Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is included in the Bill.

There is a proposal in this amendment that the defendant and the person against whom the offence was committed are known to each other. That in itself narrows what I am proposing, in the sense that there is a requirement one knows somebody. What we are proposing here is that there are two separate offences, namely, that a person puts out an intimate image of somebody without his or her consent with the intent to cause harm and then without intent to cause harm. What is being proposed here is that it would have to be proved that one knew the person. We are proposing that it is a criminal offence in itself regardless of whether one intended to cause harm or whether one knew the person. The amendment would mean it would have to be proved that somebody knew the person, even if an offence has been committed.

We are dealing with the issue of a relationship as an aggravating factor in the Bill.