Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming in. The Bill is flawed in its purpose of creating an offence of hate crime. It is also flawed in its principle and substance. It imports identity politics into criminal law, which will prove unworkable, profoundly arbitrary and divisive. The Bill is flawed beyond redemption. It is not capable of being amended.

This Bill seems like a desperate attempt to garner popular support and media attention on the part of Fianna Fáil.