Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will take the opportunity to do so. I have been listening to the discussion for the past two hours and have found it riveting. To pick up on the last point made by Mr. Irwin, I think Mr. White slightly misunderstood my earlier point with regard to patronage. I know from personal experience that children from different faith backgrounds are more than welcome in all primary schools but I worry that in 90% of primary schools such children do not see themselves reflected at the top of the classroom as a result of the patronage model. I was struck in a humorous way by some of the earlier advice for parents. I once told a parent during a parent-teacher meeting that I was far better at dispensing parenting advice before I had children. That goes a little bit to what the Chairman was talking about. I am holding back Fortnite in my house but that will not last much longer.

I have a wider question regarding the influence of social media other than in the cyber-bullying space but going to the issue of young adult mental health and the unrealistic expectations created through social media. Ms O'Connor referred to mental health services in the south east. It is worth noting there are no eating disorder beds anywhere in the south east either. Do those two things feed off each another? Do bullying and cyber-bullying also feed into that level of unrealistic expectation that our young people are being fed through social media?