Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand the scenarios that the Minister has described in terms of an area of criminal prosecution and others. Nonetheless, it seems the provision is a somewhat wider exclusion of a person's right, given the circumstances. It may be possible to put forward a different version of this amendment that specifically relates to areas such as criminal prosecution and not have as wide an impact. I wonder about the choice to opt for a wider framing rather than explicitly limiting it to questions of investigation. I know that the prosecutions would not just be criminal ones and it is not just the DPP. I recognise, from the earlier debate, that people may want to find out whether they are being investigated for ethical wrongdoing and so forth. Why has the amendment been given a wide frame rather than a more specific one?