Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, I will finish asking my questions. Another question I have concerns age verification. What are we suggesting? Are we suggesting the child would scan a copy of his or her birth certificate? Obviously, children at that age do not have ID. They may have birth certificates or perhaps school ID cards, but that is the extent of it. How do we go about this verification process in a practical way?

My final question concerns the sexualisation of children at a very young age. We see young girls under the age of ten in particular sending images of themselves that look quite provocative, for want of a better word. Then there are young boys and young men viewing images that are not age-appropriate, which has an impact on how they view women. I would be interested to hear how we might tackle this. I do not think we have seen its long-term impacts yet.