Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her reply. I believe there are proposals at EU and Council of Europe level to look at this issue. I hope that Ireland will be at the vanguard and lead any change in that regard. I appreciate that the change cannot be made today, but I hope the Minister will accept the need for that change. It is an issue I feel strongly about and that has the support, as I said, of Europol and Interpol.An Irish garda working for Europol made a presentation to us here a few years ago and he was able to show us the types of material - he did not show us images - the nature of the material and the depravity involved. He talked of pictures of babies who still had umbilical cords on them. There is no age too young for these horrendous and heinous images and it needs to be ensured our legislation reflects that. I will not press the amendments.