Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is it. Burglary can be a crime and many transgressions in civil law are crimes also. The matter under discussion here, however, is in a whole different universe of acting against somebody. They are torture scenes and we need to keep that in mind as we discuss how to respond to the problem.

Senator Brennan mentioned the issue of incomprehension. I find myself in exactly the same place as him. Senator Quinn also talked of the difficulty in comprehending either the motivation behind this evil or the damage it can cause to people.