Rape Survivor to Give her Views to Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Legislation Around Disclosure of Ciunselling Records in Sexual Assault Trials - 29/09/2025

The Irishwoman who alleged she was raped by the suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is assisting the pre-legislative hearing on legislation around the disclosure of counselling records in sexual assault trials.Hazel Behan is one of a panel of 14 people who will take part in a private session of the Oireachtas committee on justice, home affairs and migration on Tuesday for pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025.The bill was approved by the Cabinet in May and includes measures aimed at ensuring that counselling records are only released where the court decides that they contain material relevant to legal proceedings. Hazel joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.