Ms Clare Daly:

On the Senator's initial point regarding the gift he received when he was five, a recent Cybersafe Kids survey carried out with Amárach Research found that one in four six-year-olds has a mobile phone. That is an age similar to that of the Senator when he received the gifts to which he referred. He asked whether this is a new technology. The answer is, "Yes", there is no other kind of business that has such a direct contact with children, often without our consent. That is novel and a new thing. That is where regulation needs to step in.