Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I thank Deputy Coppinger for raising this issue. I extend my full solidarity and that of everyone in this House and every right-thinking person to the victim. Far from discouraging the students who gathered in protest, I commend them on what they did. Sharing abusive images of a person is obviously abhorrent but it is also a crime. I am informed there is a Garda investigation into this and I hope the full rigours of the law will be applied. I will also ask the Minister for higher education, Deputy Lawless, to come back on the points the Deputy made about that specific student being supported.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05