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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: My next questions require short answers. Do the witnesses believe there is a cut-off point with regard to children and young adults? Smartphones have been spoken about quite a bit recently, and people are saying children under the age of 12 or 16 should not have access to a smartphone. What is the view of the witnesses on this? Ms Muireann Whelan wants to answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Ms Whelan is stating parental responsibility is key to all of this and there is an onus on parents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The relationships and sexuality education, RSE, module has been mentioned. We have had some engagement with the Department of Education and Skills and with parents about the role of teachers. What I am picking up from the witnesses is that it depends on what school someone goes to. Some teachers are very confident with technology and some are not. Should we start rolling out programmes at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 55. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the bed capacity at Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6086/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the implementation of a bursary initiative to attract graduates into initial teacher education in key subject areas such as STEM and languages will be considered. [6763/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Cabinet has requested advice from the chief scientific adviser since her appointment. [6999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the national health innovation hub is still in operation. [6707/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for a person (details supplied) and children under 16 years of age in County Cork for specialised wheelchair allocation; his plans to alleviate the waiting period for children at a crucial stage of development; the reason adult patients are on the same waiting list in County Cork; the reason the county is the only area in which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: This evidence is mind-blowing. There is so much that is in what the witnesses have said that I am finding it hard to internalise it in live stream, so to speak. It is devastatingly pertinent and, thankfully, there is a language relating to it that is coherent. I thank the witnesses for that because this is what we, as legislators, really need to hear. We are getting down to the nub of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Indeed. That is where I need clarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I have researched this matter and discovered that under the law of contract in Irish common law which has not been updated or consolidated recently, a minor does not have full capacity to contract. I shall quote the antiquated language used in the law of contract in Irish common law. It states:Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a minor he must pay a reasonable price for them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: In other words, a digital age of consent of 13 years would put us offside in our own common law system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the delegation for their excellent information. Did I hear them correctly when they said - I shall paraphrase - that when a parent signs a contract to buy a phone and gives it to his or her 13-year-old, 14-year-old, 15-year-old or 16-year old and images of an adult nature are shared between boys and girls, girls and boys, etc. it constitutes-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: What does that constitute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Is the future dystopian or is it hopeful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: On UK legislation and the point in the witnesses' submission, the UK amendment refers to high privacy settings being switched on by default. I need an explanation as to how that would work in practical terms. Ireland is one of the most innovative countries in the world and nine out of the top ten "born on the Internet" companies are here. Their EMEA, European, Middle East and Asian,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: That is a fair point but it is a consideration I put to the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a penetration rate of 100% to be achieved under the national broadband plan. [7342/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress which has been made by the mobile broadband task force implementation group on the 40 recommendations identified in the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/18]