John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This issue was raised yesterday in the audiovisual room of Leinster House, where the mother of a young girl who took her own life gave a very powerful and telling presentation on what her daughter endured as a result of physical bullying and cyberbullying. She spoke of the impact of her daughter's suicide on herself and on her 14 year old son who found his sister hanging from a dog lead in the hallway of their house. She called for a review of and an amendment to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, as referred to by Deputy Andrias Moynihan. The bullying had been known about for a long time and gardaí had been involved but they felt powerless to act. I was really taken by that lady's presentation yesterday and I ask the Minister to consider meeting her. That would add a sense of urgency to where we go with this issue.

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