Ms Alex Cooney:

I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for his question. I would completely agree that we need much stronger education measures in place because one of the big challenges is how we can make better decisions online. Many parents are allowing children to access online services well below the minimum age of consent and we need to do much more education there to equip parents to make good decisions in the online space and to recognise the responsibility that comes with a child being online. We welcome the brief mention of responsibility for public awareness campaigns that is in this Bill and we would like to see that expanded on and taken seriously because this is a great opportunity to do education. The Deputy is not alone in feeling he needs information. That is a common feeling at present.