David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to introduce this amendment, which would provide for the right of a victim to be accompanied in court by a support worker when the victim is giving evidence during the accused person's application for bail, including in circumstances when the public has been excluded. A victim's right to be accompanied in court by a support worker was added into various other enactments within this Bill in the Dáil. The proposed amendment now adds a similar right in the Bail Act, ensuring a consistency of approach across the Statute Book regarding a victim's right to be accompanied by a parent, relative, friend or support worker in court.