Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about the digital age of consent, but there is a wider conversation the committee needs to have on the impact of screen time and the impact of Internet devices on the socialisation and sexualisation of children. When we look at our work programme again, we might look at addressing those issues. I can see the impact on adults. In our jobs, we are required to carry a phone day and night. I find that if I leave my phone behind when I go out for an evening, I feel like I am missing something. There is an anxiety there, albeit a slight one. I am aware of the impact of technology on me and its negative aspects but I am an adult.