Paula Butterly (Louth, Fine Gael)

I acknowledge everything Mr. Kenny said. I note he referenced child apps and child information but it appears to me, through nieces, nephews, their friends, my own son and so on, there is accessibility to what are not necessarily child apps or content, and how they are nudged maybe to a certain element of content. I remember when my child was very young, he watched some cartoons. He loved "Teen Titans". I was working away and I put the cartoon "Teen Titans" on the iPad using YouTube Kids at the time. He was watching away and, as you do when one episode finishes, he clicked on the next one. The next episode was wholly inappropriate. He was beside me. It was only because my attention was drawn to it. That should never have been accessible to him. He was about eight or nine at the time. I get the distinct feeling that it has got worse. Platforms are finding ways to get around the system to feed that content in. I just do not think they are overly concerned with what the age of their audience is. That is a real concern.