Seanad debates
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages
12:00 pm
Senators:
The difficulty has been identified by Senator Feeney. If a teacher is accused of sexual abuse, his or her career is basically ruined whether he or she is found guilty or innocent. All it takes is a picture of a teacher going into a courthouse to face a court case. It does not matter if he or she is found completely innocent as people do not read the story. They just read the headline and see the photograph. That is the point I am trying to make.
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