Seanad debates
Monday, 3 July 2006
Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage.
9:00 pm
Mary Henry (Independent)
Senator Jim Walsh raised a very interesting point. I will revisit an issue I raised on Second Stage which was not answered by the Minister. Under the Bill, an abuser means an individual believed by a person who has authority or control over that individual to have seriously harmed or sexually abused a child or more than one child. These people need not be convicted. This will be quite hard on people.
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