Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

At the beginning, I made a point on data. I do not need another response on this and Deputy Ó Ríordáin and Senator Dolan have followed up on it. It does not seem that the data being gathered is adequately dynamic and gives a full picture. Problems probably have to reach a very high threshold before they end up in a whole-school evaluation. I suppose surveys show a particular period and do not necessarily capture the full picture. I do not need a response because Ms Tansey has answered as comprehensively as possible. However, it needs to be improved. Monitoring the implementation of anti-bullying policies is important but this is different from gathering data on incidence of bullying.

Social media is a huge element. Earlier, Mr. Joyce spoke about the online safety Bill, which is very important and will play a key role. I wrote legislation on this issue some time ago. The ASTI made a proposal on a link with the key social media bodies, whereby schools would have a key point person to help them to work through particular problems that arise, particularly complex problems relating to these platforms. Is this something the Department has explored or on which it has contacted the key platforms?