Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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I can give an example of a particular crime that might be committed. Take an individual, specifically a child, who requires particular medical or social care so Tusla would be involved in this instance.
In Mr. Daly's experience, even since January 2017, has there ever been a scenario where a member of his division was not available to a garda attempting to support a child who has been the victim of online sexual exploitation or otherwise elsewhere in the country, primarily because the call-out happened in the middle of the night or something like that? In respect of his division's interaction with Tusla, has there been a scenario where it has been in contact with Tusla but has been unable to get the resource necessary to support a child or family who has been subjected to online abuse in a timely manner?