Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(2) Where the Central Authority receives information in accordance with subsection (1)relating to a conviction made against a person by a Member State which would, if the conviction occurred in the State, be a conviction which:

(a) could be regarded as spent by virtue of section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, or

(b) for the purposes of Garda vetting, that it could be a conviction to which Section 14A of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 applies;

than as appropriate, it shall be eligible to become spent in accordance with the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 or it shall be a conviction to which Section 14A of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 can apply.”.

I thank the Minister for coming before the Seanad. Am I right in saying this session will be guillotined?