Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-11-05
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Eileen Flynn (IND), Administrative Panel

Sometimes I look at the Seanad as if we are guinea pigs. While the Government will now bring this legislation into the Dáil, taking the work we have done in our offices with the Civil Engagement Group, every other Member of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil here is now on record as having voted against changing the term "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse". It is really important that I say that out loud. I have great friends and colleagues in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. In a few weeks the Minister will take our legislation and make it his own, which again is absolutely brilliant and important. However, for me as a woman who has worked really hard on this over the last three and a half years, I would have loved it to have gone through in our names as four women in the Civil Engagement Group.
Amendment No. 2 is a technical change. We are aware that the Minister of State will not support it and we will call a vote on it. We will again see Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Members voting against what we are trying to do.

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Sitting date: 2025-11-05