Ms Niamh Sweeney:

The Deputy's question implies that we would be able to filter out certain data collections for underage users. We would never do that because if we became aware of an underage user, he or she would lose access to his or her account. It is as simple as that. As to whether there is a way for us to be sure that someone is not underage without receiving a report or coming across his or her account in another way, it cannot be done without there being much more intensive data collection from every single user. We cannot isolate a child from an adult without knowing what everyone's age is. That is probably a conversation for a different day when other organisations are before the committee. Many people have different views on this.