James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I suppose it will always be a matter for the courts to interpret, and in judicial discretion to assess, whether the event is or is not serious. However, as I say, the concern is that if one does not have that word there, the bar would be set extremely low and could bring in many issues as a criminal offence that it may not be intended to do so.