Dr. Niall Muldoon:

With regard to the concept of how pieces are written, as a psychologist, I understand what Deputy Neville is saying.

There is a new generation who only see the words and do not understand the subtleties of context, tone and the fact that a word may have two meanings. The things that we thought ten years ago were very funny as sarcastic comments, for example, are much more important and words are very much seen as meaning what they mean. The subtleties and grey areas that were mentioned are being lost for a new generation. Every generation faces a challenge. This is probably our challenge and it has to come from us, as adults. There is a new generation of parents who will understand that and will create a new style for parenting their children in a digital world. New parents are aged between 25 and 30 years and, therefore, are digital citizens. They will have grown up in a digital world and will need to teach their children the subtleties and protective manoeuvres or skills. We will not be totally alone doing this.

In the context of a digital safety commissioner, as my colleague, Dr. McAuley stated, it has to be part of a whole product. It has to be part of education, justice and communications or the whole realm. We have to decide, as a society, are we willing to create a new chapter for these young people and what inputs will make them safe.

Can we bring the multinationals to bear on this issue? I have no doubt that we can. We will also have to a European wide thing as well. Our colleagues in Europe are doing so. In Brussels, they are looking at this as well. I mean the data protection commissioner and all of those sorts of people. The members will know the breadth of people that are involved. If we have a template and can create a conversation, as the members have started here today, over the next 12 to 18 months one can create a consensus that, in turn, can create opportunities for us to change things.