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Minister Helen McEntee on her bill around consent laws

2022/7/27
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Cabinet have approved a bill to strengthen laws around consent in rape.

The bill will see laws around consent, knowledge and belief in rape cases strengthened.

It will also see a change to the current system where an accused person can be found not guilty of rape if they believed that they had received consent.

Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice and TD for Meath East and joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show.