Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I agree with Deputy Shanahan fully and I join with him in praising her courage. I thank Ms Bláthnaid Raleigh for speaking out yesterday after enduring the most horrific and unimaginable assault. There are no words to capture what she went through. Her words when she spoke out yesterday, including about the need for men to speak out and the lack of men speaking out on this, are words that should ring right throughout this House and throughout Irish society today. I know we all agree on that.

I fully agree with the Deputy on the issue of counselling notes and the like. I was trying to find the details in my own notes, but I understand that the Minister intends to outlaw it. I will get the Deputy a more detailed note on the matter.

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