I am looking for the Minister's support for a Bill that is currently working through Third Stage. The Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill is aimed at addressing the worrying trend of persons videoing the scenes of accidents and sharing them online. As recently as 3 May, a young man in Cork drowned. Following this, his family had to appear on national media to ask for witnesses not to share footage of the incident. Last week, I walked down the main street of Gorey, County Wexford, to my office and witnessed a very distressing accident. I must compliment the emergency services in Gorey for their quick response. I single out Dr. John, Dr. Kilian and Nurse Middleton, but I was stunned and horrified to see people driving by that accident and videoing the victim on the ground. This was totally disrespectful to the person affected. Recording such incidents is repulsive and those involved in taking images of tragic, sometimes fatal, scenes must be challenged and should be prosecuted.

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The terrible behaviour he has referred to is inappropriate, given that somebody could be suffering, distressed or vulnerable. It is equally repugnant to those who love that person and who might find out about it on their phones in an unprompted and unplanned way with no support. For those two reasons, and there are many others, the behaviour the Deputy has referred to is terrible. I compliment and acknowledge Deputy Duncan Smith. My understanding is - I am sure he will correct me if I am wrong - that he has introduced some legislation in this area.

It is on Committee Stage.

Okay. While the Government indicated that, in recognition of this issue, we did not oppose the legislation, we indicated our significant concern that we believed it would be difficult to legislate for the behaviour the Deputy has referred to and the harm it could cause. I know we need to debate this issue and consider it more carefully. I cannot imagine how any of us would feel if we were in a moment of distress, pain or vulnerability and we had somebody standing over us recording and it being broadcast in a way that others could see. This is serious. This behaviour should not be happening. The Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, and the wider Government are not yet certain that it is something that can be dealt with through legislation, but we will seriously consider it.