Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Senator is right. I will intervene in the conversation at this point given that Mr. Power has raised this. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties yesterday called for amendments to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 specifically relating to what he mentioned, which is very timely this week. When Mr. Power referred to images being shared, it sparked the memory of Dara Quigley, a lady who sadly took her own life - I believe it was last year - after images of her got into the public domain. It highlights a very unfortunate inertia in the Department of Justice and Equality in such an important space. The Department is responsible for this and it is not as if it is a bolt from the blue. People have been talking about it for years and it has been debated in the Houses on several occasions, yet nothing is being done. I want to put that forward because it would be inappropriate not to mention it.