Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As the Chairman says, it is very timely for us to be talking about that because we hear so much about the bullying of children and teenagers on social media which, regrettably, has caused many of them to take their own lives, which is tragic. On the other hand, one has the more subtle bullying of politicians on the Internet, including Facebook. Mr. Justice Quirke mentioned incitement to hatred and privacy. A certain group advertised a protest outside my home a few weeks ago. We all get protests outside our constituency offices, which is fine and with which I have no problem. However, for a group of people to come along with megaphones was an infringement of my privacy and that of neighbours. They advertised it on social media and I think that is a step too far. I would imagine it would be very hard to make recommendations for legislation.