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The Green Party
has again called for immediate action in response to the Supreme
Court judgement earlier this week striking down the law that made it
an automatic crime to have sex with a girl under the age of 15. The
call comes as a man who had been charged with having sex with a
14-year-old girl was allowed withdraw his plea of guilty at Dublin
Circuit Criminal Court today.
Green Party Justice spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe TD
said: "It is vital that the Oireachtas takes this opportunity to
produce a contemporary piece of legislation that will protect all
Irish teenagers and children.
"The
Law Reform Commission recommended that this legislation be reformed
back in 1990. I am again calling on the Minister for Justice to
bring forward a piece of legislation incorporating the
recommendations of the Commission without delay." |
