Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

This amendment was tabled on Committee Stage in the Dáil and proposes to amend section 112, which provides protection to a person who discloses, in good faith, a suspicion relating to possible money laundering or terrorist financing in the circumstances set out in the section. I appreciate that the intention behind the amendment is to ensure that persons acting in good faith will be fully protected. However, we are of the view that it is not required. Civil or criminal liability could not arise unless there is a breach of an enactment or rule of law. The section specifically states that in the circumstances set out it will not constitute such a breach. The inclusion of any express reference to liability is, therefore, not required.