An Garda...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: On my own amendments and the changes, there were concerns what we were proposing would in some way jeopardise the system that is already in place. As it currently stands, the sharing of information regarding sex offenders travelling into and out of the State is carried out by way of police-to-police information, that is, intelligence information exchange via Interpol. This allows the...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 7 to 13 and substitute the following: "(7B) A member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector may, in respect of a person to whom subsection (7A) applies, specify such period of more or less than 3 days for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that subsection as he or she is satisfied is appropriate, having regard...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, lines 14 and 15, to delete "3 days" and substitute "7 days". Amendment No. 7, which is grouped with amendments Nos. 8 and 9, was originally tabled by Deputy Naughten on Committee Stage. I thank him for raising this issue and for his contribution more generally to the legislation. The purpose of the amendment is to increase from three days to seven...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: We are not doing this to facilitate sex offenders. We are doing this to ensure we have a system that works and whereby they can continue to be monitored. This has been carefully drafted and thought through. I committed on Committee Stage to look at this and to respond to the Deputy regarding this matter. Having again engaged with the Garda on this aspect now, the force is happy and clear...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(a) in the definition of “sexual offence”, by the substitution of “section 3;” for “section 3.”,”. This is a technical amendment, with a semicolon replacing a full stop after "section 3" in the definition of "sexual offence", as it is no longer...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy outlined, the Bill provides that a sex offender can notify at any Garda station that has been designated by the Garda Commissioner for that purpose or at any divisional headquarters. In this way, we are not limiting the offender in notifying at his or her local station. By drafting the provision in this way, a sex offender who regularly resides in Cork but who might by chance...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. The Bill introduces a number of important reforms in the law across a broad range of areas. These amendments reach across many aspects of people's lives and have the potential to make a real difference. These include court-related...