Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Only about 60% of the people who presented at these units actually reported these crimes to the Garda. That figure actually fell last year. There is no evidence that there is an increase in the number of people who are reporting these crimes as a proportion of the number of crimes happening. Ireland is becoming a more violent country in terms of sexual crime, significantly over the last ten years. In 2011, there were 1,958 sexual offences recorded. In 2021, the figure increased by 75% to 3,433 sexual offences.

In 2011, there were 447 rapes recorded. In 2021, it had doubled to 983. It is getting far worse. A number of factors are contributing to this. I suggest that one of those is the massive level of consumption of hardcore pornography by young children in this country. The Government has done nothing to stop that.

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