Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the GAA and Croke Park on the wonderfully emotive and moving ceremony held over the weekend to commemorate those who died on Bloody Sunday. It was also very moving to see Tipperary winning its provincial title match, for the first time since 1935, and Cavan winning its match as well.All in all it was a great weekend for sport. It raises the hairs on the back of one's neck to think that the four counties that were in the 1920 semi-finals are in this year's semi-finals. I wish the very best of luck to Tipperary, Cavan, Dublin and Mayo. I must also congratulate Kildare for winning the Christy Ring Cup at the weekend.

On a more serious note, I wish to raise the shocking revelation in recent days that thousands of intimate images of young women flooded the Internet. Revenge porn involves people sharing intimate photographs of former partners which has an awful psychological impact on the victims. The Law Reform Commission, LRC, has conducted research linking revenge porn to serious psychological harm to those involved. It points to the devastating impact on people's lives and livelihoods as well as on trust between two people. In recent days images were posted on a platform and that platform chose to share some of the photographs. It must be a criminal offence to share an intimate photograph of another person and to upload same. I acknowledge that the Labour Party has done a lot of work on this issue. Along with criminalising both actions, it is also very important to educate young people about dignity and respect to ensure that this does not happen.

The second issue I wish to raise relates to the Irish horticultural industry, which employs 6,000 people directly and 11,000 indirectly. Current legislation has prohibited all peatland harvesting since 16 June 2020. If this is not addressed, supplies of peat will run out in July 2021. I call for a debate on this matte with the Ministers concerned.