Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

I welcome the awareness campaign but I must put it to the Minister that in the circumstances it is insufficient. What steps will the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform or any other Department take towards ensuring website providers play their part? The Minister does not seem to have any ideas, plans or activities other than a voluntary code for parents and children and an awareness campaign. What about the service providers? How does the Minister propose to regulate them and ensure they do not contribute by reason of the provision of their software to Internet bullying, which has become a real problem for young people, causing angst and trauma in many families? I hope every effort is made to examine what is best international practice.

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