Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children

3:00 pm

Dr. Niall Muldoon:

One of the things that stood out for me when we were here with the young people talking to the committee was that one of our youth advisers, who is 16 years of age, was concerned about a younger sibling's access to the Internet. Parents had done everything they possibly could. They had put every single parental safeguard available on the phone but as soon as the child just asked Siri, they could bypass all of the safeguards and get any inappropriate material they wanted. Children are very much aware of the dangers of it.