Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-09-25
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Brendan Howlin (LAB), Wexford

If I withdraw the amendment now, a court could impose a prison sentence on an aged-out child. The Minister told us yesterday that aged-out children could be sentenced to life imprisonment, in fact. I am trying to understand the Minister's own proposal. If I withdraw the amendment, what will be the state of the law? Will it be open to a court to send such an aged-out child to prison for murder?

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Sitting date: 2024-09-25