Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This amendment relates to the satisfaction with section 6, as it stands. If the amendment proposing that deletion of the word "may" and its substitution with the word "shall" is not made, we have a concern this section would only provide that the victims may be referred to appropriate supports. While we do not want to have a lengthy debate on this, perhaps at the next interval when the Minister of State comes in, even when we come to the next section, he might indicate that it is still within his power to ensure those resources are allocated to provide that people are able to be referred to appropriate supports. He might offer us reassurance on that issue, even if we cannot put forward this amendment.