Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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That is correct. That is exactly what I was going to say. They can say whatever age they want. The question you get is whether you are over 18. Whether you are or are not, you just tick it off. That is the problem.

I will not hold things up with another question, but we have to come back to this issue. It is getting out of hand. Something has to be done. Remember what I am saying; after the next general election, which is not too far away, this will be on the agenda. It will be on the agenda because people will see what will happen in that election. These people are getting more sophisticated and more organised. They are able to get on the Internet and have six or seven accounts, with no name on them. As was said, even having names on the accounts does not seem to bother them because they feel they can say what they like to anybody and put up whatever information they want. This issue will be the most serious issue. It is already the most serious issue facing the world, not alone Ireland. The kind of stuff that is going up online and the misinformation is why we have such discontent in the world. I thank the witnesses for their work.