Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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It is a very serious realisation. Parents give a mobile phone as a present at Christmas time and at the time of a child's First Holy Communion or confirmation. One often hears about peaks in the sale of mobile phones at such times. Another factor is parents do not physically buy a new mobile phone for their child but avail of their mobile phone upgrade package as a way to give him or her a gift.