Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 5, subsection (1), line 39, after "who" insert "is in the State having".

The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the legislation. As it is worded, it gives the impression of an intention to apply it to a person who is in the State, but that meaning is not necessarily clear from the wording. The amendment would ensure that the new procedure only applies to people in the State because otherwise they would become wanted in two jurisdictions and there would be extraordinary complications as a result, apart from the question of how they would be notified of the proceedings if they were not in the State. I await the Minister of State's response.