Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Whatever offences arise in connection with the Internet, I have double-checked that it is the case there is no offence under our criminal law at the moment for soliciting or importuning a minor for sexual purposes. What the Tánaiste has referred to is the draft scheme of a Bill. No Bill has yet been published. Given that there is no protection under criminal law for what is normally known as soliciting or importuning for the purposes I have described, will the Tánaiste indicate whether in the lifetime of this Dáil such a Bill will be published and enacted by the House?

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