Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, announced in July 2020 and due for completion by end-2020, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12809/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department commissioned an independent consultant to undertake the statutory review of Part 4 of the Act but, due to a number of reasons, it was not possible for the review to be completed within the desired timeframe.

The Research and Evaluation Unit in the Department has now finished its work on the review. It will be brought to Government in the coming weeks and the recommendations will be progressed in coordination with relevant agencies and stakeholders.