Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

A minute ago, Ms Cummiskey said Facebook does not allow children under 13 on its network, but one of the many interesting things revealed in the "Dispatches" programme is that it does. Their presence is not encouraged or wanted but it does happen. In a sense, it is allowed. Going back to the fundamental reappraisal of the business model, has Facebook looked at ways in which it could be certain that no one who is less than 13 years old has a profile or page on the platform? It does happen. The programme clearly showed that in effect it is allowed, even if it is not desired.