Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the digital age of consent, I do not think the full picture has been given in terms of the public consultation. There was a consultation in 2016, and while a number of organisations submitted for a digital age of consent of 13, they were not the majority of submissions. There were other submissions arguing for 16, as has been mentioned, by Professors Aiken and O'Sullivan along with others. Since that public consultation, we do know that other organisations have contacted the Department. I raised a question last night in the Dáil as to why these have not been put on the record. We know the paediatricians' section of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has advocated for 16, as have some other organisations. The teachers' unions, as I understand-----

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