Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For the reasons I have outlined.To suggest that the Government or, indeed, anybody who would be working on this Bill or the approach we have taken in this Bill has any ambivalence whatsoever in relation to the offences that we are talking about is simply outrageous and untrue. If we were to accept the amendment it would bring the penalty for this offence out of line with penalties for similar offences in other sections of the Bill. A trial on indictment may indicate a more serious offence that still requires to be proven before a court-----