Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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That is a fair concern but the definition of "investigative purpose" in the Bill, which also appears on page 18, reads as follows:

“investigative purpose” means investigating an animal fight or performance and includes a criminal investigation or the taking of any photograph, video or filming for inclusion in a television programme service (within the meaning of section 2 of the Broadcasting Act 2009).

The Deputy's concern is valid because we do not want people who make recordings to put them up online and then, if they are caught, to say that they were collecting the information for a future investigation. We have tried to define what "investigative purpose" means in the Bill.