Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Boyle for sharing time.

It is because every year there is a campaign by Women's Aid, 16 Days, highlighting the issue of domestic abuse - obviously, sexual violence is part of that - that I was anxious that we would have a debate today on this area of sex offending. I want to make a couple of comments.

We have been focusing on sex offenders and the fact that often they do not accept they have an issue and there is an argument that there is nothing to cure them, but I want to take it from the other perspective, that of the person who has suffered sexual crime. In my area, where there is no concept of a border, where the Dohertys and McLoughlins are on both sides of the Border, it is imperative that we continue to develop cross-Border co-operation. I totally agree with Senator O'Toole on having a shared register. I would like an all-island register, but whatever maximises the sharing of information, so that persons who are-----