Seanad debates

Wednesday, 7 March 2007

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

1:00 pm

Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I wish to be associated with the remarks thanking the Minister and his officials in dealing with this matter, particularly in taking on board suggestions from the Fine Gael and Labour parties. That is the way I like to do business and would like to see more of it done this way. Keeping in mind the impending general election, the Minister took the matters on board in a good-spirited way. This matter concerns the sexual exploitation of children. We will depend on the common sense of the Judiciary in how it interprets the law, no matter how watertight it is. It is dealing with a small percentage of people who exploit children and we will depend on the Judiciary to interpret the intention of the Oireachtas.

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