Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; when it will be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34898/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 has passed Committee Stage in the Dáil, having passed all stages in the Seanad. However, before the Bill could be taken at Report Stage, a 2013 UK Court of Appeal judgment necessitated a review of the disclosure provisions in both the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Spent Convictions Bill. That review has been completed and amendments to the Vetting Act and consequential amendments to the Spent Convictions Bill are currently being drafted. It is my intention that the Bill will be enacted at the earliest opportunity.