Ms Cliodhna O'Neill:

I can respond to the questions quickly. Our overarching recommendation to the committee is that we need a national cybersafety strategy for children. Many members of this committee were able to attend our conference before Christmas where this strategy was outlined by experts, including academics, gardaí and young people. That was the clear outcome from all the consultation work we have been doing. There is work to be done here by various Departments and it needs to be brought together in a coherent fashion by actions and measurements.

Ireland has a cybersafety strategy which is registered with the relevant European Commission agency, but it does not mention children because it is about fraud and keeping business online. Therefore this aspect of it has not been considered across Departments, although it is urgent to do so. That is our key message.