Ms Anna Ní Nualláin:

In regard to consent, we all know that sex education in Ireland has never been the best and still is not good. That was shown very clearly when the MiseFosta campaign started. I was recording a podcast in Irish and before doing anything like that I always make sure I have all the vocabulary I will need for the session. When I came to the word "consent", I realised I did not know the word for "consent" in Irish. I had my entire education through Irish, but I did not know the word. This shows that the kind of sex education I had was completely non-existent. Our definition of what consent means to us in MiseFosta, specifically within the traditional scene - we did exactly this in an education post on our Instagram page - is that it is an enthusiastic yes, it is continued so it can be retracted at any time, it is verbal and non-verbal so it can include body language, and it is voluntary. As I said earlier, within the traditional music scene there are many unregulated social situations and a great deal of alcohol is involved, so things can get very complicated. That is where those four points come in.