Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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Okay, so it depends on the publication of the Bill. Dr. Muldoon mentioned inter-agency difficulties. This is something he has also addressed in the past, and several times while I have been Chair of the committee. He set out some practical examples where Tusla and Garda districts can mirror one another, and I am sure that also happens with the HSE and other institutions. Returning to how the online safety commissioner will operate, I know that since 2012 and the referendum on children's rights, and since the Children First Act was passed and enacted and Tusla was established and so on, the issues of children and youth affairs have exercised themselves in their importance in society. Looking back to problems of the past, is this perhaps a symptom of what is not quite a callous disregard but an element of unwillingness to consider it a priority? Is that still there within Government agencies?