Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality
Safety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Noah O'Shea:
To add to that, it is now very common to have YouTube access on televisions. In that case, it is not the child's login because it is permanently logged in to the adult account on the TV. Young children are well able to access a TV. They come in, their parents might be making the dinner and they can put on any video. There are obviously age restrictions with "18" but there is still content for between five and 18 that is not suitable for a five-year-old if they are watching content for 16-year-olds that they would have access to.
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