Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With respect to this amendment, we are making express provision for an amendment to the corroboration requirement which previously provided that no person is to be convicted of an offence under this Act solely upon the evidence of one single witness. The amending provision retains the corroboration requirement, albeit in a way that perhaps is of greater clarification in that the corroborating evidence need not necessarily consist of the testimony of another witness, so it will have the effect that corroboration can also be attained through documentary evidence, through recording, for example, or other material forms. I support this amendment.

If I may with the consent of the House, I will speak briefly to section 8 with the consent of the House.