前に調べたときアイルランドは特に厳しいと思った記憶がありますた。下品な表現は憲法で禁止されてるらしいです。
1998年法は日本で児ポ法ができる前のものだから、昔からヨーロッパでも先端を逝っている国だったんですね。
犯罪を唱道するような表現は規制されても仕方ないと言う意見もあるでしょうが、そういう規制を導入するのは危険だと思う。
The Irish Constitution, Art. 40(6)(1)(i) decrees that 'the publication or utterance of indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law.'
The principle act dealing with the welfare of children is the Child Care Act, 1991 which defines a child as a person under the age of eighteen (18) years other than a person who is or who has been married (s.2(1)).
The Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998 is dealing specifically with the matter of child pornography. It gives in the Section 2 ss(1) a definition of child pornography:
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/csaIreland.asp (c) any visual or audio representation that advocates, encourages or counsels any sexual activity with children which is an offence under any enactment, or
(d) any visual representation or description of, or information relating to, a child that indicates or implies that the child is available to be used for the purpose of sexual exploitation within the meaning of section 3,