As he may or may not be aware, currently, members of the Defence Forces who are convicted of sex offences under the Defence Acts are not registered as sex offenders. They are serious sexual offences and 20 of them are scheduled to the 2001 Act, including rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault and many other serious sexual offences.
The notion that somebody could be convicted of such a serious offence under a court martial because he or she is a member of the Defence Forces and then, most likely, I would think, dishonourably discharged into society, without the same obligations that would apply to him or her if he or she was not part of the Defence Forces when convicted seems to me to be a gap. However, I assure him that the requirements under the Sex Offenders Act apply equally to any person convicted of a sexual offence in a criminal court or by court martial.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Tom Clonan and Gerard P. Craughwell; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
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