Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 7, subsection (2), line 17, to delete "€1,500" and substitute "€3,000".

In moving this amendment, I recognise that the offences are serious. Under recent legislation the minimum penalty is €3,000. The figure, therefore, has been raised from €1,500 to €3,000 and the sentence from six to 12 months. That is the spirit of those two amendments.