Last week, my city of Cork was struck by a deep tragedy with the loss of a young man, Luke Hyde, who got into difficulty swimming in the River Lee. What makes the loss more horrifying to his friends and family is the fact that many people stood by filming and then shared footage on social media. While Coco’s Law rightly criminalises the sharing of intimate images without consent there is currently no legal protection to prevent the sharing of videos of someone in their final moments. It is time we introduced a Luke’s Law, a compassionate law with common sense. Will the Minister and the Government commit to delivering legislation that will cover this during the lifetime of this Dáil?

I spoke on this earlier in response to Deputy Lowry. I offer my condolences to the family of Luke Hyde. What happened in the aftermath of this was shocking. That there were people who were more interested in recording the incident than helping is absolutely shocking. I mentioned earlier that the view of the Department of Justice is that this may be captured by an existing provision. I will ask the Minister for Justice to respond to the Deputy’s points. I know how upset the family is and indeed anyone else recorded in a similar incident. I would raise the role of Coimisiún na Meán in the context of the oversight of particular social media companies too. I will ask both Ministers to respond to the Deputy’s concerns.