Seanad debates

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages

 

9:00 am

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

------and to save money, yet the Government is fatuously opposing or denying there is a need to amend the law to make it an offence to give false and misleading information to PIAB. It makes no difference that PIAB will only determine a matter where liability is not in issue. There can be situations involving conspiracy between the person making a claim and the putative defendant of that claim. There are all sorts of situations in which harm could be done to other parties and to the public by people making false claims that are not under oath to PIAB. Is the Government only concerned with protecting the State in the way it does by making it an offence to give misleading information to the HSE regarding the fair deal scheme? Is it not-----

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