Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage
10:30 am
Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
These are activities which are essential public services and which, of their nature, involve a necessary and fundamental level of risk. If we were to legislate in this way, then our ambulance services, fire services, etc., would all be vulnerable to prosecution for corporate manslaughter in any circumstance when a fatality occurs during the operation of their services.
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