Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the acceptance of amendment No. 5. It is the amendment I recommended from the group. I am concerned that some of the other amendments might add a complication, particularly to the issue of consent. It should not be a matter of being able to contest it by way of a new definition as opposed to the normal understanding of consent. The acceptance of Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's amendment captures the concern of everybody who has spoken about what purports to be an image of somebody, in other words, an altered image or a superimposed image. On Committee Stage, the Minister gave us an undertaking to look at it again, although she was convinced the Bill as drafted already covered that eventuality. It is abundantly clear now that the amended section will cover it and I thank the Minister of State.

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