Ms Ann Piggott:

I like the idea of the online safety commissioner but, if I could leave the committee with anything, it is the idea that this must be open and that there must be discussions. That is what it boils down to. Pupils who are bullied, who clam up and do not tell anyone and who feel very bad, need to know it is okay to tell someone, that somebody will do something or listen and that they will not be ridiculed. Their friends also need to tell. Sometimes friends or other people who see things do not tell simply because they are afraid they do not have enough evidence, that they will be bullied next or they will be considered tell-tales. That all needs to be done.

I agree with regard to the students' voice through the student council. I was at the Irish Second-Level Students' Union, ISSU, online event for a few hours last Sunday week. I heard that it is trying to get direct links to every student council. There is a member of management in charge of every student council. Perhaps there is potential for the setting-up of committees either nationally or locally in every school. There is a parent who has suffered in every town. They will probably make themselves available to go into schools and talk to students.