Rónán Mullen (Independent)

I will come back to child protection again because I think most people would agree that freedom of expression really has to take second place there. I just worry, and I am wondering whether the coimisiún is making it too easy for porn companies by not existing on strict age verification. At the end of the day, if I want to open a bank account, the bank will have to know for sure that I am over 18 and it will not be the case that it is going to ensure that normally people aged under 18 will not be able to open a bank account, or if I am required to use a credit card in order to get access to a particular service, it can be taken that I am 18 or more. People will be wondering why we cannot have insistence on the same level of difficulty. If some people are worried about their privacy because of requirements the coimisiún imposes on porn companies, why should we worry too much about that? We are not talking about some socially beneficial service here.