Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to also extend sympathy to Senator Clune on the death of her mother and to the family and the colleagues of the late Minister of State, Shane McEntee.

I welcome the initiative put in place by the Minister for Education and Skills to combat bullying in schools but we must be mindful that most bullying takes place outside school.

With that in mind, I ask parents to be very vigilant and monitor the social media activity of their children in the home because bullying follows them into the home via Facebook, e-mails, texts, etc. Although I acknowledge we have had debates in the House on bullying, I believe the issue is so important that it should be kept to the fore in the House. I look forward to many more debates on the issue over the coming months.