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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, to delete lines 3 to 6. The amendment proposes to delete the reference to the European Council framework decision because it is precise in reference to the framework decision and section 2 could create an unconstitutional level of uncertainty in the legislation. That is the concern. The legislation needs to be direct and wholesale so that it can be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: " "hate" includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry;". It comes down to the definition of "hate". The Bill is remarkable in that hate is not defined in it. This is an attempt to put in a definition that includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry. It is to include...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Basically, they are all around the definition of hatred. There is no need to expand on that. It is covered.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister. I was interested in the Minister's argument, particularly in relation to amendment No. 2, that the definition of " "hate" includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry;". The Minister's argument is that in order to convict somebody of a hate, they have to prove that they have bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry. They have to prove all of them....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Do we have another round of comments on it?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am just not clear on what the Minister said. He was very categorical in saying these amendments would not cut the mustard. I do not know what further consideration he can make in respect of them. What can he actually decide to do on Report Stage that will meet us halfway? Maybe I am just not listening exactly to what he is saying. I would like clarity on what can actually be done, what...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I will press it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, to delete lines 7 and 8 and substitute the following: “ “hatred” means a state of mind characterised as intense and irrational emotions of enmity or detestation against a person or a group of persons in the State or elsewhere on account of their membership or presumed membership of a group defined by reference to protected...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “ “incitement” means behaviour towards, or communications about, a person or a group of persons that create a serious risk of discrimination, hostility or violence against persons belonging to or being presumed as belonging to such groups on the basis of their protected...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I will revisit this matter on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(h) migration status,” Amendment No. 10 proposes the addition of "migration status" as a protected characteristic. In the current climate, it is important that this is recognised in this way. The Minister will probably say that race and colour already cover this. However, there are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his comments on amendment No. 10. I know from what he has said this will not happen, but I hope the legal guys will not cite the fact public consultation took place three years ago. This is topical and needs to be addressed.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I will leave it until Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, line 23, before “sex” to insert “variation of". The Minister's explanation relates to this one as well. I will carry it over for Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It was withdrawn with a view to bringing in back on Report Stage if necessary.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a septic tank grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) who was unaware of the need to register the septic tank in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) who wrote to his Department on 11 January 2023 can expect a substantive report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8483/23]