David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

These are quite important amendments and I appreciate the Minister of State has addressed them. I note, for example, that amendment No. 36 is in the names of Senator O’Donovan and the Sinn Féin Senators. I presume this is as a result of extensive lobbying by groups interested in this area.

One does not want records disclosed all over the place willy-nilly. The amendment certainly seems to have merit in that it should be a “record that has some probative or evidential value to the alleged sexual offences that is or are the subject of the criminal proceedings.” We all know the ways of lawyers, paceSenator Professor Dr. Bacik.