Ms Cliona Curley:

Collaboration is key. We can make sweeping statements that the Government and technology companies must do more, but unless we collaborate and get together the people who are talking to children, the people who are running the technology companies and the people who are trying to lead in the Government, it will be very difficult to come up with practical solutions that will work.

Dr. Brennan mentioned including a child's voice in all of this. That is critical. As an Internet safety charity, we know what our key messages are to children and parents, but if we were not talking to children all the time, we would not understand why their behaviour is not changing on hearing these key messages at the level they are currently getting them. For example, one of the messages we give to children is that they should not share their passwords. They will nod and say they will not share them. However, when they are asked how many of them have shared a password, many will put up their hands. Unless we them ask why, we will not understand why they will share their password. It will be for something such as all of them being on Snapchat. There is a feature in Snapchat where a person can be on a Snapstreak and the children are regularly into this. If I snap Deputy Rabbitte every day, we can keep a Snapstreak going, and the higher it gets, the more kudos I get. Children love this and they are all over it. As a result, if they are going on holidays or their device is not available to them, they will share a password. Unless we all have that understanding, it is very hard to ensure that the key messages get across to them.