Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses. It has been a useful engagement. Obviously, I am appearing last and many questions have been asked but I would like to explore the situation with the community standards on the services providers. We should be able to get to those where they are published. They should be published and we should be able to challenge. We have heard the witnesses. A designated online safety commission must be named. Also, the notice and take down provision must be provided. I would like to explore the mechanism further.

How do the witnesses think it will work? Would a child need parental consent to make a report? How are anonymous complaints made?

I saw the disturbing figures from the ISPCC. This pandemic highlighted the situation regarding abuse, grooming and bullying and we see that coming out more. I do not think half of that would have come out only for the pandemic. It is the underbelly of the whole situation. Is there a breakdown of those data on bullying, abuse and grooming? That would instigate an online safety officer to be named.