Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a submission from a person (details supplied) in County Cork on the Criminal Justice (Trafficking and Sexual Offences) Bill 2006; if he will give favourable consideration to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41517/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have received a copy of the submission, dated 24 November 2006, referred to by the Deputy. Many of the suggestions made in the submission are either already in the draft Criminal Law (Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Offences) Bill 2006 or give direct effect to the criminal law aspects of several international instruments on trafficking. The general scheme of the 2006 Bill has been approved by Government and is at present being drafted in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. I will give consideration to the recent submission and, if the need for any changes to the text are identified, I will seek Government approval for their inclusion in the draft Bill or other appropriate legislation.