Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the witnesses' contributions. The term "parallel society" is an accurate description of this. The difficulty is that this parallel society is a real society. It is real for the people who are in it, and it has a real impact.

A failing since the Internet gained widespread popularity is that society and governments have considered that the problem is happening at some remove and should be left alone. That is not the case. It is in people's lives and we are far behind where we ought to be on this issue. We need to move fast if we are to make a difference. I appreciate the witnesses' comments.