Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the just-released Law Reform Commission's consultation document on cyberbullying, which is an issue that I and others in this House have raised numerous times. The commission has released a comprehensive set of options as to how cyberbullying might be dealt with and it has asked interested parties to make submissions to it by 19 January through the www.lawreform.iewebsite. This is a critical issue that is being highlighted increasingly and all Members are aware of the effects of cyberbullying. It is important that people make submissions with regard to personal safety and one's privacy online, as well as on cyberbullying itself. It is a subject about which this House should be raising awareness. I also have called previously for a debate with regard to cyberbullying and perhaps at that point or before the consultation process, the Leader may facilitate a debate on this issue.