Ms Finola Flanagan:

In the context of domestic violence, we are examining the question of harassment under section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act for the Department of Justice and Equality. One of the things we will examine is whether cyber harassment might be comprehended in that section. There have been calls for explicit legislation in this area. so we will examine that. It is not quite cybercrime, but it is cybercrime affecting personal safety, privacy and reputation. We think that is a sufficiently discrete area on which we can produce something and, one hopes, in a reasonable time.