Time to toughen up legislation

With the spate of paedophile abuse cases in recent years, the need for more stringent measures to protect children should be apparent to all.

Dan Neville, the Fine Gael spokesperson on Health and Children, has highlighted the lack of vetting procedures for adults working in the community with children on a voluntary basis. The lack of such vetting procedures poses as real risk, because it affords an opening for people with paedophile tendencies to get close to children.

For too long our society virtually ignored the dangers of paedophilia.