Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The thinking behind these amendments relates to the point that the word "committed" carries a connotation that people might have known what they were doing when they committed the act giving rise to the offence. It could be argued the word "did" is more neutral in that regard and would be more appropriate for use in the Bill. The other reason is that the word "did" is used in the Bill. As the Minister put it on Committee Stage, it would be better to settle for a tyranny of consistency.