Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The answer to Deputy English's question is that all the relevant Acts — including the 1993, 1998 and 2001 Acts, the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act and Part 12 of the Children Act — are still law and are not affected by the striking down of section 1(1). This relates even to other dangers in the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935.

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