Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I accept that the Minister has gone a long way in terms of providing a very comprehensive definition of consent. However, I do not believe she has addressed the issues I raised, namely, that the question of force implies physical force but there are other ways a person can be put under duress by threats of causing harm in other ways. I listed three possible ways and there are umpteen others. It would be sensible if there was a change in the actual wording in terms of accepting the term "harm" instead of "force". I would very much welcome the Minister's comments in that regard because it will be a missed opportunity if she does not do it at this stage.

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