Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 102:

In page 80, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(2) The Media Commission shall produce a directive outlining appropriate minimum age requirements for children to create online accounts within 12 months of its establishment.”.

This is a straightforward amendment designed to prevent children from having access to material that is clearly not appropriate for them. It is a function of the media commission to regulate the appropriate minimum age. When the Children's Rights Alliance representatives appeared before the committee, they told us that most people are of the opinion that the Government is not doing enough to protect children online or on the importance of this. We tabled the amendment in the hope that the Minister would accept it.