Seanad debates
Monday, 3 July 2006
Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage.
5:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)
I have no difficulty with allowing 14 or 15 year olds who want to represent their country or their club to do so within the context of a club. I have no difficulty whatsoever with allowing them to engage in such activity under the supervision of someone who is aged 18 or 19 years. A different argument can be made in respect of "hunting", which is clearly referred to on the first line of page 39. The Bill does not define "hunting", which is a pretty broad term. One could be hunting boar or whatever——
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