Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Tom NevilleTom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in today. The representative of CyberSafeIreland suggested a task force for online safety should be established. Would that be separate from the proposed digital commissioner and, if so, who would be best placed to be a member of a task force?

The CSO age bracket for monitoring Internet usage is from 16 to 29 years of age whereas the EUROSTAT, statistical office of the EU, age bracket for Internet usage where children are concerned is 15 years or under. Do the witnesses feel there are sufficient data on the topic discussed today with regard to children and young people given the discrepancy in age brackets?