Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Order of Business
10:30 am
Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
He is away now but I wish to refer to some of the remarks Senator Mullen made earlier. I do not care whether people are the most eminent senior counsel, barristers, legal professors or legal practitioners in this State. If people are advocating or pursuing toxic victim-blaming or quazi-endorsement - that might not be the right word but it certainly veers close to it - around a culture of rape or sexual assault that involves blaming the victim, then I think criticism in this House, the other House, on the street, in the media and anywhere else is fully justified and warranted. Certainly, I will not be afraid to do it. I commend and support fully other colleagues from across parties who have taken a stand in calling out the point in these Houses.
I have no wish to get into a ding-dong with Senator O'Sullivan. There may be other opportunities to debate the issue further.
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