Mr. John O'Driscoll:

Taking the last matter the Deputy mentioned, that is, minors who are perpetrators of crime, the Garda national protective services bureau, GNPSB, works closely with the Department of Education. That Department has educational campaigns in place on trying to keep people safe online. These are delivered within schools to the various age groups. Influencing parents is an important part of the process and we work closely with the Department in that regard and have been jointly involved in initiatives that attempt to keep people safe and to improve behaviours online. That is essential and will continue. We have divisional protective services units throughout the country now. Our Garda national crime prevention office is also engaged in the distribution of material dealing with personal safety online, particularly targeted at parents and referring to cyberbullying. I am looking at one document that talks specifically about cyberbullying and gives key advice for parents, such as blocking senders, not replying and reporting problems. All these issues are dealt with in information bulletins issued by the Garda Crime Prevention National Centre of Excellence which is next door to me in Harcourt Square. Minors are particularly vulnerable in this area. Additional policing methods of protecting young people when young people were on the streets was easier than protecting them online but we all must adapt to this online world and try to police as best we can.

The Deputy will have to remind me of the first issue he mentioned.