Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I read it, section 21(5) provides for a 14-year penalty. In other words, where the sexual act consists of an act which would constitute a sexual assault it shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years. However, the penalty seems to be ten years for a person in authority under section 21(6). Why does the less serious offence carry the more serious penalty?