Seanad debates

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

10:30 am

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The point I am making is this. Was it necessary to cast this Bill so wide that every such incident anywhere in the world involving any Irish citizen or any person who is ordinarily resident in Ireland should now become prosecutable in the Irish courts? I do not see why that is an unreasonable point to make and I do not see where the policy has been explained as to why that should now be part of our criminal law.

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