Seanad debates
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages
10:30 am
Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source
On a point of order, this amendment simply repeats what is already in section 20. If the Senator looks carefully at amendment No. 28, he will see the only changes it makes are to penalties and arrest power. The amendment is simply restating the provision that is already in section 20 otherwise in terms of policy. We have already heard from the Senator on Second and Committee Stages, when he made a long Second Stage speech on each occasion outlining his opposition to the policy at issue in section 20, but that is not at issue in this amendment.
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