Sexual Offences Bill restored to Dáil order of business

[Dom Dunn]

It's officially back on the agenda guys and will effectively carry on from where the process ended before the election.
The Batty Chick is back at it again in the papers and on the airwaves. She really is a disgrace of a politician who continues to deny the growing evidence which casts serious doubts concerning the efficacy of her beloved Swedish model. I find it deeply disturbing that a person who is well paid by taxpayers shows no interest what so ever in educating herself in relation to serious question marks regarding proposed legislation which is obliged to examine before its passage into law. Together with the bumbling fool Fitzgerald we really are blessed with amazing law makers!!!

[The Libertarian]

Is there any timeline on this?
The Batty Chick was on Montcrief yesterday and she stated she was disappointed with Amnesty International's stance, mentioned nothing of her support for a recommendation of the JOC (so insane it's not even in the Bill) to legally equate anybody looking at an escort website including EI to a child rapist downloading child porn! She also suggested it would only be a small fine on punters and conveniently ignored that this bill will further actually criminalize sex workers including the sanction of a term of imprisonment for a first offence! The Batty Chick is projecting the notion that sex workers will be decriminalized, the exact opposite is actually the case, there is no further decriminalization and increased criminal sanctions on sex workers! It is truly stomach churningly disgusting stuff!
And I see that Fitzgerald is being touted as Enda's replacement as Taoiseach!

[Dom Dunn]

Is there any timeline on this?
The Batty Chick was on Montcrief yesterday and she stated she was disappointed with Amnesty International's stance, mentioned nothing of her support for a recommendation of the JOC (so insane it's not even in the Bill) to legally equate anybody looking at an escort website including EI to a child rapist downloading child porn! She also suggested it would only be a small fine on punters and conveniently ignored that this bill will further actually criminalize sex workers including the sanction of a term of imprisonment for a first offence! The Batty Chick is projecting the notion that sex workers will be decriminalized, the exact opposite is actually the case, there is no further decriminalization and increased criminal sanctions on sex workers! It is truly stomach churningly disgusting stuff!
And I see that Fitzgerald is being touted as Enda's replacement as Taoiseach!

It's hard to put a timeline on this as it is a relatively long and complex bill which has a lot of other stuff in it which in itself is a disgrace. However, it is very unlikely that there will be time to pass it before the boys and girls go on holidays. You are probably looking at it passing all stages by late autumn. Because not all new laws take immediate effect it could be some time in 2017 before we start getting our collars felt. Fitzy may be the Mayo lads choice but not sure that view would be widely shared within the party. She has not covered herself in glory dealing with the crisis in Justice lately either.

[The Libertarian]

It's officially back on the agenda guys and will effectively carry on from where the process ended before the election.
The Batty Chick is back at it again in the papers and on the airwaves. She really is a disgrace of a politician who continues to deny the growing evidence which casts serious doubts concerning the efficacy of her beloved Swedish model. I find it deeply disturbing that a person who is well paid by taxpayers shows no interest what so ever in educating herself in relation to serious question marks regarding proposed legislation which is obliged to examine before its passage into law. Together with the bumbling fool Fitzgerald we really are blessed with amazing law makers!!!

Lara's case is scheduled to be held before The Belfast High Court in late September, they will try their level best to have it passed by then as if it's laughed out of court in Northern Ireland, it will be a no goer here, surely!

[The Libertarian]

It's hard to put a timeline on this as it is a relatively long and complex bill which has a lot of other stuff in it which in itself is a disgrace. However, it is very unlikely that there will be time to pass it before the boys and girls go on holidays. You are probably looking at it passing all stages by late autumn. Because not all new laws take immediate effect it could be some time in 2017 before we start getting our collars felt. Fitzy may be the Mayo lads choice but not sure that view would be widely shared within the party. She has not covered herself in glory dealing with the crisis in Justice lately either.

The interview with the delicious Batty Chick from montcrief, yesterday -

http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/...crieff_Part_1/

[Dom Dunn]

Lara's case is scheduled to be held before The Belfast High Court in late September, they will try their level best to have it passed by then as if it's laughed out of court in Northern Ireland, it will be a no goer here, surely!

The Batty Chick and the other supporters of this madness would have it passed in emergency session if they could get away with it. But the majority of the Dáil have more important things on their mind e.g. Irish Water and the Budget in October. TBH I don't see any final verdict from the North this year and this will probably end up in London anyway. Seems highly likely this bill will end up on the statute books here next year I'm afraid. Then it will be up to High Court/Supreme Court to decide its fate but that may take years.

[The Libertarian]

The Batty Chick and the other supporters of this madness would have it passed in emergency session if they could get away with it. But the majority of the Dáil have more important things on their mind e.g. Irish Water and the Budget in October. TBH I don't see any final verdict from the North this year and this will probably end up in London anyway. Seems highly likely this bill will end up on the statute books here next year I'm afraid. Then it will be up to High Court/Supreme Court to decide its fate but that may take years.

Indeed it may take the European Court of Human Rights to laugh it out of court!

[Aoife Irish TV]

I met Ivana Bacik a year or so ago to talk about a different piece of legislation, she was incredibly condescending. Every time I raised a problem with that bill, instead of listening to my objections, she ignored them, told me why the bill couldn't be changed and that the bill was great and the government was doing a fantastic job. Same crap she's doing with this one. Typically conceited Labour party hack.

[alcatel]

I met Ivana Bacik a year or so ago to talk about a different piece of legislation, she was incredibly condescending. Every time I raised a problem with that bill, instead of listening to my objections, she ignored them, told me why the bill couldn't be changed and that the bill was great and the government was doing a fantastic job. Same crap she's doing with this one. Typically conceited Labour party hack.

Yeah, also heard on radio recently talking about client criminalisation in the Sexual Offences bill and that was pretty much her attitude and with a pat answer for everything.
And very much a mouthpiece for the Labour Party, no matter what.

[The Libertarian]

Yeah, also heard on radio recently talking about client criminalisation in the Sexual Offences bill and that was pretty much her attitude and with a pat answer for everything.
And very much a mouthpiece for the Labour Party, no matter what.

She has been rejected on several occasions when seeking a Dáil seat!
And her party, The Fake Socialists, got an insight into what people thought of them, when they lost a greater percentage of their seats in the last GE on their previous GE total than FF lost in 2011 based on their 2007 GE total! An astonishing achievement, but that will not bother their grandees, who rode out of Dodge on huge pensions are hocus pocus found themselves back in The Seanad!