Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister again for his reply. He is right: we are doing a lot here. We have very robust legislation such that offences committed outside of this jurisdiction - sadly, they are being committed outside of this jurisdiction - can be prosecuted here. As the Minister knows, however, that is not the case right across the member states of the European Union. I ask the Minister not only to support the awareness and resources being provided here in Ireland but at European Union level to impress on his colleagues right across Europe that this practice not only needs to be outlawed in all the other 27 European Union member states but also can be prosecuted if a young girl is taken from a member state of the European Union and the practice is performed elsewhere. It is important we have a zero-tolerance approach right across Europe not only to this practice but to anyone resident within the European Union who facilitates its carrying out on any young girl anywhere across the globe.

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