Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I pay tribute to my constituency colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for data protection, Deputy Breen. It is appropriate that a Minister of State is dealing specifically with this new, innovative and demanding area. I acknowledge the Minister of State's role and the role of the officials. It is important to acknowledge the role of Parliament as well. Some aspects of this legislation, such as the debate on the digital age of consent, have been quite controversial. As I said earlier, I have reviewed the matter and I think the digital age of consent should have been left as it was, but others did not agree with that.