The Bill, which is certified to be a money Bill in accordance with Article 22.2.1° of the Constitution, will be sent to the Seanad.

I thank the Deputies for their co-operation. That was speedy.

The Bill has now passed and will be reported to Seanad Éireann.

Amendments Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 2 is a logical alternative to Uimh. 1. Amendment No. 3 is consequent on amendment No. 1 or amendment No. 2. Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are physical amendments to amendment No. 3.

I too want to thank Deputy Howlin, one of the longest serving and widely experienced Members, for the effort he has put in to progress this legislation. I also thank the Minister for Justice and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne. This came to light in a big way. It was under the surface obviously for a long time. This undercurrent has been out there for a long time. That happens with the evolution of technology. Technology is a wonderful thing. The education system, all of us as parents, Members and laypeo…

I too support this amendment. As Deputy Pringle, it is very disturbing and distressing for people to be beset by or have harmful or menacing messages sent to them, or to be harassed all the time in terms of one-way traffic. Legislation needs to deal with this. As Deputy Pringle said, perhaps we are rushing this Bill. We all wanted it and spoke here a month ago when the crisis hit. Deputy Howlin has been championing this issue for years. Perhaps we might make haste slowly and get it right because we are rushing it. …

I support this amendment. We are trying to deal with a serious issue. As Deputy Pringle has alluded to, the relevant images might be years old and, for some reason, they may appear ten years later. One might not know for a number of years that such an image is circulating and one might find out by accident, or whatever way it happens. I am confused as to why we need a sunset clause. The two-year limit seems a small window. The images may be hidden or stored away somewhere and then dusted down and used as intimidati…

I can see where the Minister of State is coming from. What is deemed to be a relatively minor offence cannot be hanging over a person who is innocent until proven guilty forever. However, we are dealing with new technology and the storage of an image. I welcome the Minister of State's clarification that one image can be and should be an issue of criminal proceedings. It could be on the other side of the world, as Deputy Pringle said, and one does not know and finds out three, four or six years later. Will a complai…

I, too, am happy to speak on this issue tonight although I am very critical that we did not have a question and answer session or a debate and had to fight tooth and nail to have this debate, albeit it is just statements with no answers from the Minister. I am glad that the Minister has stayed for this debate. It is the first debate where he and his group have waited to hear our own group. It is very important that all voices are heard. We have not had great success but I compliment everyone and all front-line work…

Many media reports have carried this and the HSE has not come back with a comprehensive answer as to where the 600-----

Congratulations.

He did.

Stick to the motion.

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I am delighted that the Minister of State is here. The Ceann Comhairle might allow me to digress slightly on another issue. Gabhaim buíochas don iar-Sheanadóir, Brian Ó Domhnaill, agus Mairead McGrath agus Valerie Ward in our office and our support team for bringing this comprehensive motion forward. I make no apologies for it. They did that with our input and oversight but we take responsibility for what is in the motion. I will take no lecture from the Labour Party or the Social Democrats about our motion. I than…

I ask the Government to give us back our wonderful St. Brigid's hospital and to give us access to our hospice beds where families got excellent palliative care. We have a lift in the building and we have showers in the building. It is not Dickensian. It is no older than Clonmel hospital and many other district hospitals in the country. The Government should give it back to us. I thank Deputies for speaking to the motion and supporting it. I am disappointed that the Government's amendment is only waffle, as usual. W…

The Taoiseach will have heard the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", but it must be an awful long way for him, because he promised me months ago that he would meet the task force in Tipperary, the Jobs4Tipp and March4Tipp groups and representatives like Councillor Anne Marie Ryan. Could he organise a Zoom meeting to deal with the issue of a ring road for Tipperary town? The motorway is coming at some stage but there are road works in the town which will cause bedlam for two more years. I urge the Taoiseach to mee…

Is Tipperary too far away?

Not this year anyway.