I move amendment No. 21: In page 18, line 10, to delete “ 14F .” and substitute “ 14E .”.

I move amendment No. 22: In page 18, line 11, to delete “or 14E”.

I move amendment No. 23: In page 18, line 34, to delete “or 14E”.

I move amendment No. 24: In page 18, line 38, to delete “ 14G .” and substitute “ 14F .”.

I move amendment No. 25: In page 19, line 21, to delete “ 14H .” and substitute “ 14G .”.

I move amendment No. 26: In page 19, line 22, to delete “or 14E”.

I move amendment No. 27: In page 19, line 23, to delete “section 14G” and substitute “section 14F”.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 19, line 27, to delete “or 14E”.

I move amendment No. 29: In page 19, line 30, to delete “section 14G” and substitute “section 14F”.

I move amendment No. 30: In page 20, line 2, to delete “ 14I .” and substitute “ 14H .”.

I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, line 8, to delete “sections 14D and 14E operate” and substitute “section 14D operates”.

I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, line 9, to delete “those sections” and substitute “that section”.

I completely agree with the Deputy. Be it stalking, harassment or whatever we call it, it absolutely ruins people's lives and can have a devastating impact. There is a certain situation of which we are both aware where a horrendous crime has been committed and a person has served time and is now potentially continuing that level of harassment. I gave a commitment that this would be dealt with in a separate Bill. The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 was obviously dealt with but more r…

I move amendment No. 35: In page 25, line 28, to delete “for a specified term”. We have discussed this matter previously. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that a prohibition on working with children or vulnerable people can be imposed on life-sentence prisoners. By deleting the text "for a specified term", any ambiguity is removed as to whether this can be applied to life-sentence prisoners. As Members are aware, the most serious crimes against children carry a life sentence and I wish to be absolutely ce…

I move amendment No. 37: In page 30, after line 35, to insert the following: “Amendment of Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 30. (1) Section 7 of the Act of 2022 is repealed. (2) The Act of 2022 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 25: “Transitional provisions relating to amendment of section 92 of Criminal Justice Act 2006 by section 8 25. Any legal proceedings (civil or criminal) in respect of a right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or i…

The GDPR is determined and interpreted by the European Court of Justice and I think the court has been clear in saying that where there is a serious offence, including rape, sexual assault and abuse, there is absolutely no right to be forgotten. There is a right where it is a minor offence. We talk here about trying to work with people who want to change their lives and turn their lives around following minor offences. There can be an impact on their applying for jobs or on their personal life. Where it is a minor …

I suggest the Deputy and I meet following this to look at the cases he has referenced. I commit to raising them directly with Google-----

-----and seeking a meeting with it. I am appalled at the idea somebody who has been convicted of possessing child abuse material would be in this category. As I said I was not aware of the cases the Deputy has mentioned but I am happy to meet him to go through it and to raise it directly with the company.

There is no legislative basis to change one's name by deed poll, so we cannot stop an offender from changing his or her name. As the Deputy alluded to, it is clear that if a person were to change his or her name after the enactment of this legislation, he or she would have three days to notify. There are strict monitoring requirements, so if a person were to change his or her name and not engage and not notify that this had happened, he or she would face prosecution and be liable for fine of €10,000 or a prison ter…

We have engaged with the Garda on this. I have to engage with the Garda Commissioner and his team, who represent those who are working on the ground. I have engaged with gardaí locally in respect of certain elements of this legislation. It is never easy to monitor sex offenders. With this legislation, we are trying to improve the laws that we currently have and the way in which gardaí can monitor and how they can do their jobs. We are trying to support them as much as we can in monitoring, which will always be diff…