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Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...that: - the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022, and the establishment of the online safety and media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, is a key Government strategy in the protection of children online; - Coimisiún na Meán is developing Ireland’s online safety framework, through binding online safety codes in its capacity as Ireland’s Digital...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...experts and set them the task of compiling a report. They have a piece of work that asks them to: develop a shared understanding of the impact of screen usage on the physical and mental health of children and teenagers; assess the effectiveness of existing regulatory measures, particularly parental controls; draft a doctrine for regulating screens; and propose and promote tools adapted to...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: ...taking the lead themselves. Without any regulation, they are putting bans in place in primary schools and post-primary schools. They are trying to manage this but we need additional support for children, young people and parents because it is very difficult. As my colleague stated, a quarter or 24% of six-year-olds have their own smartphone. They literally have access to the world in...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...í na gComhaltaí eile a chloisteáil. The Government is not opposing the motion. As Minister for the media, the issue of online safety is one that I and the Government as a whole, take very seriously, in particular the safety of our children online. It is a matter of priority. The motion identifies issues of concern in respect of children, social media, and smartphones....

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...health and social health. The phone has taken over many people's lives. Many parents are not even sure how to manoeuvre them and control what appears on the phone, not to mention what appears on their children's phone. That is probably one of the biggest issues in some ways because giving a smartphone as a confirmation present is common all over Ireland now. The parents do not know...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: ...users reported feeling unattractive and said that feeling began on the app. An internal Meta study in 2020 showed that 500,000 Instagram accounts a day were involved in inappropriate interactions with children. Despite this, we are not seeing any action taken by these social media platforms. We will hear a lot of lip service but the "Prime Time Investigates" programme regarding TikTok...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: ...gets to use WhatsApp but we have parental controls on it and limit the amount of time he can use it for. Some 28% of parents nationally use parental control. Unbeknownst to ourselves, we are allowing our children into another world that is completely unsafe. There are advantages to using smart technology. I have done a lot of work with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism and we...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: ...and what is happening there. It is very important that while we must ensure everybody's safety in the online space, including on mobile phones and other devices, it is particularly important for children and young people that they are safe when they use new technology and devices. Senator Seery Kearney is quite strong on this issue. Presentations were recently made before the...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: I commend the motion to the House. It is very important. I am a parent of four children. My twins are seven and the other children are 13 and 14. This is the biggest issue in our household by a country mile. How do we police this space? How do we involve everyone in it? How can we have an appropriate environment so people have an active lifestyle and engage with digital technology if...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...online. This is something that the Minister herself feels strongly about and is willing to help. There is no doubt about it. In all of the reports and in all of our own personal experience with children, we see they are spending an increasing amount of time on the Internet. When I say on the Internet, it is mainly through the phone. It can be through their parents' phone or their...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister for taking the time today to be with us in the Seanad. I also thank my colleague, Senator Seery Kearney, for this excellent motion and her dedication to the protection of children. I will focus on three points. The first is the ubiquity of smartphones. Smartphones have reached into everyone's life, home and pocket. How do we control something as prevalent as...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...other colleagues like Senator Cummins who pitched in on this important motion. Personally, I am clearly in support of the motion. I come at this from two perspectives. I am a parent of three children. They are big children now but I have lived through all of this stuff with the phones and all of the gadgetry. I am also a former teacher. Like all colleagues, I interact with people...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

John Cummins: ...background, having taught for 11 years before being elected to this House. In that period, I saw cyberbullying and the distress it was causing students. I saw that fundamental movement skills in children coming into secondary school were reduced because they were not outside, playing on the streets and doing all of those things that young children should be doing in their formative...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...brought in and led the way on no smoking at work, and we then had to legislate for no smoking in cars. Now it would be seen anathema to any child protection that there would be smoking in the face or around children. Social media and the ownership of smartphones is exactly the same. We are talking about the mental health of whole generations, not just the young generation coming up...