Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I compliment the officials as well. It should be pointed out that there was much co-operation from the start from all sides. It is probably how legislation should be done. No one gets everything they want. As Deputy Clare Daly has pointed out, section 47 is big disappointment for us. We also feel the digital age of consent changing from 13 to 16 will be seriously regretted sooner rather than later.

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