Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-06-30
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Conor Murphy (SF), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I move amendment No. 15:
In page 9, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:
“Training for purpose of serving in the armed forces of a state engaged in
war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide
4F. (1) For the purposes of this Part, training in the armed forces of a state engaged in the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide means intentionally providing instruction or training in the skills of—
(a) making or using, for the purpose of committing, or contributing to, the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide—
(i) firearms or explosives,
(ii) nuclear material,
(iii) biological weapons, chemical weapons or prohibited weapons,
or
(iv) such other weapons, or noxious or hazardous substances, that may be used in the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide as the Minister may prescribe,
or
(b) such other techniques or methods for the purpose of committing, or contributing to the commission of, war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide as the Minister may prescribe, knowing or believing that it is likely that the skills provided are intended to be used by a person receiving the instruction or training for the purpose of committing, or contributing to the commission of, war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide.
(2) The Minister may, if he or she considers it appropriate to do so, make regulations for the purposes of subsection (1) and he or she shall—
(a) before making such regulations, consult with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Defence, the Commissioner of An Garda Siochana, and such other Minister of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate having regard to the weapons, substances, techniques or methods concerned, and
(b) in making such regulations, have regard to the following:
(i) the capability of the weapon, substance, technique or method concerned to cause death or serious bodily injury to persons or substantial material damage to property;
(ii) the capacity of the weapon, substance, technique or method concerned to be used for the purposes of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide and the likelihood of it being so used;
(iii) the extent to which instruction or training—
(I) in the making or use of the weapon or substance concerned,
or
(II) in the use of the technique or method concerned, is required for the making or use, as the case may be, of that weapon, substance, technique or method for the purpose of committing, or contributing to the commission of, a war crime, a crime against humanity or genocide.”.”.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-30