Speech by Minister McEntee Private Members Bill – Children (Amendment) Bill

Speech by Minister McEntee Private Members Bill – Children (Amendment) Bill
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Private Members Bill – Children (Amendment) Bill
 
 
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I would like to thank Senator McDowell and the other proposing Senators for bringing this Bill before the Seanad.
 
This Bill is in response to issues from the recent decision of the courts in DPP and E.C V. Irish Times and others.
 
Section 252 of the Children Act 2001 contains mandatory reporting restrictions where the trial relates to “an offence against a child or where a child is a witness in any such proceedings.
 
Mr Justice Birmingham in the Court of Appeal on 29 October 2020 upheld the High Court’s interpretation of section 252 to mean that the reporting restrictions in relation to offences against children also apply in circumstances where the child is deceased or has turned 18 years of age. The identity of the person responsible for the child’s death cannot be published if it would directly or indirectly reveal the child’s identity.

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